Tehran is best known in football circles as the birthplace of Ali Karimi, but the city has produced 401 documented association football players in total. Other notable players include Ashkan Dejagah, Milad Mohammadi, Andranik Teymourian and Mehdi Mahdavikia. Among them are 394 male and 6 female players. Documented players span more than 96 years, from 1910 to 2006.
