# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ruchira-palliyaguruge
# Generated: 2026-08-15T23:22:57.503Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ruchira-palliyaguruge"
name: "Ruchira Palliyaguruge"
slug: "ruchira-palliyaguruge"
description: "Ruchira Palliyaguruge is a Sri Lankan umpire and former first-class cricketer. He played for Bloomfield Cricket and Athletic Club, Chilaw Marians Cricket Club, Saracens Sports Club, Nondescripts Cricket Club, and Old Cambrians Sports Club. Palliyaguruge bowled right-arm medium pace and batted right-handed. Playing mostly club cricket, he has over 200 first-class wickets to his name and also over 4000 runs in a career that lasted from 1989/90 to 2007."
tagline: "Sri Lankan cricketer"
gender: "male"
category:
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  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
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  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1968-01-22"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             3.043478260869566
  historical:           6.20432
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  45
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "روچیرا پالیا گروگے"
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    title: "රුචිර පල්ලියගුරුගේ"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump