Football in Lima has deep roots — the earliest documented player in this dataset was born in 1879. In total, 854 players from Lima, Peru, appear on Wikidata. The most notable include Joao Grimaldo, Paolo Guerrero and Jhilmar Lora. Among them are 833 male and 21 female players. Documented players span more than 130 years, from 1879 to 2009.
