# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/rene-higuita
# Generated: 2026-08-13T21:47:21.703Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/rene-higuita"
name: "René Higuita"
slug: "rene-higuita"
description: "José René Higuita Zapata is a Colombian former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He was nicknamed El Loco for his high-risk 'sweeper-keeper' playing style and his flair for the dramatic, and sometimes even scoring goals despite being a goalkeeper."
tagline: "Colombian footballer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ren%C3%A9_Higuita%2C_2007.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: "1966-08-27"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           61.66
  momentum:             24.37187480708686
  historical:           24.259396
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "René Higuita"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "רנה היגיטה"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "René Higuita"
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    title: "Ռենե Իգիտա"
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    title: "René Higuita"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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