| LUCYBRONZE | First English footballer to win the Uefa Women's Player of the Year Award * (10) |
| BRONZE | Lucy, the first English footballer to win the UEFA Women's Player of the Year Award (6) |
| OWEN | Who was the last English footballer to win the Ballon d'Or? (4) |
| GALATASARAY | Turkish football club who beat Arsenal to win the Uefa Cup in 2000 (11) |
| LUKAMODRIC | Only Croatian footballer to win the Ballon d'Or (4,6) |
| CHLOEKELLY | Scorer of the winning penalty in the Uefa Women's Euro 2025 final |
| WILLIAMSON | Captain of England's 2022 and 2025 UEFA Women's Euro-winning teams (4,10) |
| BOBBYMOORE | The first footballer to be honoured by a memorial service in Westminster Abbey |
| UNDERSCORE | Emphasise the failure of footballers to reach their potential (10) |
| SIMONKJAER | Danish captain awarded the UEFA President's Award for his actions when Christian Eriksen collapsed at Euro 2020 |
| BACKHANDER | Bribe a footballer to give to Her Majesty? (10) |
| BUKAYOSAKA | Arsenal player who became the youngest footballer to start a knock-out international for England in their 2-0 Euro 2020 victory over Germany |
| GEOFFHURST | The only footballer to score a hat-trick in a World Cup final |
| NADINE | Brisbane Roar's 2013 FIFA Women's Player of the Year, ... Angerer (6) |
| KATHRYN | Scotland and Derbyshire all-rounder; 2024 PCA Awards women's player of the year (7) |
| BRYCE | Scotland and Derbyshire all-rounder; 2024 PCA Awards women's player of the year (5) |
| SIRSTANLEY | Only footballer to be knighted while still playing, in 1965, ... ... Matthews (3,7) |
| PUTFORWARD | Club's shot on losing final, a footballer to suggest (3,7) |
| KIRBY | Fran, Chelsea and England footballer who was part of the team that won the UEFA Women's Championship in 2022 (5) |
| SCOTT | Jill ---, former England footballer who retired after the team won the Uefa Women's Euro 2022 (5) |
