Five Teammates — guess the player from the dressing room
Every day a secret player and five of his teammates, revealed one at a time — the first is the most famous name, and the next ones narrow it down. You have five tries to find the only player who played with all of them. Free, no sign-up, in English, Portuguese and Spanish.
How to play Five Teammates
Five Teammates is the daily game of guessing a player by his dressing room:
five of his teammates, revealed one at a time, and five tries.
The player is the same for the whole world, it is free and it takes a minute.
The rules, in 20 seconds
- The first teammate is free. He is on screen before your first guess — and he
is the most famous of the five.
- Guess a name from the list. Type and pick from the suggestions.
- Every miss calls the next teammate. Five in total.
- Five tries. Get it and the day ends; miss all five and the screen shows who
it was.
What counts as a teammate
Sharing the same club with overlapping years. It is not enough that both played
for Milan: if one left in 2009 and the other arrived in 2010, they were never teammates — and our
graph knows it. Three details worth writing down:
- loans count: a loaned player was really there, playing with whoever was;
- youth football does not: a spell only counts from the age of 16, otherwise
the game would say an academy kid "played with" the first team;
- national teams stay out: the most recognisable link of all, but our database
keeps the country without the years — and with no years there is no proof they crossed.
Why the club is hidden during the game
Because it is the proof, not the clue. With "Milan 2003–2009" next to the name,
the answer would build itself — and the game would stop being about remembering who played with
whom. At the end the screen shows, for each of the five, where and when they
played together.
There is always a single answer
Every published day is checked before it exists: among the players with dated careers in our
database, the five teammates point at one name. A day with two possible answers
would punish whoever got the reasoning right, so it is refused — and it can be, because there are
plenty of players for the 365 days of the year.
Three strategies that work
- Start from the obvious intersection. Two names from different clubs already
cut almost everything: look for who passed through both.
- Wait for the third before risking it. A miss costs no clue — it costs a try,
and there are five.
- Think about the era, not just the club. The five played with him at the same
time, so there is a window of years that closes the maths.
The player does not repeat across games
This game, Craque Oculto, Football Wordle and
Four Clubs draw from the same players. So that playing two does
not give away the third, the draw keeps 60 days of distance on each side.
Frequently asked questions
When does the player change?
At midnight, in your device's local time. Everyone plays the same player on the same day.
Is my progress saved?
It is, in your own browser — and separate from the other games: each one has its own stats
and streak.
Does sharing give the answer away?
No. The text carries one square per try and the score: it shows how many teammates you
needed, but not who he was nor who they were.
Are there other games?
There are: Craque Oculto, Four Clubs and
Football Bingo, among others.
