# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/willie-le-roux
# Generated: 2026-08-14T06:24:50.660Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/willie-le-roux"
name: "Willie le Roux"
slug: "willie-le-roux"
description: "Willem Jacobus le Roux is a South African professional rugby union player. He is a versatile back-line player who generally plays as a fullback or wing, though earlier in his career he played mostly as a fly-half. He plays for the South Africa national team and for the Blue Bulls in the United Rugby Championship. He was born in Stellenbosch. Known for his vision, try assisting and ability under the high ball, he is widely regarded as one of the best fullbacks of his generation."
tagline: "South African rugby union footballer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Willie_le_Roux_2015_RWC.jpg?width=1200"
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: "1989-08-18"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           49.49
  momentum:             2.058346839546191
  historical:           9.507136000000001
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/wjjleroux/"
    handle:    "wjjleroux"
sources:
  - url: "https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%B8_%D0%BB%D0%B5_%D0%A0%D1%83"
    title: "Вили ле Ру"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willie_le_Roux"
    title: "Willie le Roux"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willie_le_Roux"
    title: "Willie le Roux"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willie_le_Roux"
    title: "Willie le Roux"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willie_le_Roux"
    title: "Willie le Roux"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willie_le_Roux"
    title: "Willie le Roux"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willie_le_Roux"
    title: "Willie le Roux"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willie_le_Roux"
    title: "Willie le Roux"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willie_le_Roux"
    title: "Willie le Roux"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A6%E3%82%A3%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%83%AB%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BC"
    title: "ウィリー・ルルー"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willie_le_Roux"
    title: "Willie le Roux"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8021926"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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