# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/samantha-els
# Generated: 2026-09-06T20:52:41.970Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/samantha-els"
name: "Samantha Els"
slug: "samantha-els"
description: "Samantha Leigh Els is a South African rugby union player. In 2023, she made her debut for the South Africa women's national rugby union team. She is the daughter of South African golfer Ernie Els."
tagline: "South African rugby union footballer"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "South Africa"
  isoCode: "ZA"
category:
  name: "Footballers"
  slug: "footballers"
profileType:
  name: "Football / Soccer Player"
  slug: "footballer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q937857"
birthDate: "1999-05-26"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           38.32
  momentum:             0
  historical:           2.211232
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     20
  profileCompleteness:  56
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/els_samantha/"
    handle:    "els_samantha"
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samantha_Els"
    title: "Samantha Els"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samantha_Els"
    title: "Samantha Els"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q122731934"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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