# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/sotiris-balafas
# Generated: 2026-08-13T14:53:03.189Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/sotiris-balafas"
name: "Sotiris Balafas"
slug: "sotiris-balafas"
description: "Sotiris Balafas is a Greek former professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder. He was known for his defensive awareness, his tackling and heading skills as well as his pace and strength."
tagline: "Greek footballer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Sotiris_Balafas.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Footballers"
  slug: "footballers"
profileType:
  name: "Football / Soccer Player"
  slug: "footballer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q937857"
birthDate: "1986-08-19"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           40.39
  momentum:             4.285714285714284
  historical:           7.20504
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%BE%D1%82%D1%96%D1%80%D1%96%D0%BE%D1%81_%D0%91%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B0%D1%84%D0%B0%D1%81"
    title: "Сотіріос Балафас"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D9%88%D8%AA%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%B3_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%81%D8%A7%D8%B3"
    title: "سوتيريس بالافاس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A3%CF%89%CF%84%CE%AE%CF%81%CE%B7%CF%82_%CE%9C%CF%80%CE%B1%CE%BB%CE%AC%CF%86%CE%B1%CF%82"
    title: "Σωτήρης Μπαλάφας"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sotiris_Balafas"
    title: "Sotiris Balafas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C5%8Dt%C4%ABr%C4%ABs_Mpalafas"
    title: "Sōtīrīs Mpalafas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sotiris_Balafas"
    title: "Sotiris Balafas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B0%D1%84%D0%B0%D1%81%2C_%D0%A1%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BE%D1%81"
    title: "Балафас, Сотириос"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sotirios_Balafas"
    title: "Sotirios Balafas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3500749"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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