# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/tony-salmelainen
# Generated: 2026-08-14T23:58:24.298Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/tony-salmelainen"
name: "Tony Salmelainen"
slug: "tony-salmelainen"
description: "Tony Salmelainen is a Finnish former professional ice hockey forward. He last played for HIFK of the Finnish Liiga in 2013. He was originally drafted by the Edmonton Oilers as their second-round pick in the 1999 NHL entry draft. His father Tommi Salmelainen was the first European ever to be drafted by an NHL team."
tagline: "Finnish ice hockey player"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Tony_Salmelainen.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1981-08-08"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           41.17
  momentum:             8.020833333333334
  historical:           6.339561333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Salmelainen"
    title: "Tony Salmelainen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86%D9%89_%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%86"
    title: "تونى سالميلاينين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Salmelainen"
    title: "Tony Salmelainen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Salmelainen"
    title: "Tony Salmelainen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Salmelainen"
    title: "Tony Salmelainen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Salmelainen"
    title: "Tony Salmelainen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Salmelainen"
    title: "Tony Salmelainen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q325979"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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