Breda is best known in football circles as the birthplace of Virgil van Dijk, but the city has produced 87 documented association football players in total. Other notable players include Livano Comenencia, Kees Rijvers, Kees van Ierssel and Ömer Bayram. Among them are 83 male and 4 female players. Documented players span more than 123 years, from 1883 to 2006.
