# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/stefan-kie-ling
# Generated: 2026-08-15T10:19:12.981Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/stefan-kie-ling"
name: "Stefan Kießling"
slug: "stefan-kie-ling"
description: "Stefan Kießling is a German former professional footballer who played as a striker for Bayer Leverkusen and 1. FC Nürnberg. Born in Lichtenfels, West Germany, Kießling began playing football at a young age in the youth setup at 1. FC Eintracht Bamberg before moving to the 1. FC Nürnberg academy in 2001. He made his professional debut for Nürnberg as a 19-year-old in 2003 before being sold to Bayer Leverkusen in the summer of 2006. He stayed at Leverkusen for 12 seasons."
tagline: "German association football player"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Stefan_Kie%C3%9Fling_-_2019202181140_2019-07-21_Champions_for_Charity_-_1772_-_B70I1807.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Germany"
  isoCode: "DE"
category:
  name: "Footballers"
  slug: "footballers"
profileType:
  name: "Football / Soccer Player"
  slug: "footballer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q937857"
birthDate: "1984-01-25"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           56.91
  momentum:             6.627102967732242
  historical:           21.68800533333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Штэфан Кісьлінг"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Շտեֆան Կիսլինգ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Stefan Kießling"
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    title: "Stefan Kießling"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "슈테판 키슬링"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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