Kanazawa is best known in football circles as the birthplace of Takeshi Koshida, but the city has produced 12 documented association football players in total. Other notable players include Hikaru Kitagawa, Koji Hashimoto, Takahiro Takagi and Toshiya Tanaka. Among them are 10 male and 2 female players. Birth years range from 1960 to 2006.
