# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/robin-friday
# Generated: 2026-08-12T19:45:47.048Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/robin-friday"
name: "Robin Friday"
slug: "robin-friday"
description: "Robin Friday was an English footballer who played professionally as a forward for Reading and Cardiff City during a career that lasted four years in the mid-1970s. earning the nickname \"lower league George Best\". His on-field performances were regarded as excellent, and he won Reading's player of the year award in both of his full seasons there, as well as being the leading goal scorer. However, his habit of unsettling opponents through physical intimidation contributed to a heavily tarnished disciplinary record, and his personal life was one of heavy smoking, drinking, womanising and drug abuse. Despite his short career, he remains prominent in the memory of Reading and Cardiff supporters, both as a player and a personality. He has been voted Reading's best ever player three times. He entered the Reading FC 'Hall of Fame' in 2022."
tagline: "English association football player (1952–1990)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/77/Robin_Friday_1974.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Footballers"
  slug: "footballers"
profileType:
  name: "Football / Soccer Player"
  slug: "footballer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q937857"
birthDate: "1952-07-27"
deathDate: "1990-12-22"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           50.26
  momentum:             7.870370370370369
  historical:           7.973910666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Фрайдей, Робин"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%A8%D9%86_%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%8A"
    title: "روبن فيرادي"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "روبن فيرادى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%A8%D9%86_%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%AF%DB%8C"
    title: "روبن فرایدی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robin_Friday"
    title: "Robin Friday"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robin_Friday"
    title: "Robin Friday"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%A8%D9%86_%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%AF%DB%8C"
    title: "روبن فرایدی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robin_Friday"
    title: "Robin Friday"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robin_Friday"
    title: "Robin Friday"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3753906"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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