Nagasaki is best known in football circles as the birthplace of Kazuya Yamamura, but the city has produced 21 documented association football players in total. Other notable players include Hokuto Nakamura, Shingo Hyodo, Daisuke Sakai and Shinji Kobayashi. Among them are 20 male and 1 female players. Birth years range from 1954 to 1998.
