# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/wolfgang-niersbach
# Generated: 2026-08-15T10:23:32.080Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/wolfgang-niersbach"
name: "Wolfgang Niersbach"
slug: "wolfgang-niersbach"
description: "Wolfgang Niersbach is a German sports official and former sports journalist. From 2 March 2012 until 9 November 2015, he was President of the German Football Association."
tagline: "German sports journalists and sports official"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/14-01-10-tbh-002.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Germany"
  isoCode: "DE"
category:
  name: "Journalists"
  slug: "journalists"
profileType:
  name: "Journalist"
  slug: "journalist"
birthDate: "1950-11-30"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           49.61
  momentum:             10.48966267682263
  historical:           5.773118666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolfgang_Niersbach"
    title: "Wolfgang Niersbach"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D9%88%D9%84%D9%81%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AC_%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%B3%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%AE"
    title: "فولفجانج نيرسباخ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D9%88%D9%84%D9%81%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AC_%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%B3%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%AE"
    title: "فولفجانج نيرسباخ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolfgang_Niersbach"
    title: "Wolfgang Niersbach"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolfgang_Niersbach"
    title: "Wolfgang Niersbach"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%84%D9%81%DA%AF%D8%A7%D9%86%DA%AF_%D9%86%DB%8C%D8%B1%D8%B2%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%AE"
    title: "ولفگانگ نیرزباخ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q102774"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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