Football in Bochum has deep roots — the earliest documented player in this dataset was born in 1923. In total, 69 players from Bochum, Germany, appear on Wikidata. The most notable include Leon Goretzka, Joël Matip and Annike Krahn. Among them are 62 male and 7 female players. Documented players span more than 83 years, from 1923 to 2006.