# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/waqar-younis
# Generated: 2026-08-14T18:03:50.680Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/waqar-younis"
name: "Waqar Younis"
slug: "waqar-younis"
description: "Waqar Younis Maitla HI is a Pakistani cricket coach, commentator and former cricketer who captained Pakistan national cricket team. A right-arm fast bowler, he is widely regarded as one of the greatest bowlers of all time. He is the former head coach of the Pakistani cricket team. He was a part of the squad which finished as runners-up at the 1999 Cricket World Cup."
tagline: "Pakistani cricketer"
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1971-11-16"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
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  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump