# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/thuso-phala
# Generated: 2026-08-13T10:28:14.453Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/thuso-phala"
name: "Thuso Phala"
slug: "thuso-phala"
description: "Thuso Phala is a retired South African football midfielder. He is the inventor of Thuso Phala dance moves that became popular to South African soccer fans and dancers at large, the moves he made after scoring a goal."
tagline: "Association footballer"
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: "1986-05-27"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           46.94
  momentum:             4.915684915684917
  historical:           13.07901466666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thuso_Phala"
    title: "Thuso Phala"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AB%D9%88%D8%B3%D9%88_%D8%A8%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7"
    title: "ثوسو بهالا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AB%D9%88%D8%B3%D9%88_%D8%A8%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7"
    title: "ثوسو بهالا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thuso_Phala"
    title: "Thuso Phala"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thuso_Phala"
    title: "Thuso Phala"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thuso_Phala"
    title: "Thuso Phala"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thuso_Phala"
    title: "Thuso Phala"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thuso_Phala"
    title: "Thuso Phala"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thuso_Phala"
    title: "Thuso Phala"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thuso_Phala"
    title: "Thuso Phala"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B0%2C_%D0%A2%D1%83%D1%81%D0%BE"
    title: "Пала, Тусо"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://st.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thuso_Phala"
    title: "Thuso Phala"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thuso_Phala"
    title: "Thuso Phala"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thuso_Phala"
    title: "Thuso Phala"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thuso_Phala"
    title: "Thuso Phala"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2855059"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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