Daugavpils is best known in football circles as the birthplace of Artjoms Rudņevs, but the city has produced 36 documented association football players in total. Other notable players include Aleksandrs Cauņa, Jurģis Pučinsks, Ivans Lukjanovs and Antonijs Černomordijs. Among them are 35 male and 1 female players. Birth years range from 1964 to 2004.