# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/valeri-shiryaev
# Generated: 2026-08-13T15:45:06.358Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/valeri-shiryaev"
name: "Valeri Shiryaev"
slug: "valeri-shiryaev"
description: "Valery Viktorovych Shiryaev is a retired ice hockey player who played in the Soviet Hockey League. He played for Sokil Kyiv and was named top defenceman in the Soviet League in 1990 and 1991. He won a gold medal in the 1989 World Ice Hockey Championships for the Soviet Union. Later, he played for Ukraine in several World Championships and at the 2002 Winter Olympics. He was named best defenceman at the 1995 C1 Pool World Championships."
tagline: "Ukrainian ice hockey player"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Switzerland"
  isoCode: "CH"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1963-08-26"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           41
  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.076854666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A8%D0%B8%D1%80%D1%8F%D1%94%D0%B2_%D0%92%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%96%D0%B9_%D0%92%D1%96%D0%BA%D1%82%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87"
    title: "Ширяєв Валерій Вікторович"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A4%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%89_%D8%B4%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%8A%DA%A4"
    title: "ڤاليرى شيريايڤ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walerij_Schyrjajew"
    title: "Walerij Schyrjajew"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valery_Shiryaev"
    title: "Valery Shiryaev"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B1%DB%8C_%D8%B4%DB%8C%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%81"
    title: "والری شیریاف"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valeri_Chiria%C3%AFev"
    title: "Valeri Chiriaïev"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wa%C5%82erij_Szyriajew"
    title: "Wałerij Szyriajew"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A8%D0%B8%D1%80%D1%8F%D0%B5%D0%B2%2C_%D0%92%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%B9_%D0%92%D0%B8%D0%BA%D1%82%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87"
    title: "Ширяев, Валерий Викторович"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valerij_%C5%A0irjajev"
    title: "Valerij Širjajev"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q653409"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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