Every city that produced a World Cup player 2002–2026, straight from the player profiles — 4,034 of 4,342 players carry a birth city (93% coverage; the rest are simply not shown). Cities are exactly as recorded: no geocoding, no metro areas — Saint-Denis is not Paris. Companion to diaspora.
| # | City | Country | Players | Nations | e.g. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Montevideo | Uruguay | 50 | 2 | 🇵🇾 Gastón Olveira, 🇺🇾 Fabián Carini |
| 2 | London | England | 44 | 12 | 🇨🇦 Sam Adekugbe, 🇨🇩 Aaron Wan-Bissaka, 🏴 Ashley Cole… |
| 3 | Accra | Ghana | 38 | 3 | 🇫🇷 Marcel Desailly, 🇬🇭 Sammy Adjei, 🇹🇬 Eric Akoto |
| 4 | San José | Costa Rica | 35 | 1 | 🇨🇷 Erick Lonnis |
| 5 | Paris | France | 32 | 10 | 🇩🇿 Raïs M'Bolhi, 🇨🇲 Sébastien Bassong, 🇨🇩 Samuel Moutoussamy… |
| 6 | Abidjan | Cote d'Ivoire | 32 | 4 | 🇨🇦 Ismaël Koné, 🏴 Marc Guéhi, 🇨🇮 Jean-Jacques Tizié… |
| 7 | Dakar | Senegal | 29 | 3 | 🇧🇪 Amadou Onana, 🇫🇷 Patrick Vieira, 🇸🇳 Omar Daf |
| 8 | Asunción | Paraguay | 26 | 1 | 🇵🇾 Pedro Sarabia |
| 9 | Riyadh | Saudi Arabia | 25 | 1 | 🇸🇦 Sami Al-Jaber |
| 10 | Yaoundé | Cameroon | 21 | 4 | 🇨🇲 Alioum Boukar, 🇫🇷 Samuel Umtiti, 🇩🇪 Youssoufa Moukoko… |
| 11 | Lagos | Nigeria | 21 | 1 | 🇳🇬 Ike Shorunmu |
| 12 | Lisboa | Portugal | 20 | 2 | 🇨🇻 Telmo Arcanjo, 🇵🇹 Jorge Andrade |
| 13 | Douala | Cameroon | 20 | 3 | 🇨🇲 Pierre Womé, 🇫🇷 Jean-Alain Boumsong, 🇨🇭 François Moubandje |
| 14 | Sydney | Australia | 20 | 2 | 🇦🇺 Mark Schwarzer, 🇭🇷 Anthony Šerić |
| 15 | Rotterdam | Netherlands | 20 | 4 | 🇨🇻 Jamiro Monteiro, 🇨🇼 Sherel Floranus, 🇲🇦 Zakaria Aboukhlal… |
| 16 | Ciudad de Panamá | Panama | 20 | 1 | 🇵🇦 Jaime Penedo |
| 17 | Mexico City | Mexico | 19 | 1 | 🇲🇽 Óscar Pérez |
| 18 | Stockholm | Sweden | 18 | 3 | 🇨🇱 Miiko Albornoz, 🇸🇪 Johan Mjällby, 🇹🇷 Deniz Gül |
| 19 | Amsterdam | Netherlands | 18 | 5 | 🇩🇿 Ramiz Zerrouki, 🇨🇼 Tyrese Noslin, 🇬🇭 Quincy Owusu-Abeyie… |
| 20 | Lima | Peru | 18 | 1 | 🇵🇪 Pedro Gallese |
| 21 | Jeddah | Saudi Arabia | 17 | 1 | 🇸🇦 Mohammed Sheliah |
| 22 | Rio de Janeiro | Brazil | 16 | 5 | 🇧🇷 Ronaldo, 🇭🇷 Eduardo, 🇵🇹 Matheus Nunes… |
| 23 | Guayaquil | Ecuador | 16 | 1 | 🇪🇨 Augusto Poroso |
| 24 | Luanda | Angola | 16 | 2 | 🇦🇴 João Ricardo, 🇵🇹 William Carvalho |
| 25 | Tehran | Iran | 16 | 1 | 🇮🇷 Mehdi Mahdavikia |
| 26 | Melbourne | Australia | 16 | 2 | 🇦🇺 Jason Culina, 🇬🇷 Avraam Papadopoulos |
| 27 | Ljubljana | Jugoslawien (SFR) | 15 | 1 | 🇸🇮 Željko Milinovič |
| 28 | São Paulo | Brazil | 15 | 3 | 🇧🇷 Cafu, 🇵🇾 Maurício, 🇪🇸 Marcos Senna |
| 29 | Buenos Aires | Argentina | 15 | 5 | 🇦🇷 Juan Pablo Sorín, 🇨🇱 Matías Fernández, 🇵🇾 Jonathan Santana… |
| 30 | Esmeraldas | Ecuador | 15 | 1 | 🇪🇨 Iván Hurtado |
| 31 | Moskau | UdSSR | 15 | 1 | 🇷🇺 Andrei Solomatin |
| 32 | Tunis | Tunisia | 15 | 1 | 🇹🇳 Hassen Gabsi |
| 33 | Madrid | Spain | 14 | 3 | 🇪🇨 Jeremy Sarmiento, 🇲🇦 Achraf Hakimi, 🇪🇸 Raúl |
| 34 | Seoul | Korea, South | 14 | 1 | 🇰🇷 Yoo Sang-chul |
| 35 | Rosario | Argentina | 13 | 3 | 🇦🇷 Kily González, 🇪🇨 Hernán Galíndez, 🇲🇽 Gabriel Caballero |
| 36 | Doha | Qatar | 13 | 1 | 🇶🇦 Saad Al-Sheeb |
| 37 | Lyon | France | 12 | 5 | 🇩🇿 Carl Medjani, 🇨🇩 Gédéon Kalulu, 🇫🇷 Youri Djorkaeff… |
| 38 | Marseille | France | 12 | 6 | 🇩🇿 Nabil Ghilas, 🇫🇷 Zinedine Zidane, 🇬🇭 Jordan Ayew… |
| 39 | Guadalajara | Mexico | 12 | 1 | 🇲🇽 Oswaldo Sánchez |
| 40 | Lomé | Togo | 12 | 1 | 🇹🇬 Ouro-Nimini Tchagnirou |
| 41 | Auckland | New Zealand | 12 | 1 | 🇳🇿 Winston Reid |
| 42 | Kairo | Egypt | 12 | 2 | 🇦🇺 Garang Kuol, 🇪🇬 Omar Gaber |
| 43 | Reykjavík | Iceland | 12 | 1 | 🇮🇸 Hannes Þór Halldórsson |
| 44 | Berlin | Germany | 11 | 7 | 🇩🇿 Ibrahim Maza, 🇧🇦 Muhamed Bešić, 🇭🇷 Niko Kovač… |
| 45 | Zürich | Switzerland | 11 | 3 | 🇭🇷 Martin Baturina, 🇸🇳 Seny Dieng, 🇨🇭 Ricardo Cabanas |
| 46 | Zagreb | Croatia | 11 | 2 | 🇦🇺 Fran Karačić, 🇭🇷 Oliver Zelenika |
| 47 | Panama City | Panama | 11 | 1 | 🇵🇦 Fidel Escobar |
| 48 | Limón | Costa Rica | 10 | 1 | 🇨🇷 Jervis Drummond |
| 49 | Alajuela | Costa Rica | 10 | 1 | 🇨🇷 Álvaro Mesén |
| 50 | Malmö | Sweden | 10 | 4 | 🇧🇦 Dennis Hadžikadunić, 🇮🇷 Saman Ghoddos, 🇮🇶 Hussein Ali… |
| 51 | Zagreb | Jugoslawien (SFR) | 10 | 3 | 🇧🇪 Branko Strupar, 🇧🇦 Mensur Mujdža, 🇭🇷 Tomislav Butina |
| 52 | Roma | Italy | 10 | 2 | 🇦🇷 Giuliano Simeone, 🇮🇹 Francesco Totti |
| 53 | Liège | Belgium | 10 | 3 | 🇧🇪 Gaëtan Englebert, 🇲🇦 Mehdi Carcela, 🇶🇦 Edmilson Junior |
| 54 | Toronto, Ontario | Canada | 10 | 2 | 🇨🇦 Steven Vitória, 🇳🇱 Jonathan de Guzmán |
| 55 | Belgrade | Jugoslawien (SFR) | 9 | 2 | 🇷🇸 Antonio Rukavina, Dejan Stanković |
| 56 | Hamburg | Germany | 9 | 7 | 🇧🇦 Ermedin Demirović, 🇨🇲 Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting, 🇭🇷 Ivan Klasnić… |
| 57 | Wellington | New Zealand | 9 | 1 | 🇳🇿 Simon Elliott |
| 58 | La Ceiba | Honduras | 9 | 1 | 🇭🇳 Ricardo Canales |
| 59 | København | Denmark | 8 | 1 | 🇩🇰 Jon Dahl Tomasson |
| 60 | İstanbul | Türkiye | 8 | 1 | 🇹🇷 Fatih Akyel |
| 61 | Manchester | England | 8 | 3 | 🏴 Wes Brown, 🇮🇶 Zidane Iqbal, 🏴 Tyler Fletcher |
| 62 | Göteborg | Sweden | 8 | 3 | 🇮🇸 Kári Árnason, 🇮🇶 Kevin Yakob, 🇸🇪 Anders Svensson |
| 63 | Sousse | Tunisia | 8 | 1 | 🇹🇳 Mohamed Mkacher |
| 64 | München | Germany | 8 | 4 | 🇧🇦 Zvjezdan Misimović, 🇭🇷 Josip Stanišić, 🇩🇪 Thomas Hitzlsperger… |
| 65 | Split | Croatia | 8 | 1 | 🇭🇷 Ante Rebić |
| 66 | Brussel | Belgium | 8 | 2 | 🇧🇪 Adnan Januzaj, 🇨🇩 Joris Kayembe |
| 67 | Casablanca | Morocco | 8 | 1 | 🇲🇦 Hamza Mendyl |
| 68 | Glasgow | Scotland | 8 | 1 | 🏴 Aaron Hickey |
| 69 | Wien | Austria | 8 | 2 | 🇦🇹 Marko Arnautović, 🇹🇷 Mert Müldür |
| 70 | Maribor | Jugoslawien (SFR) | 7 | 1 | 🇸🇮 Marko Simeunovič |
| 71 | Soweto, Gauteng | South Africa | 7 | 1 | 🇿🇦 Cyril Nzama |
| 72 | Mecca | Saudi Arabia | 7 | 1 | 🇸🇦 Mohammed Noor |
| 73 | Liverpool | England | 7 | 3 | 🏴 Robbie Fowler, 🇳🇿 Dave Mulligan, 🇳🇴 Thelo Aasgaard |
| 74 | Jos | Nigeria | 7 | 1 | 🇳🇬 Justice Christopher |
| 75 | Kumasi | Ghana | 7 | 2 | 🇬🇭 Samuel Kuffour, 🇶🇦 Mohammed Muntari |
| 76 | Basel | Switzerland | 7 | 2 | 🇷🇸 Miloš Veljković, 🇨🇭 Alexander Frei |
| 77 | Toulouse | France | 7 | 5 | 🇩🇿 Liassine Cadamuro-Bentaïba, 🇫🇷 Gaël Clichy, 🇨🇮 Jean-Daniel Akpa Akpro… |
| 78 | Pyongyang | Korea, North | 7 | 1 | 🇰🇵 Ri Myong-guk |
| 79 | Praia | Cape Verde | 7 | 3 | 🇨🇻 Kevin Pina, 🇵🇹 Gelson Martins, 🇨🇭 Gelson Fernandes |
| 80 | ---, Baghdad | Iraq | 7 | 2 | 🇮🇶 Fahad Talib, 🇶🇦 Mohammed Waad |
| 81 | Amman | Jordan | 7 | 1 | 🇯🇴 Noor Al-Rawabdeh |
| 82 | Poznań | Poland | 6 | 1 | 🇵🇱 Arkadiusz Głowacki |
| 83 | Almada | Portugal | 6 | 2 | 🇨🇻 Hélio Varela, 🇵🇹 Luís Figo |
| 84 | Incheon | Korea, South | 6 | 1 | 🇰🇷 Choi Tae-uk |
| 85 | Genf | Switzerland | 6 | 2 | 🇨🇭 Philippe Senderos, 🇺🇸 Jeff Agoos |
| 86 | La Plata | Argentina | 6 | 1 | 🇦🇷 Juan Sebastián Verón |
| 87 | Kaduna | Nigeria | 6 | 1 | 🇳🇬 Celestine Babayaro |
| 88 | Split | Jugoslawien (SFR) | 6 | 1 | 🇭🇷 Stipe Pletikosa |
| 89 | Quito | Ecuador | 6 | 1 | 🇪🇨 Juan Carlos Burbano |
| 90 | Yokohama, Kanagawa | Japan | 6 | 1 | 🇯🇵 Ryuzo Morioka |
| 91 | San Lorenzo | Ecuador | 6 | 1 | 🇪🇨 Félix Borja |
| 92 | Haarlem | Netherlands | 6 | 4 | 🇨🇼 Trevor Doornbusch, 🇳🇱 Maarten Stekelenburg, 🇳🇬 William Troost-Ekong… |
| 93 | Adelaide | Australia | 6 | 1 | 🇦🇺 John Aloisi |
| 94 | Montreuil | France | 6 | 4 | 🇩🇿 Djamel Abdoun, 🇫🇷 Warren Zaïre-Emery, 🇬🇭 Elisha Owusu… |
| 95 | Santiago de Cali | Colombia | 6 | 1 | 🇨🇴 Abel Aguilar |
| 96 | Colón | Panama | 6 | 1 | 🇵🇦 Harold Cummings |
| 97 | Kinshasa | Zaire | 5 | 4 | 🇧🇪 Mbo Mpenza, 🇨🇩 Chancel Mbemba, 🇫🇷 Claude Makélélé… |
| 98 | Terrassa | Spain | 5 | 2 | 🇲🇦 Ismael Saibari, 🇪🇸 Albert Luque |
| 99 | Warszawa | Poland | 5 | 1 | 🇵🇱 Michał Żewłakow |
| 100 | Porto | Portugal | 5 | 1 | 🇵🇹 Jorge Costa |
| 101 | Karlsruhe | Germany | 5 | 3 | 🇧🇦 Sead Kolašinac, 🇭🇷 Marco Pašalić, 🇩🇪 Oliver Kahn |
| 102 | Enugu | Nigeria | 5 | 1 | 🇳🇬 Jay-Jay Okocha |
| 103 | Ibarra | Ecuador | 5 | 1 | 🇪🇨 Raúl Guerrón |
| 104 | Monterrey | Mexico | 5 | 1 | 🇲🇽 Johan Rodríguez |
| 105 | Port of Spain | Trinidad and Tobago | 5 | 1 | 🇹🇹 Brent Sancho |
| 106 | Utrecht | Netherlands | 5 | 2 | 🇨🇼 Riechedly Bazoer, 🇳🇱 Wesley Sneijder |
| 107 | Colombes | France | 5 | 3 | 🇫🇷 Eliaquim Mangala, 🇭🇹 Jean-Ricner Bellegarde, 🇹🇳 Alaeddine Yahia |
| 108 | Aubervilliers | France | 5 | 4 | 🇫🇷 Abou Diaby, 🇭🇹 Alexandre Pierre, 🇨🇮 Ange-Yoan Bonny… |
| 109 | Stuttgart | Germany | 5 | 2 | 🇩🇪 Sami Khedira, 🇹🇳 Rani Khedira |
| 110 | Hvidovre | Denmark | 5 | 1 | 🇩🇰 Daniel Agger |
| 111 | Kawasaki, Kanagawa | Japan | 5 | 1 | 🇯🇵 Takayuki Morimoto |
| 112 | Tegucigalpa | Honduras | 5 | 1 | 🇭🇳 Boniek García |
| 113 | Barcelona | Spain | 5 | 1 | 🇪🇸 Gerard Piqué |
| 114 | Pamplona | Spain | 5 | 1 | 🇪🇸 Fernando Llorente |
| 115 | Oslo | Norway | 5 | 4 | 🇬🇭 Adam Larsen Kwarasey, 🇨🇮 Mathis Bolly, 🇳🇴 Morten Thorsby… |
| 116 | Antwerpen | Belgium | 5 | 2 | 🇧🇪 Romelu Lukaku, 🇨🇩 Ngal'ayel Mukau |
| 117 | Brampton, Ontario | Canada | 5 | 1 | 🇨🇦 Junior Hoilett |
| 118 | Nantes | France | 4 | 3 | 🇩🇰 Jan Michaelsen, 🇫🇷 Ulrich Ramé, 🇨🇮 Emerse Faé |
| 119 | Rouen | France | 4 | 3 | 🇫🇷 David Trezeguet, 🇲🇦 Fayçal Fajr, 🇸🇳 Iliman Ndiaye |
| 120 | Saint-Louis | Senegal | 4 | 1 | 🇸🇳 Amara Traoré |
| 121 | Salto | Uruguay | 4 | 1 | 🇺🇾 Gonzalo de los Santos |
| 122 | Kranj | Jugoslawien (SFR) | 4 | 1 | 🇸🇮 Miran Pavlin |
| 123 | Heredia | Costa Rica | 4 | 1 | 🇨🇷 Paulo Wanchope |
| 124 | Grecia | Costa Rica | 4 | 1 | 🇨🇷 Juan José Rodríguez |
| 125 | Bursa | Türkiye | 4 | 1 | 🇹🇷 Emre Aşık |
| 126 | Kraków | Poland | 4 | 1 | 🇵🇱 Tomasz Rząsa |
| 127 | Garoua | Cameroon | 4 | 1 | 🇨🇲 Nicolas Alnoudji |
| 128 | Dublin | Ireland | 4 | 1 | 🇮🇪 Kenny Cunningham |
| 129 | Birmingham | England | 4 | 2 | 🏴 Darius Vassell, 🇮🇪 Lee Carsley |
| 130 | Benin City | Nigeria | 4 | 1 | 🇳🇬 Julius Aghahowa |
| 131 | Osijek | Jugoslawien (SFR) | 4 | 2 | 🇦🇺 Dario Vidošić, 🇭🇷 Davor Šuker |
| 132 | Sarajevo | Jugoslawien (SFR) | 4 | 2 | 🇧🇦 Edin Džeko, 🇭🇷 Mario Stanić |
| 133 | Hannover | Germany | 4 | 3 | 🇭🇷 Vladimir Vasilj, 🇩🇪 Per Mertesacker, 🇮🇶 Merchas Doski |
| 134 | Machala | Ecuador | 4 | 1 | 🇪🇨 Nicolás Asencio |
| 135 | Milano | Italy | 4 | 1 | 🇮🇹 Paolo Maldini |
| 136 | Napoli | Italy | 4 | 1 | 🇮🇹 Fabio Cannavaro |
| 137 | Gabès | Tunisia | 4 | 1 | 🇹🇳 Radhi Jaïdi |
| 138 | Córdoba | Argentina | 4 | 1 | 🇦🇷 Fabricio Coloccini |
| 139 | Ciudadela | Argentina | 4 | 2 | 🇦🇷 Carlos Tevez, 🇵🇾 Kaku |
| 140 | Ardabil | Iran | 4 | 1 | 🇮🇷 Yahya Golmohammadi |
| 141 | Praha | CSSR | 4 | 1 | 🇨🇿 Tomáš Rosický |
| 142 | Tema | Ghana | 4 | 1 | 🇬🇭 Hans Sarpei |
| 143 | Perth | Australia | 4 | 1 | 🇦🇺 Stan Lazaridis |
| 144 | Wollongong | Australia | 4 | 1 | 🇦🇺 Scott Chipperfield |
| 145 | Khobar | Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1 | 🇸🇦 Yasser Al-Qahtani |
| 146 | Kiew | UdSSR | 4 | 1 | 🇺🇦 Oleksandr Shovkovskyi |
| 147 | Paysandú | Uruguay | 4 | 1 | 🇺🇾 Walter Gargano |
| 148 | Algier | Algeria | 4 | 1 | 🇩🇿 Rafik Halliche |
| 149 | Aberdeen | Scotland | 4 | 3 | 🇦🇺 Harry Souttar, 🏴 John Souttar, 🇺🇸 Stuart Holden |
| 150 | Gelsenkirchen | Germany | 4 | 2 | 🇩🇪 Manuel Neuer, 🇹🇷 Kaan Ayhan |
| 151 | Tamale | Ghana | 4 | 1 | 🇬🇭 Ibrahim Ayew |
| 152 | Kopenhagen | Denmark | 4 | 2 | 🇩🇰 Daniel Jensen, 🇹🇳 Anis Ben Slimane |
| 153 | Christchurch | New Zealand | 4 | 1 | 🇳🇿 Ryan Nelsen |
| 154 | Santiago de Chile | Chile | 4 | 1 | 🇨🇱 Pablo Contreras |
| 155 | San Pedro Sula | Honduras | 4 | 1 | 🇭🇳 David Suazo |
| 156 | Brisbane | Australia | 4 | 1 | 🇦🇺 Matt McKay |
| 157 | Den Haag | Netherlands | 4 | 3 | 🇳🇱 Tim Krul, 🇹🇳 Omar Rekik, 🇹🇷 Oğuz Aydın |
| 158 | Medellín | Colombia | 4 | 1 | 🇨🇴 David Ospina |
| 159 | Quibdó | Colombia | 4 | 1 | 🇨🇴 Carlos Sánchez |
| 160 | Eloy Alfaro | Ecuador | 4 | 1 | 🇪🇨 Jaime Ayoví |
| 161 | Lille | France | 4 | 3 | 🇩🇿 Nabil Bentaleb, 🇨🇩 Gaël Kakuta, 🇫🇷 Raphaël Varane |
| 162 | Bushehr | Iran | 4 | 1 | 🇮🇷 Hossein Mahini |
| 163 | Köln | Germany | 4 | 4 | 🇧🇦 Kerim Alajbegović, 🇩🇪 Ron-Robert Zieler, 🇸🇳 Ismail Jakobs… |
| 164 | Ismailia | Egypt | 4 | 2 | 🇪🇬 Ahmed Hegazi, 🇶🇦 Ahmed Alaaeldin |
| 165 | Dammam | Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1 | 🇸🇦 Yahya Al-Shehri |
| 166 | Montréal, Québec | Canada | 4 | 3 | 🇨🇦 Moïse Bombito, 🇭🇹 Garven Metusala, 🇲🇦 Yassine Bounou |
| 167 | Sheffield | England | 4 | 2 | 🏴 Kyle Walker, 🏴 George Hirst |
| 168 | Sfax | Tunisia | 4 | 1 | 🇹🇳 Ali Maâloul |
| 169 | Cardiff | Wales | 4 | 2 | 🇳🇿 Finn Surman, 🏴 Gareth Bale |
| 170 | Genève | Switzerland | 4 | 3 | 🇨🇩 Timothy Fayulu, 🇳🇿 Alex Rufer, 🇨🇭 Johan Manzambi |
| 171 | San Lorenzo | Paraguay | 4 | 1 | 🇵🇾 Antonio Sanabria |
| 172 | Bodø | Norway | 4 | 1 | 🇳🇴 Patrick Berg |
| 173 | Tashkent | Uzbekistan | 4 | 1 | 🇺🇿 Abdukodir Khusanov |