Football in Montevideo has deep roots — the earliest documented player in this dataset was born in 1801. In total, 1728 players from Montevideo, Uruguay, appear on Wikidata. The most notable include Diego Forlán, Federico Valverde and Martín Cáceres. Among them are 1709 male and 18 female players. Documented players span more than 207 years, from 1801 to 2008.
