# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/stephen-varney
# Generated: 2026-08-13T04:55:46.438Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/stephen-varney"
name: "Stephen Varney"
slug: "stephen-varney"
description: "Stephen Lorenzo Varney is a professional rugby union player who primarily plays scrum-half for Exeter Chiefs in the Premiership Rugby. Although Welsh-born, he represents Italy at international level, having made his test debut against Scotland in 2020 during the Autumn Nations Cup. Varney previously played for Hartpury. He is a fluent Welsh speaker."
tagline: "Italian rugby union player"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Stephen_Varney_2022.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Italy"
  isoCode: "IT"
category:
  name: "Footballers"
  slug: "footballers"
profileType:
  name: "Football / Soccer Player"
  slug: "footballer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q937857"
birthDate: "2001-05-16"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           45.78
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.079092
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/stephen_varney/"
    handle:    "stephen_varney"
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Varney"
    title: "Stephen Varney"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Varney"
    title: "Stephen Varney"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Varney"
    title: "Stephen Varney"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B9%E3%83%86%E3%82%A3%E3%83%BC%E3%83%96%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%90%E3%83%BC%E3%83%8B%E3%83%BC"
    title: "スティーブン・バーニー"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BD%D0%B8%2C_%D0%A1%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%B2%D0%B5%D0%BD"
    title: "Варни, Стивен"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q84048212"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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