Saga Prefecture is best known in football circles as the birthplace of Hiroshi Soejima, but the city has produced 34 documented association football players in total. Other notable players include Saori Ariyoshi, Takeo Harada, Koichiro Katafuchi and Yasuhide Ihara. Among them are 33 male and 1 female players. Birth years range from 1959 to 2004.
