# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ronnie-whelan
# Generated: 2026-08-14T00:03:06.164Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ronnie-whelan"
name: "Ronnie Whelan"
slug: "ronnie-whelan"
description: "Ronald Andrew Whelan is an Irish former professional football player who played as a midfielder and sometimes as a defender. He played an integral role in the dominant Liverpool side that won a wealth of titles in the 1980s. He was at the club from 1979 until 1994, scoring a number of vital goals. In 100 Players Who Shook The Kop, a poll of 110,000 Liverpool fans conducted by Liverpool's official website, Whelan came in 30th."
tagline: "Irish footballer and manager (born 1961)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ronnie_Whelan.JPG?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
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  slug: "footballers"
profileType:
  name: "Football / Soccer Player"
  slug: "footballer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q937857"
birthDate: "1961-09-25"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           55.65
  momentum:             3.374603653933263
  historical:           21.05222133333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump