# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/zane-kirchner
# Generated: 2026-08-13T08:48:22.835Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/zane-kirchner"
name: "Zane Kirchner"
slug: "zane-kirchner"
description: "Zane Kirchner is a retired South African professional rugby union player. Previously he played at fullback for the Bulls in Super Rugby and the Blue Bulls in the Currie Cup. Born in George, Western Cape, Kirchner attended PW Botha College in his home town, for whom he played at fly-half; he was first selected at fullback for the 2002 Craven Week. He began his provincial rugby career with the Griquas, and made more than 50 appearances for the side between his Currie Cup debut in 2003 and his move to the Blue Bulls in 2007. In five years with the Blue Bulls, Kirchner has made 64 Currie Cup appearances and scored 64 points. He made his debut for the Bulls franchise in 2008, and since then he has made a total of 81 appearances and scored 105 points. He won the Currie Cup in 2009 and the Super Rugby title in 2009 and 2010."
tagline: "South African rugby union footballer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Zane_Kirchner_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "South Africa"
  isoCode: "ZA"
category:
  name: "Footballers"
  slug: "footballers"
profileType:
  name: "Football / Soccer Player"
  slug: "footballer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q937857"
birthDate: "1984-06-16"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           44.52
  momentum:             5.705128205128204
  historical:           8.745177333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Зејн Кирхнер"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zane_Kirchner"
    title: "Zane Kirchner"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B2%D9%8A%D9%86_%D9%83%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%B4%D9%86%D8%B1"
    title: "زين كيرشنر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zane_Kirchner"
    title: "Zane Kirchner"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zane_Kirchner"
    title: "Zane Kirchner"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zane_Kirchner"
    title: "Zane Kirchner"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zane_Kirchner"
    title: "Zane Kirchner"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B6%E3%82%A4%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AB%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B7%E3%83%A5%E3%83%8A%E3%83%BC"
    title: "ザイン・カーシュナー"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zane_Kirchner"
    title: "Zane Kirchner"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B8%D1%80%D1%85%D0%BD%D0%B5%D1%80%2C_%D0%97%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%BD"
    title: "Кирхнер, Зейн"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q166094"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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