# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/welton-melo
# Generated: 2026-08-14T08:03:40.935Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/welton-melo"
name: "Wélton Melo"
slug: "welton-melo"
description: "Wélton Araújo Melo is a former Brazilian footballer who played professionally as either a forward or midfielder in South America, Europe and the United States, including five season in Major League Soccer."
tagline: "Brazilian footballer"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Brazil"
  isoCode: "BR"
category:
  name: "Footballers"
  slug: "footballers"
profileType:
  name: "Football / Soccer Player"
  slug: "footballer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q937857"
birthDate: "1975-04-17"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           41.51
  momentum:             15
  historical:           7.871814666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://tg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BD_%D0%90%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%83%D0%B6%D0%BE_%D0%9D%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%BE"
    title: "Велтон Араужо Нело"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%88%DA%86%D9%88_%D9%85%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%88"
    title: "ويلتون اراوچو ميلو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%84%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%A2%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%AE%D9%88_%D9%85%DB%8C%D9%84%D9%88"
    title: "ولتون آراخو میلو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/W%C3%A9lton_Ara%C3%BAjo_Melo"
    title: "Wélton Araújo Melo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W%C3%A9lton_(footballer)"
    title: "Wélton (footballer)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%84%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%A2%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%AE%D9%88_%D9%85%DB%8C%D9%84%D9%88"
    title: "ولتون آراخو میلو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/W%C3%A9lton"
    title: "Wélton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/W%C3%A9lton"
    title: "Wélton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%BE%2C_%D0%A3%D1%8D%D0%BB%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BD"
    title: "Мело, Уэлтон"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2907939"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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