Bakau is best known in football circles as the birthplace of Yankuba Minteh, but the city has produced 18 documented association football players in total. Other notable players include Ebrima Sohna, Kebba Ceesay, Njogu Demba-Nyrén and Abdou Jammeh. Among them are 17 male and 1 female players. Birth years range from 1966 to 2004.
