# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/willie-maley
# Generated: 2026-08-13T08:36:26.597Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/willie-maley"
name: "Willie Maley"
slug: "willie-maley"
description: "William Patrick Maley was an Irish-born Scottish international football player and manager. He was the first manager of Celtic Football Club, and one of the most successful managers in Scottish football history. During his managerial tenure, Maley led Celtic to 30 major trophies in 43 consecutive years as manager. He is attributed to have coined the famous Celtic motto 'It is not his creed nor his nationality which counts; it's the man himself.'"
tagline: "Scottish footballer and manager (1868-1958)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Celtic_FC_1892_(Maley).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Footballers"
  slug: "footballers"
profileType:
  name: "Football / Soccer Player"
  slug: "footballer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q937857"
birthDate: "1868-04-25"
deathDate: "1958-04-02"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           50.3
  momentum:             3.986607142857143
  historical:           9.512788
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Віллі Мейлі"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%89_%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%89"
    title: "ويلى مالى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willie_Maley"
    title: "Willie Maley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willie_Maley"
    title: "Willie Maley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willie_Maley"
    title: "Willie Maley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willie_Maley"
    title: "Willie Maley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willie_Maley"
    title: "Willie Maley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willie_Maley"
    title: "Willie Maley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willie_Maley"
    title: "Willie Maley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%BB%D0%B8%2C_%D0%92%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%BB%D0%B8"
    title: "Мейли, Вилли"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sco.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willie_Maley"
    title: "Willie Maley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q143489"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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