# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/willem-alberts
# Generated: 2026-08-14T19:20:09.587Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/willem-alberts"
name: "Willem Alberts"
slug: "willem-alberts"
description: "Willem Schalk Alberts is a South African former professional rugby union player who played for Lions in the Vodacom United Rugby Championship competition. He previously played for the Lions and the Sharks in Super Rugby and for the Golden Lions and Sharks in the Currie Cup before joining Stade Français. At the end of January 2020, Alberts confirmed his move back to his roots to rejoin the Lions, in order to help them with their Super Rugby campaign. He was schooled at Hoërskool Monument in Krugersdorp."
tagline: "South African rugby union footballer"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "South Africa"
  isoCode: "ZA"
category:
  name: "Footballers"
  slug: "footballers"
profileType:
  name: "Football / Soccer Player"
  slug: "footballer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q937857"
birthDate: "1984-05-11"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           41.67
  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.545033333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     59.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/willem.alberts/"
    handle:    "willem.alberts"
sources:
  - url: "https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willem_Alberts"
    title: "Willem Alberts"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willem_Alberts"
    title: "Willem Alberts"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%85_%D8%A3%D9%84%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%AA%D8%B3"
    title: "ويليم ألبيرتس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willem_Alberts"
    title: "Willem Alberts"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willem_Alberts"
    title: "Willem Alberts"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willem_Alberts"
    title: "Willem Alberts"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willem_Alberts"
    title: "Willem Alberts"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A6%E3%82%A3%E3%83%AC%E3%83%A0%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A2%E3%83%AB%E3%83%90%E3%83%BC%E3%83%84"
    title: "ウィレム・アルバーツ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willem_Alberts"
    title: "Willem Alberts"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%BB%D0%B1%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%82%D1%81%2C_%D0%92%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BC"
    title: "Албертс, Виллем"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3568328"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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