Guess the Footballer

What is Guess the Footballer?

Guess the Footballer is a free daily guessing game about football players. Every day one mystery footballer is chosen — a current star or a retired legend — and you have six guesses to work out who it is. Each guess compares your pick with the hidden player across four clues: nation, position, birth year and the clubs of their career.

There are no photos: every clue is a public fact, and the game runs right in your browser — no download, no sign-up, nothing to pay. One puzzle is shared by everyone in the world each day, and it resets at midnight UTC, so you can compare results with friends afterwards. If you call the sport soccer, think of it as a soccer player guessing game — a footballer is simply a soccer player.

How to play

Type the name of a football player into the box and press Guess. The game instantly shows how close your pick is:

• Nation — green when your player represents the same country as the mystery footballer, gray otherwise.
• Position — green for an exact match (GK, DF, MF or FW), gray otherwise.
• Born — green for the exact birth year and yellow when you are within three years. The arrows ▲ and ▼ show whether the answer was born earlier or later, so every guess narrows the field.
• Clubs — yellow when the two players share at least one club, with the shared clubs listed for you; green when their careers match club for club.

You have six guesses. If you are stuck, the 💡 Hint button reveals the mystery footballer's nation — but it costs one of your six guesses, so spend it wisely.

Solve the puzzle and your winning streak grows, and you can copy a share card to show your result without spoiling the answer. One footballer a day, six guesses, three languages — free and account-free.

Tips and strategy

Six guesses is plenty once you use the clues properly. A few habits that help:

• Open with a household name. A famous international gives you more signal than a fringe footballer, because the four clues are measured against a long, well-documented career.
• Treat the birth-year arrow like a compass. ▲ or ▼ cuts the field of possible answers roughly in half, so guess across eras instead of around one.
• Yellow Clubs cells are shortcuts. A shared club means the two players overlapped in the same league and era — favourite that league's stars next.
• Lock in nation and position first. Those cells are green-or-gray, so each guess is a clean yes or no; confirm them before chasing the birth year.
• Keep the Hint in reserve. It costs a guess, so save it for when the nation is the last thing still wide open.

Frequently asked questions

What is Guess the Footballer?

Guess the Footballer is a free daily guessing game. Every day at midnight UTC a new mystery footballer is chosen, and you have six guesses to identify the player.

How do you play the game?

Type a footballer's name and press Guess. Each guess shows how close you are: nation, position, birth year (with arrows) and shared clubs light up green or yellow. Six wrong guesses and the puzzle is lost.

Is it free? Do I need an account?

It is completely free and needs no sign-up. Your streak is stored locally in your own browser.

When does the new puzzle come out?

A new puzzle goes live every day at midnight UTC — the evening in the Americas, the morning in Asia and Oceania. Finish the daily footballer and a fresh one will be waiting tomorrow.

Can I see the answers to past puzzles?

Yes — the archive lists every past puzzle with its date and number. Each answer is added one day after its puzzle, so today's footballer is never spoiled.

Does it work on a phone?

Yes. The game is built phone-first, so the daily footballer plays just as well on a small screen, and your streak is remembered in your browser — no app needed.