Ankara is best known in football circles as the birthplace of Ümit Özat, but the city has produced 193 documented association football players in total. Other notable players include Turgay Şeren, Burhan Sargın, Hasan Kabze and Mustafa Ertan. Among them are 185 male and 8 female players. Documented players span more than 93 years, from 1916 to 2009.
