# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/thabo-matlaba
# Generated: 2026-08-13T20:03:06.014Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/thabo-matlaba"
name: "Thabo Matlaba"
slug: "thabo-matlaba"
description: "Thabo \"Festival\" Matlaba is a South African professional association footballer who plays as a left-back for Premier Soccer League club Golden Arrows. He is known for his long range shots with both his feet. Although he plays mostly as a left back, Matlaba is naturally right-footed."
tagline: "Association football player"
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: "1987-12-13"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           46.67
  momentum:             20.66115702479339
  historical:           10.88031066666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/ThaboMatlaba8"
    handle:    "ThaboMatlaba8"
sources:
  - url: "https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thabo_Matlaba"
    title: "Thabo Matlaba"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AB%D8%A7%D8%A8%D9%88_%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%AA%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%A8%D8%A7"
    title: "ثابو ماتلابا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AB%D8%A7%D8%A8%D9%88_%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%AA%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%A8%D8%A7"
    title: "ثابو ماتلابا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thabo_Matlaba"
    title: "Thabo Matlaba"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thabo_Matlaba"
    title: "Thabo Matlaba"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thabo_Matlaba"
    title: "Thabo Matlaba"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thabo_Matlaba"
    title: "Thabo Matlaba"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thabo_Matlaba"
    title: "Thabo Matlaba"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thabo_Matlaba"
    title: "Thabo Matlaba"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B1%D0%B0%2C_%D0%A2%D0%B0%D0%B1%D0%BE"
    title: "Матлаба, Табо"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thabo_Matlaba"
    title: "Thabo Matlaba"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thabo_Matlaba"
    title: "Thabo Matlaba"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3386722"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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