Football quizzes are harder than they look. Most fans think they know the game well — until they sit down and try to name a player from three clues. Suddenly the squad numbers blur together and the countries of birth become confused.
If you have been playing the KickGuessr 100 Days Challenge and finding some of the harder questions difficult, this guide will help. Here are the things that actually improve your football quiz performance.
Know the Squad Numbers
One of the most reliable clue types in any football quiz is the squad number. Most elite clubs follow patterns that make numbers predictable.
Number 1 is almost always the first-choice goalkeeper. Number 9 is usually a striker. Number 10 is usually the most creative attacking midfielder or forward. Numbers 11 and 7 are often wingers. Numbers 4, 5, and 6 are usually central defenders or defensive midfielders.
Some players become so associated with their number that the number itself becomes a clue. Ronaldo at number 7. Messi at number 10. Haaland at number 9. Hakimi at number 2.
When you see a squad number in a clue, think first about what position it suggests, then think about which elite players at major clubs wear that number.
Know the Nationalities
International football creates some genuinely confusing situations for quiz players. The most common trick — as seen in Day 4 with Haaland and Day 12 with Hakimi — is players who were born in one country but represent another.
Some of the most common examples in modern football: players born in France who play for African national teams, players born in Spain who play for Morocco or Ivory Coast, players born in England who play for Ireland through grandparent eligibility.
When a clue tells you where a player was born, be careful not to assume that tells you which national team they play for. The clue will usually make both clear — but read them carefully before jumping to an answer.
Watch More Than Just Your Favourite Team
The single biggest improvement in football quiz knowledge comes from watching more football. Not just your team. Other leagues. Other national teams. Club football across Europe, South America, and increasingly the Middle East and the USA.
Players like Kaoru Mitoma (Brighton), Granit Xhaka (Leverkusen), or Ademola Lookman (Atalanta) are well-known to fans who watch widely. They are almost unknown to fans who only follow one club or one league.
The KickGuessr 100 Days Challenge is designed to reward exactly this kind of broad knowledge. The easy questions in Days 1 to 10 are for everyone. The hard questions in Days 21 to 30 are for people who genuinely watch football beyond their immediate team.
Use the Clues in Order
In the KickGuessr challenge, each clue is designed to give progressively more information. Clue 1 is the hardest. Clue 3 is the most specific.
The most satisfying way to play is to guess from Clue 1 alone. But if you do not know immediately, resist the urge to search. Wait for Clue 2. Then Clue 3. The point is to test your genuine knowledge, not your ability to Google quickly.
The players who consistently get the answer from Clue 1 are usually the ones who watch the most football and pay attention to the details — birthplaces, squad numbers, career history — that others overlook.
The Community Makes It Better
The best part of the KickGuessr challenge is not the quiz itself — it is the comments. Watching other fans debate whether Clue 2 was too easy, or arguing about who else could fit all three clues, is where the real entertainment happens.
Follow us on TikTok at @kickguessrhq and drop your answers in the comments every day. The conversation around the challenge is half the game.
Good luck with Day 5 onwards. It only gets harder from here.