Tours is best known in football circles as the birthplace of Abdou Diallo, but the city has produced 41 documented association football players in total. Other notable players include Sofiane Diop, Wilfried Dalmat, Jean-François Hernández and Jean-Sébastien Jaurès. Among them are 39 male and 2 female players. Birth years range from 1947 to 2006.
