# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/robbie-deans
# Generated: 2026-08-13T06:23:55.845Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/robbie-deans"
name: "Robbie Deans"
slug: "robbie-deans"
description: "Robert Maxwell Deans is a New Zealand rugby union coach and former player, currently the head coach of Japanese club Saitama Wild Knights and the incoming Performance Director for Prem Rugby side Harlequins from the 2026–27 season onwards. He was head coach of the Australian national team between 2008 and 2013. Deans previously coached the Crusaders for eight seasons and was an assistant coach of New Zealand between late 2001 and 2003. He also played nineteen matches for the All Blacks, including five tests."
tagline: "New Zealand rugby union footballer and coach"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Robbie_Deans_2011_cropped.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "New Zealand"
  isoCode: "NZ"
category:
  name: "Footballers"
  slug: "footballers"
profileType:
  name: "Football / Soccer Player"
  slug: "footballer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q937857"
birthDate: "1959-09-04"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           47.3
  momentum:             2.449199898399796
  historical:           7.6477
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  249
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Robbie Deans"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%A8%D9%8A_%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%B2"
    title: "روبي دينز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robbie_Deans"
    title: "Robbie Deans"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robbie_Deans"
    title: "Robbie Deans"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robbie_Deans"
    title: "Robbie Deans"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robbie_Deans"
    title: "Robbie Deans"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robbie_Deans"
    title: "Robbie Deans"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AD%E3%83%93%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%83%87%E3%82%A3%E3%83%BC%E3%83%B3%E3%82%BA"
    title: "ロビー・ディーンズ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1333347"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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