Ashgabat is best known in football circles as the birthplace of Kurban Berdyev, but the city has produced 67 documented association football players in total. Other notable players include Ruslan Mingazov, Wladimir Baýramow, Rolan Gusev and Nazar Bayramov. Among them are 66 male and 1 female players. Birth years range from 1950 to 2001.
