Guarulhos is best known in football circles as the birthplace of Gabriel Martinelli, but the city has produced 47 documented association football players in total. Other notable players include Marques Batista de Abreu, Cris, Rubinho and Marcelino Júnior Lopes Arruda. Among them are 45 male and 2 female players. Birth years range from 1973 to 2008.

