# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/raees-ahmadzai
# Generated: 2026-08-13T15:48:32.973Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/raees-ahmadzai"
name: "Raees Ahmadzai"
slug: "raees-ahmadzai"
description: "Rais Ahmadzai is an Afghan former cricketer who represented the Afghanistan national cricket team until his retirement in May 2010. Currently he is the national team's coach and U19 Head Coach.\nDuring his professional career, Ahmadzai was Captain of the Afghanistan National Team and was the first player to receive the Man of the Match award for Afghanistan. He was also adjudged as the Player of the Match four additional times. \nAhmadzai is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm off break. He was honored with the Peace and Sports Award in Monaco. He is also the first ever Afghanistan UNICEF National Goodwill Ambassador."
tagline: "Afghan cricketer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ahmadzai.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
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  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
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  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1984-09-03"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           39.33
  momentum:             6.206896551724139
  historical:           7.070050666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "رايس اهمادزاى"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump