# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/stephane-besle
# Generated: 2026-08-13T02:42:54.642Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/stephane-besle"
name: "Stéphane Besle"
slug: "stephane-besle"
description: "Stéphane Besle is a retired French footballer. He previously played for Swiss club Neuchâtel Xamax having signed with the team in summer 2005, along with teammate Matar Coly. Besle established himself as a first-choice central defender for Xamax and was the club's captain before being released in December 2011."
tagline: "French footballer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Entra%C3%AEnement_du_Racing_Club_de_Lens_-_19_ao%C3%BBt_2015_15.JPG?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "France"
  isoCode: "FR"
category:
  name: "Footballers"
  slug: "footballers"
profileType:
  name: "Football / Soccer Player"
  slug: "footballer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q937857"
birthDate: "1984-01-23"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           38.43
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.539021333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/St%C3%A9phane_Besle"
    title: "Stéphane Besle"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%8A%D9%81%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%B3%D9%84"
    title: "ستيفان بيسل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/St%C3%A9phane_Besle"
    title: "Stéphane Besle"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St%C3%A9phane_Besle"
    title: "Stéphane Besle"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/St%C3%A9phane_Besle"
    title: "Stéphane Besle"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%81%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%A8%D8%B3%D9%84%D9%87"
    title: "استفان بسله"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/St%C3%A9phane_Besle"
    title: "Stéphane Besle"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1334649"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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