Trading Cards Tracker

THE FIRST CHAPTERS

Football rookie cards

Every story has a first card. Discover each player’s first year in our catalogue.

Every card from their first recorded year, across all collections. Filters narrow the results without recalculating that year.

62,816 results
Bobby Clark · 2022-23 Topps Finest UEFA Club Competitions · 2022-23 Topps Finest Uefa Club Competitions Autographs — Illustration, not a photo of the cardBobby Clark2022-23 Topps FinestUEFA Club Competitions2022-23 Topps FinestUefa Club CompetitionsAutographsILLUSTRATION · NOT A PHOTOGRAPH
#A-KGNeon Green Wave /99
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#A-KG2022-23 Topps Finest UEFA Club CompetitionsFirst recorded year · 2022

Bobby Clark

Liverpool · 2022-232022-23 Topps Finest Uefa Club Competitions Autographs
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Kjell Wätjen · 2024-25 Topps Inception UEFA Club Competitions · Club Crest Autographed Patches — Illustration, not a photo of the cardKjell Wätjen2024-25 Topps InceptionUEFA Club CompetitionsClub Crest AutographedPatchesILLUSTRATION · NOT A PHOTOGRAPH
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#CCA-KW2024-25 Topps Inception UEFA Club CompetitionsFirst recorded year · 2024

Kjell Wätjen

Borussia Dortmund · 2024-25Club Crest Autographed Patches
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Samuele Ricci · 2025-26 Donruss Road to FIFA World Cup 26 · 2025-26 Donruss Road To Fifa World Cup 26 — Illustration, not a photo of the cardSamuele Ricci2025-26 Donruss Road toFIFA World Cup 262025-26 Donruss Road ToFifa World Cup 26ILLUSTRATION · NOT A PHOTOGRAPH
#120Optic Electricity /75
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#1202025-26 Donruss Road to FIFA World Cup 26First recorded year · 2025

Samuele Ricci

Italy · 2025-262025-26 Donruss Road To Fifa World Cup 26
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Billy Gilmour · 2020-21 Topps Finest UEFA Champions League · Prized Footballers - Fusion Variation — Illustration, not a photo of the cardBilly Gilmour2020-21 Topps FinestUEFA Champions LeaguePrized Footballers -Fusion VariationILLUSTRATION · NOT A PHOTOGRAPH
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#PFF-BG2020-21 Topps Finest UEFA Champions LeagueFirst recorded year · 2020

Billy Gilmour

Chelsea · 2020-21Prized Footballers - Fusion Variation
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Woo-young Jung · Donruss Road to FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 · Donruss Road To Fifa World Cup Qatar 2022 — Illustration, not a photo of the cardWoo-young JungDonruss Road to FIFAWorld Cup Qatar 2022Donruss Road To FifaWorld Cup Qatar 2022ILLUSTRATION · NOT A PHOTOGRAPH
#139Optic Gold /8
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#139Donruss Road to FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022First recorded year · 2021

Woo-young Jung

South Korea · 2021-22Donruss Road To Fifa World Cup Qatar 2022
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How to find a footballer’s first cards

Find a player and compare their first cards across collections. Filter by publisher, season, team, category and language, view photographs and save the cards you like to your wishlist.

Which cards appear here?

We show individual player cards with a known year. If a player’s first recorded year is 2010, all their 2010 cards and stickers appear, including variants and languages, across the available collections.

Is this the same as an RC logo?

No. Rookie here means the first year recorded in Trading Cards Tracker. We do not certify that this is their first published card or that it carries an official RC logo. Check the edition and its sources for each card.

Can the first year change?

Yes. Adding or correcting an earlier card updates the results. We use the card’s year, not the date it was added to the website or the end of a season. Cards without a year and multi-player cards are excluded from this calculation.

How is each player identified?

We group by the recorded name, normalising accents, spaces and letter case. We do not merge nicknames or different names based on similarity. Aliases and namesakes may need review: check the player, team and collection.

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