# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/samuel-okwaraji
# Generated: 2026-08-14T06:07:31.866Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/samuel-okwaraji"
name: "Samuel Okwaraji"
slug: "samuel-okwaraji"
description: "Samuel Sochukwuma Okwaraji was a professional footballer who played internationally for Nigeria. He was also a qualified lawyer who had a masters in international law from the Pontifical Lateran University of Rome. He collapsed and died of congestive heart failure in the 77th minute of a World Cup qualification match against Angola at the Lagos National Stadium in Surulere, Lagos State on 12 August 1989."
tagline: "Nigerian footballer (1964-1989)"
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: "1964-05-19"
deathDate: "1989-08-12"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           50.97
  momentum:             12.33662521162414
  historical:           11.679452
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  247
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://yo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Okwaraji"
    title: "Samuel Okwaraji"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84_%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%83%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A7%DA%86%D9%89"
    title: "سامويل اوكواراچى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%88%DB%8E%D9%84_%D8%A6%DB%86%DA%A9%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%AC%DB%8C"
    title: "ساموێل ئۆکواراجی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Okwaraji"
    title: "Samuel Okwaraji"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Okwaraji"
    title: "Samuel Okwaraji"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Okwaraji"
    title: "Samuel Okwaraji"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Okwaraji"
    title: "Samuel Okwaraji"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Okwaraji"
    title: "Samuel Okwaraji"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ig.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Okwaraji"
    title: "Samuel Okwaraji"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Okwaraji"
    title: "Samuel Okwaraji"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Okwaraji"
    title: "Samuel Okwaraji"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Okwaraji"
    title: "Samuel Okwaraji"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Okwaraji"
    title: "Samuel Okwaraji"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Okwaraji"
    title: "Samuel Okwaraji"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q387515"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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