Stuttgart is best known in football circles as the birthplace of Jürgen Klopp, but the city has produced 173 documented association football players in total. Other notable players include Sami Khedira, Timo Werner, Jamal Musiala and Serge Gnabry. Among them are 161 male and 12 female players. Documented players span more than 129 years, from 1879 to 2008.