# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/thomas-vermaelen
# Generated: 2026-08-13T21:08:23.494Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/thomas-vermaelen"
name: "Thomas Vermaelen"
slug: "thomas-vermaelen"
description: "Thomas Vermaelen is a Belgian former professional footballer who played as a defender. Being left-footed, he usually played as a left-sided centre-back and could play at left-back as well. His key attributes included aerial ability, leadership skills, and his quickness with the ball at his feet. He was also known for his goalscoring ability as a defender."
tagline: "Belgian association football player (born 1985)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Thomas_Vermaelen_2018.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
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  slug: "footballers"
profileType:
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  slug: "footballer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q937857"
birthDate: "1985-11-14"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             6.112514311608058
  historical:           22.33668933333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    title: "Թոմաս Վերմալեն"
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    title: "Thomas Vermaelen"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump