Santos is best known in football circles as the birthplace of Djalminha, but the city has produced 129 documented association football players in total. Other notable players include Gilmar, Emerson Palmieri, Axel Rodrigues de Arruda and Sérgio Manoel. Among them are 127 male and 2 female players. Documented players span more than 112 years, from 1892 to 2004.



