Guess the mystery footballer. Each wrong guess or skip reveals a new clue — clubs (with years), era, career length, initials, date of birth — in a different mix every day.
Solve early, score more: 12 · 10 · 8 · 6 · 4 · 2 points by the guess you solve on. Miss all six = 0.
🌍 Bonus: reveal the national team on guesses 1–3 only. It halves that day's score.
Play 🔥 — days in a row you show up.
Correct ✅ — days in a row you solve it.
Cycle — 7 days played in a row earns 7 pts, or 14 if you solved all 7, then resets.
A missed day resets your streaks.
How to play Footly
Footly is a free daily football quiz and guessing game. Every day there's one mystery footballer to find, the same one for every player in the world, drawn from more than 1,600 stars, legends and cult heroes of the game.
How the clues work
You start with one clue. Every wrong guess, or every skip, reveals another: a club they played for and the years they were there, the era they played in, the shape of their career, their initials and their date of birth. The mix changes every day, so no two puzzles unfold the same way. Clues are shuffled every day, with broader hints tending to come first and the strongest ones last.
Scoring and the bonus clue
You have six guesses. Solve it on your first guess for 12 points, or 10, 8, 6, 4 or 2 points on later guesses. Stuck early? The optional bonus clue reveals the player's national team. It's available during your first three guesses, but it halves that day's score.
Streaks and badges
Play every day to grow your play streak, solve every day to grow your correct streak, and play seven days in a row for a cycle bonus of 7 points, or 14 if you solved all seven. Your Footly results also count towards your combined Streakly totals and milestone badges. A new footballer arrives every day at midnight UTC.
Tips
Clubs are the best clue: think about who moved between those teams in those years.
Type part of a name and pick from the list. Every guess must be a real player.
Initials and date of birth usually arrive late and are the strongest clues.