# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/sam-garba
# Generated: 2026-08-12T21:10:49.007Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/sam-garba"
name: "Sam Garba"
slug: "sam-garba"
description: "Sam Garba Okoye was a Nigerian footballer who played as a forward for the Nigerian national football team. He also represented Nigeria at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico."
tagline: "Nigerian association football player (1948-1978)"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Nigeria"
  isoCode: "NG"
category:
  name: "Footballers"
  slug: "footballers"
profileType:
  name: "Football / Soccer Player"
  slug: "footballer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q937857"
birthDate: "1948-12-22"
deathDate: "1978-07-31"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           37.54
  momentum:             15
  historical:           5.935601333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9E%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B5%2C_%D0%A1%D1%8D%D0%BC%D1%8E%D1%8D%D0%BB"
    title: "Окое, Сэмюэл"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%85_%D8%BA%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A8%D8%A7"
    title: "سام غاربا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%85_%D8%AC%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A8%D8%A7"
    title: "سام جاربا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Garba_Okoye"
    title: "Sam Garba Okoye"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Garba"
    title: "Sam Garba"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Garba"
    title: "Sam Garba"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%8D%D5%A5%D5%B4%D5%B5%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%A5%D5%AC_%D5%95%D5%AF%D5%B8%D5%A5"
    title: "Սեմյուել Օկոե"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q20985385"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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