# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/thomas-kessler
# Generated: 2026-08-12T23:16:37.557Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/thomas-kessler"
name: "Thomas Kessler"
slug: "thomas-kessler"
description: "Thomas Kessler is a German former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He is currently the director of football at 1. FC Köln."
tagline: "German footballer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/2018-08-19_BFC_Dynamo_vs._1._FC_K%C3%B6ln_(DFB-Pokal)_by_Sandro_Halank%E2%80%93388.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: "1986-01-20"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           47.22
  momentum:             0
  historical:           10.71627466666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/kess_18_"
    handle:    "kess_18_"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.thomas-kessler.de"
sources:
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Kessler"
    title: "Thomas Kessler"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B3_%D9%83%D9%8A%D8%B3%D9%84%D8%B1"
    title: "توماس كيسلر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B3_%D9%83%D9%8A%D8%B3%D9%84%D8%B1"
    title: "توماس كيسلر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Kessler"
    title: "Thomas Kessler"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Kessler_(Fu%C3%9Fballspieler)"
    title: "Thomas Kessler (Fußballspieler)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Kessler_(footballer)"
    title: "Thomas Kessler (footballer)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Kessler"
    title: "Thomas Kessler"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Kessler_(football)"
    title: "Thomas Kessler (football)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%AA%D7%95%D7%9E%D7%90%D7%A1_%D7%A7%D7%A1%D7%9C%D7%A8"
    title: "תומאס קסלר"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Kessler"
    title: "Thomas Kessler"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%88%E3%83%BC%E3%83%9E%E3%82%B9%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B1%E3%82%B9%E3%83%A9%E3%83%BC"
    title: "トーマス・ケスラー"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Kessler"
    title: "Thomas Kessler"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q664703"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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