# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/pim-balkestein
# Generated: 2026-08-14T13:15:27.527Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/pim-balkestein"
name: "Pim Balkestein"
slug: "pim-balkestein"
description: "Pim Balkestein is a Dutch former professional footballer who played as a centre back. He could also play as a left-back and is the son of ex-footballer Luuk Balkestein."
tagline: "Footballer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Pim_Balkestein_-_It_4.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Footballers"
  slug: "footballers"
profileType:
  name: "Football / Soccer Player"
  slug: "footballer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q937857"
birthDate: "1987-04-29"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           40.26
  momentum:             0
  historical:           4.813752
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%85_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%83%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%86"
    title: "بيم بالكستاين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%85_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%83%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%86"
    title: "بيم بالكستاين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pim_Balkestein"
    title: "Pim Balkestein"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pim_Balkestein"
    title: "Pim Balkestein"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pim_Balkestein"
    title: "Pim Balkestein"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2279289"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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