# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/rob-ninkovich
# Generated: 2026-08-13T11:54:07.882Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/rob-ninkovich"
name: "Rob Ninkovich"
slug: "rob-ninkovich"
description: "Robert Michael Ninkovich is an American former professional football player who was a linebacker and defensive end for eleven seasons in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Purdue Boilermakers as a defensive end and was selected by the New Orleans Saints in the fifth round of the 2006 NFL draft. He also played in the NFL for the Miami Dolphins and New England Patriots, winning two Super Bowls with the latter. After eight seasons with the Patriots, Ninkovich announced his retirement from the NFL following the 2016 season."
tagline: "American football player (born 1984)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Rob_Ninkovich_2011.JPG?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1984-02-01"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           49.2
  momentum:             14.98814562771805
  historical:           4.701988
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%A8_%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%83%D9%88%DA%A4%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%B4"
    title: "روب نينكوڤيتش"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rob_Ninkovich"
    title: "Rob Ninkovich"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rob_Ninkovich"
    title: "Rob Ninkovich"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rob_Ninkovich"
    title: "Rob Ninkovich"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D0%BE%D0%B1_%D0%9D%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87"
    title: "Роб Нинкович"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3938162"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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