# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ron-saunders
# Generated: 2026-08-12T16:55:15.008Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ron-saunders"
name: "Ron Saunders"
slug: "ron-saunders"
description: "Ronald Saunders was an English football player and manager. He played for Everton, Tonbridge Angels, Gillingham, Portsmouth, Watford and Charlton Athletic during a 16-year playing career, before moving into management. He managed seven clubs in 20 years, and he was the first manager to have taken charge of Aston Villa, Birmingham City and West Bromwich Albion, the three rival clubs based in and around the city of Birmingham."
tagline: "English footballer and manager (1932–2019)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/09/Ron_Saunders.jpeg/330px-Ron_Saunders.jpeg"
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: "1932-11-06"
deathDate: "2019-12-07"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           53.31
  momentum:             10
  historical:           12.0493
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Рон Сондерс"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%B1%D8%B2"
    title: "رون سوندرز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%B1%D8%B2"
    title: "رون سوندرز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Saunders"
    title: "Ron Saunders"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Saunders"
    title: "Ron Saunders"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Saunders"
    title: "Ron Saunders"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Saunders"
    title: "Ron Saunders"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Saunders"
    title: "Ron Saunders"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Saunders"
    title: "Ron Saunders"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Saunders"
    title: "Ron Saunders"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%81%2C_%D0%A0%D0%BE%D0%BD"
    title: "Сондерс, Рон"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Saunders"
    title: "Ron Saunders"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%99_%E0%B8%8B%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%99%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%94%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%AA%E0%B9%8C"
    title: "รอน ซอนเดอส์"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Saunders"
    title: "Ron Saunders"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q648720"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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