# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/yuniesky-betancourt
# Generated: 2026-08-15T22:42:47.051Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/yuniesky-betancourt"
name: "Yuniesky Betancourt"
slug: "yuniesky-betancourt"
description: "Yuniesky Betancourt Pérez is a Cuban former professional baseball shortstop. Betancourt played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Milwaukee Brewers, Seattle Mariners, and Kansas City Royals. He played in the Cuban National Series for Villa Clara before he defected from Cuba. In 2019, he became the first former MLB player to return to the Cuban national baseball system after defecting from the country. However, he never played a game for Villa Clara in 2019. In Cuba, he is nicknamed \"Riquimbili\"."
tagline: "Baseball player"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Yuniesky_Betancourt_on_July_27%2C_2009(2).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1982-01-31"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           43.48
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.302702666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuniesky_Betancourt"
    title: "Yuniesky Betancourt"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%B3%D9%83%D9%89_%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%83%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AA"
    title: "ياونيسكى بيتانكورت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuniesky_Betancourt"
    title: "Yuniesky Betancourt"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuniesky_Betancourt"
    title: "Yuniesky Betancourt"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuniesky_Betancourt"
    title: "Yuniesky Betancourt"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%A6%E3%83%8B%E3%82%A8%E3%82%B9%E3%82%AD%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%83%99%E3%82%BF%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B3%E3%83%BC%E3%83%88"
    title: "ユニエスキー・ベタンコート"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3037018"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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