# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/philippe-sella
# Generated: 2026-08-13T08:56:30.592Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/philippe-sella"
name: "Philippe Sella"
slug: "philippe-sella"
description: "Philippe Sella is a French former rugby union player. He started as a rugby league junior in his home town before switching to rugby union. As a former French rugby union player, he held the record for most international appearances until beaten by Jason Leonard. He became a member of the International Rugby Hall of Fame in 1999, and the IRB Hall of Fame in 2008."
tagline: "French rugby league and rugby union footballer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Philippe_Sella.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "France"
  isoCode: "FR"
category:
  name: "Footballers"
  slug: "footballers"
profileType:
  name: "Football / Soccer Player"
  slug: "footballer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q937857"
birthDate: "1962-02-14"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           45.77
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.915878666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     55.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2482295/"
    handle:    "nm2482295"
sources:
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippe_Sella"
    title: "Philippe Sella"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippe_Sella"
    title: "Philippe Sella"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippe_Sella"
    title: "Philippe Sella"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippe_Sella"
    title: "Philippe Sella"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippe_Sella"
    title: "Philippe Sella"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippe_Sella"
    title: "Philippe Sella"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippe_Sella"
    title: "Philippe Sella"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippe_Sella"
    title: "Philippe Sella"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q921039"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1538007"
    title: "Philippe Sella"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump