# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/zdeno-chara
# Generated: 2026-08-14T06:31:25.649Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/zdeno-chara"
name: "Zdeno Chára"
slug: "zdeno-chara"
description: "Zdeno Chára is a Slovak former professional ice hockey player. As a defenceman, he played 24 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the New York Islanders, Ottawa Senators, Boston Bruins, and Washington Capitals between 1997 and 2022. Standing 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) tall, Chára is the tallest person ever to play in the NHL, earning him the nickname \"Big Z\". Internationally, he played for the Slovakia men's national team and won two silver medals at the Ice Hockey World Championships. At the 2016 World Cup of Hockey, he won a silver medal playing for Team Europe. In 2025, he was inducted into both the IIHF Hall of Fame and the Hockey Hall of Fame."
tagline: "Slovak professional ice hockey defenseman"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Zdeno_Chara_-_Boston_Bruins_2012.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1977-03-18"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           54.07
  momentum:             0
  historical:           18.589212
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/zdeno33"
    handle:    "zdeno33"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/zdeno.chara.98871"
    handle:    "zdeno.chara.98871"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1758766/"
    handle:    "nm1758766"
sources:
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    title: "兹德诺·哈拉"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "زدينو تشارا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Zdeno Chára"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zdeno_Ch%C3%A1ra"
    title: "Zdeno Chára"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zdeno_Ch%C3%A1ra"
    title: "Zdeno Chára"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zdeno_Ch%C3%A1ra"
    title: "Zdeno Chára"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zdeno_Ch%C3%A1ra"
    title: "Zdeno Chára"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zdeno_Ch%C3%A1ra"
    title: "Zdeno Chára"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zdeno_Ch%C3%A1ra"
    title: "Zdeno Chára"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Zdeno Chara"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Zdeno Chára"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%A6%88%EB%8D%B0%EB%85%B8_%ED%95%98%EB%9D%BC"
    title: "즈데노 하라"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Zdeno Chára"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zdeno_H%C4%81ra"
    title: "Zdeno Hāra"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zdeno_Ch%C3%A1ra"
    title: "Zdeno Chára"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Zdeno Chára"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Хара, Здено"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Zdeno Chára"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zdeno_Ch%C3%A1ra"
    title: "Zdeno Chára"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Zdeno Chára"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%97%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%BE_%D0%A5%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B0"
    title: "Здено Хара"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q168957"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1363020"
    title: "Zdeno Chára"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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