# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/sami-salo
# Generated: 2026-08-13T22:28:54.611Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/sami-salo"
name: "Sami Salo"
slug: "sami-salo"
description: "Sami Sakari Salo is a Finnish former professional ice hockey player who was a defenceman in the National Hockey League (NHL). He began his professional career with TPS of the SM-liiga before being selected by the Ottawa Senators with their last pick in the 1996 NHL entry draft."
tagline: "Ice hockey player"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Sami_Salo_practice_2012.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1974-09-02"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           48.51
  momentum:             0.5788876276958003
  historical:           15.56688533333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%90%A8%E7%B1%B3%C2%B7%E8%90%A8%E6%B4%9B"
    title: "萨米·萨洛"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%89_%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%88"
    title: "سامى سالو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sami_Salo"
    title: "Sami Salo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sami_Salo"
    title: "Sami Salo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sami_Salo"
    title: "Sami Salo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%85%DB%8C_%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%88"
    title: "سامی سالو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sami_Salo"
    title: "Sami Salo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sami_Salo"
    title: "Sami Salo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sami_Salo"
    title: "Sami Salo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%82%AC%EB%AF%B8_%EC%82%B4%EB%A1%9C"
    title: "사미 살로"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sami_Salo"
    title: "Sami Salo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sami_Salo"
    title: "Sami Salo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sami_Salo"
    title: "Sami Salo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%BE%2C_%D0%A1%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B8"
    title: "Сало, Сами"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sami_Salo"
    title: "Sami Salo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sami_Salo"
    title: "Sami Salo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sami_Salo"
    title: "Sami Salo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sami_Salo"
    title: "Sami Salo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%B0%D0%BC%D1%96_%D0%A1%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%BE"
    title: "Самі Сало"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q708152"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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