Forgotten Footballer

Forgotten Footballer is the lead puzzle on FootyIQ, a site of daily football games for Premier League fans. Each day's puzzle has its own date and the same mystery player for every visitor, often someone half-remembered from a past season rather than a current star.

The player's photo starts heavily blurred. You can press to reduce the blur, take hints from a separate counter, or search for a player and submit a guess straight away. The game shows the guesses and hints you have left, ten guesses at the start, and a timer of how long you have taken. Hints open rows of the player's profile: nationality, age, position and height, then goals, assists and appearances from his career record. Run out of guesses, or give up, and the player is revealed.

FootyIQ sets Forgotten Footballer beside its other dailies, Footle, Footy Grid, The Link and The Ladder, and every one of them feeds a Footy IQ rating between 50 and 200 that rises when you play well. You can play as a guest with progress kept in your browser, or sign up to keep a streak across devices and get a morning email with the day's game.

Since May 2026 the same games are also in the FootyIQ app for iPhone, which adds private leagues, leaderboards and following friends.

It suits Premier League fans with long memories, and anyone who enjoys putting a name to a face they almost recognise.