October 2, 2026 · Puzzle #1
Missed the puzzle or want to check your guesses? Here are the hints and the answer for the puzzle of October 2, 2026 (Puzzle #1).
Puzzle #1 was solved by Andrés Iniesta — Spain, midfielder, born 1984. The club clues for this puzzle trace a career through Barcelona · Vissel Kobe. Career honours include World Cup 2010 · Euro ×2 · UCL ×4.
Guess the Footballer is a free daily guessing game about football players. One footballer is hidden each day — the same for every player in the world — and you have six guesses to identify him. After every guess the board compares your pick with the hidden player across four clues: nation, position, birth year and the clubs of his career. Green means an exact match, yellow means close, and the arrows point towards the answer's birth year. Finish the puzzle and your streak grows; miss a day and nothing is lost. The game is free, needs no account, and works on phone or desktop — and a fresh footballer appears every day at midnight UTC.
Every clue on this page narrows the field. Nation is green only for the exact country. Position compares the role — GK, DF, MF or FW — and is green only on an exact match. Born turns yellow within three years of the answer's birth year, and the arrows ▲ and ▼ show whether the hidden player was born earlier or later. Clubs turns yellow when the two players shared at least one club, with the shared clubs listed for you; green means their club careers match club for club.
No. Answer pages are published a day after their puzzle, so today's footballer is never spoiled. If you want today's puzzle, play it on the game page.
Yes. The answer sits behind a "Show the answer" click: read the hints, make your own guess, and only then reveal the name and career details.
In the archive — every past puzzle is listed with its date and answer, newest first.
Six guesses per puzzle. If you are stuck, a hint reveals the nation, but it costs one of the six. When the guesses run out, the answer is revealed on this page.
Yes — completely free and account-free. There is no download and nothing to pay, and your streak is stored in your own browser.
On the game page — today's footballer is live right now, and a new puzzle arrives every day at midnight UTC.
This page is the daily answer sheet of Guess the Footballer: one puzzle, one answer, published a day after the puzzle aired so today's footballer is never spoiled. The clues above — nation, position and birth year — are enough to recognise most players; the club list usually settles it. Every puzzle works the same way: six guesses, four clues, one new footballer each day at midnight UTC. Play today's puzzle for free — no sign-up, no download. Every page is built from public facts — no photos and no videos.