# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/yuri-butsayev
# Generated: 2026-08-14T15:21:33.541Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/yuri-butsayev"
name: "Yuri Butsayev"
slug: "yuri-butsayev"
description: "Yuri Gennadievich Butsayev ; born October 11, 1978) is a Russian former professional ice hockey winger. He played in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the Detroit Red Wings and the Atlanta Thrashers. He was drafted in the second round, 49th overall, by the Red Wings in the 1997 NHL entry draft. Yuri is the brother of the former NHL player Viacheslav Butsayev."
tagline: "Russian ice hockey player"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Yuri_Butsayev_(31274150110).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1978-10-11"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           41.5
  momentum:             1.03448275862069
  historical:           7.211412
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D1%83%D1%86%D0%B0%D1%94%D0%B2_%D0%AE%D1%80%D1%96%D0%B9_%D0%93%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%B4%D1%96%D0%B9%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87"
    title: "Буцаєв Юрій Геннадійович"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%89_%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%AA%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%8A%DA%A4"
    title: "ياورى بوتسايڤ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juri_Gennadjewitsch_Buzajew"
    title: "Juri Gennadjewitsch Buzajew"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuri_Butsayev"
    title: "Yuri Butsayev"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juri_Butsajev"
    title: "Juri Butsajev"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iouri_Boutsa%C3%AFev"
    title: "Iouri Boutsaïev"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jurij_Bucajew"
    title: "Jurij Bucajew"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D1%83%D1%86%D0%B0%D0%B5%D0%B2%2C_%D0%AE%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%B9_%D0%93%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%B4%D1%8C%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87"
    title: "Буцаев, Юрий Геннадьевич"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q971698"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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