Esmeraldas is best known in football circles as the birthplace of Piero Hincapié, but the city has produced 174 documented association football players in total. Other notable players include Pervis Estupiñán, Iván Hurtado, Alexánder Domínguez and Carlos Tenorio. Among them are 171 male and 3 female players. Birth years range from 1943 to 2006.
