# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/roger-claessen
# Generated: 2026-08-13T03:24:54.964Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/roger-claessen"
name: "Roger Claessen"
slug: "roger-claessen"
description: "Roger Claessen was a Belgian footballer who played as a forward. He finished as the top scorer of the Belgian League with 20 goals in 1968 while playing for Standard Liège. He played 17 times with the Belgium national team between 1961 and 1968, scoring seven goals. Claessen made his international debut on 20 May 1961 in a 2–1 defeat to Switzerland, and he scored."
tagline: "Belgian football player and manager (1941–1982)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Belgie_tegen_Nederland._Claesen_(Belgi%C3%AB)%2C_Bestanddeelnr_913-7154.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: "1941-09-27"
deathDate: "1982-10-03"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.6
  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.754537333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/9e152131-f58e-485a-9a7e-1cceb43324e3"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%AC%D9%8A%D8%B1_%D9%83%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%86"
    title: "روجير كلايسين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Claessen"
    title: "Roger Claessen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Claessen"
    title: "Roger Claessen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Claessen"
    title: "Roger Claessen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Claessen"
    title: "Roger Claessen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Claessen"
    title: "Roger Claessen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Claessen"
    title: "Roger Claessen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Claessen"
    title: "Roger Claessen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D0%BE%D0%B6%D0%B5%D1%80_%D0%9A%D0%BB%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%81%D0%B5%D0%BD"
    title: "Рожер Классен"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q472996"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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