# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/vili-sopanen
# Generated: 2026-08-15T00:31:24.294Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/vili-sopanen"
name: "Vili Sopanen"
slug: "vili-sopanen"
description: "Vili Sopanen is a Finnish former professional ice hockey player. He last played for Lukko in the Liiga. He was drafted by the New Jersey Devils, 177th overall, in the 2007 NHL entry draft. Sopanen has previously played in the top tier Finnish Liiga with Lahti Pelicans, JYP Jyväskylä and HIFK."
tagline: "Finnish ice hockey player"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1987-10-21"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           35.15
  momentum:             4.444444444444445
  historical:           5.468070666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  45
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vili_Sopanen"
    title: "Vili Sopanen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A4%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%89_%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%BE%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%86"
    title: "ڤيلى سوپانين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vili_Sopanen"
    title: "Vili Sopanen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vili_Sopanen"
    title: "Vili Sopanen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vili_Sopanen"
    title: "Vili Sopanen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vili_Sopanen"
    title: "Vili Sopanen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q659912"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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