# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/vitaly-kolesnik
# Generated: 2026-08-15T03:54:43.496Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/vitaly-kolesnik"
name: "Vitaly Kolesnik"
slug: "vitaly-kolesnik"
description: "Vitali Nikolaevich Kolesnik is a Kazakhstani former professional ice hockey goaltender, who played in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the Colorado Avalanche and the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL)."
tagline: "Kazakhstani ice hockey player"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Kolesnik%2C_Flood_and_Apalkov_2012-09-08_Amur%E2%80%94Lokomotiv_KHL-game.jpeg/330px-Kolesnik%2C_Flood_and_Apalkov_2012-09-08_Amur%E2%80%94Lokomotiv_KHL-game.jpeg"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1979-08-20"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           41.94
  momentum:             0
  historical:           10.47595466666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B5%D1%81%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BA_%D0%92%D1%96%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%96%D0%B9_%D0%9C%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87"
    title: "Колесник Віталій Миколайович"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A4%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%89_%D9%83%D9%88%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%B3%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%83"
    title: "ڤيتالى كوليسنيك"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Witali_Kolesnik"
    title: "Witali Kolesnik"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitali_Kolesnik"
    title: "Vitali Kolesnik"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitali_Kolesnik"
    title: "Vitali Kolesnik"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitalii_Kolesnik"
    title: "Vitalii Kolesnik"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitalij_Kolesnik"
    title: "Vitalij Kolesnik"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%B9%84%ED%83%88%EB%A6%AC_%EC%BD%9C%EB%A0%88%EC%8A%A4%EB%8B%88%ED%81%AC"
    title: "비탈리 콜레스니크"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vit%C4%81lijs_Ko%C4%BCes%C5%86iks"
    title: "Vitālijs Koļesņiks"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Witalij_Kolesnik"
    title: "Witalij Kolesnik"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B5%D1%81%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BA%2C_%D0%92%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%B9_%D0%9D%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87"
    title: "Колесник, Виталий Николаевич"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitalij_Kolesnik"
    title: "Vitalij Kolesnik"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q984224"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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