# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/werner-nilsen
# Generated: 2026-08-13T17:17:34.247Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/werner-nilsen"
name: "Werner Nilsen"
slug: "werner-nilsen"
description: "Werner \"Scotty\" Nilsen was a soccer player who played as a forward. He is one of the highest scoring players in United States soccer history, scoring 131 goals in 239 games with the Boston Soccer Club. He won five consecutive National Challenge Cups during his career, and four doubles. Born in Norway, he earned two caps with the United States national team in 1934. He is a member of the National Soccer Hall of Fame."
tagline: "Norwegian American soccer player (1904-1992)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Werner_nilsen_us_national_team.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Norway"
  isoCode: "NO"
category:
  name: "Footballers"
  slug: "footballers"
profileType:
  name: "Football / Soccer Player"
  slug: "footballer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q937857"
birthDate: "1904-02-04"
deathDate: "1992-05-10"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.17
  momentum:             10
  historical:           13.54751733333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Вернер Нільсен"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ويرنر نيلسين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ويرنر نيلسين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Werner_Nilsen"
    title: "Werner Nilsen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Werner_Nilsen"
    title: "Werner Nilsen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Werner_Nilsen"
    title: "Werner Nilsen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Werner_Nilsen"
    title: "Werner Nilsen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%86%D8%B1_%D9%86%DB%8C%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%86"
    title: "ورنر نیلسن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Werner_Nilsen"
    title: "Werner Nilsen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Werner_Nilsen"
    title: "Werner Nilsen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Werner_Nilsen"
    title: "Werner Nilsen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Werner_Nilsen"
    title: "Werner Nilsen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Werner_Nilsen"
    title: "Werner Nilsen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Werner_Nilsen"
    title: "Werner Nilsen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9D%D0%B8%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%81%D0%B5%D0%BD%2C_%D0%92%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BD%D0%B5%D1%80"
    title: "Нильсен, Вернер"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BD%D0%B5%D1%80_%D0%9D%D0%B8%D0%BB%D1%81%D0%B5%D0%BD"
    title: "Вернер Нилсен"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2626637"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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