# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/yoann-gourcuff
# Generated: 2026-08-13T22:21:30.348Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/yoann-gourcuff"
name: "Yoann Gourcuff"
slug: "yoann-gourcuff"
description: "Yoann Miguel Gourcuff is a French former professional footballer who played mainly as an attacking midfielder. He could also be utilized as a withdrawn striker; he was described as a \"playmaker of real quality\", \"an accomplished passer of the ball\". He was widely characterized as one of the most promising French youth talents of his generation. His talent, playing style, tenacity on the pitch, technical skills, as well as precocious ability drew comparisons to Zinedine Zidane."
tagline: "French footballer (born 1986)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Stade_rennais_vs_USM_Alger%2C_July_16th_2016_-_Yoann_Gourcuff_1.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "France"
  isoCode: "FR"
category:
  name: "Footballers"
  slug: "footballers"
profileType:
  name: "Football / Soccer Player"
  slug: "footballer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q937857"
birthDate: "1986-07-11"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           57.71
  momentum:             0.02502949905245468
  historical:           23.818664
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump