Karlsruhe is best known in football circles as the birthplace of Oliver Kahn, but the city has produced 120 documented association football players in total. Other notable players include Sead Kolašinac, Oliver Bierhoff, Mehmet Scholl and Dennis Aogo. Among them are 105 male and 15 female players. Documented players span more than 128 years, from 1878 to 2006.
