# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ruud-geels
# Generated: 2026-08-13T22:27:31.093Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ruud-geels"
name: "Ruud Geels"
slug: "ruud-geels"
description: "Geertruida Maria \"Ruud\" Geels was a Dutch professional footballer who played as a striker. He obtained 20 caps for the Netherlands national team, scoring eleven goals. A prolific striker known for his heading skills, Geels is the only player to win the Eredivisie topscoring title five times, and is the second most scoring player in the Dutch top football division, behind Willy van der Kuijlen. He is also known for being the first of only two footballers to play for the big three teams in Dutch football - Ajax, PSV and Feyenoord."
tagline: "Dutch footballer (1948–2023)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ruud_Geels_1974c.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "NL"
category:
  name: "Footballers"
  slug: "footballers"
profileType:
  name: "Football / Soccer Player"
  slug: "footballer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q937857"
birthDate: "1948-07-28"
deathDate: "2023-11-18"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             8.316642890021317
  historical:           20.88456933333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump