# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/simon-gopane
# Generated: 2026-08-12T23:01:53.326Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/simon-gopane"
name: "Simon Gopane"
slug: "simon-gopane"
description: "Motshweneng Simon Gopane is a South African football coach and a former player. A goalkeeper, he played for Bloemfontein Celtic, Jomo Cosmos, Umtata Bush Bucks and Mamelodi Sundowns while also representing South Africa in the 1998 African Cup of Nations and 1998 FIFA World Cup. Since retiring he moved into goalkeeper coaching and returned to his local team Bloemfontein Celtic before having a brief spell as the Head coach for Roses United."
tagline: "South African footballer"
gender: "male"
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: "1970-12-26"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           46.2
  momentum:             8.277777777777777
  historical:           11.14517733333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Саймон Гопане"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%85%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%BA%D9%88%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%8A"
    title: "سيمون غوباني"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%85%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%89"
    title: "سيمون جوبانى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%DB%8C%D9%85%D9%88%D9%86_%D9%82%D8%A7%D9%BE%DB%8C%D9%86"
    title: "سیمون قاپین"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Gopane"
    title: "Simon Gopane"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%DB%8C%D9%85%D9%88%D9%86_%DA%AF%D8%A7%D9%BE%DB%8C%D9%86"
    title: "سیمون گاپین"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Gopane"
    title: "Simon Gopane"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Gopane"
    title: "Simon Gopane"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Gopane"
    title: "Simon Gopane"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B7%E3%83%A2%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B4%E3%83%91%E3%83%B3"
    title: "シモン・ゴパン"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Gopane"
    title: "Simon Gopane"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D0%BE%D0%BF%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B5%2C_%D0%A1%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BC%D0%BE%D0%BD"
    title: "Гопане, Саймон"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Gopane"
    title: "Simon Gopane"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1433040"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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