THE FIRST CHAPTERS

Football rookie cards

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

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#98A-VR2023-24 Topps Chrome UEFA Club CompetitionsFirst recorded year · 2023

Vitor Roque

FC Barcelona · 2023-241998 Topps Chrome Shooting Stars Autograph (1:4,566 Packets)
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#CA-ND2024-25 Topps Chrome UEFA Club CompetitionsFirst recorded year · 2024

Noah Darvich

FC Barcelona · 2024-25Chrome Autograph (1:126 Hobby, 1:38 Jumbo, 1:8 Breaker, 1:875 Value, 1:386 Hanger)
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#1442024-25 Topps Chrome UEFA Club CompetitionsFirst recorded year · 2024

Justin Oboavwoduo

Manchester City · 2024-252024-25 Topps Chrome Uefa Club Competitions
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2020-21 Topps UEFA Champions League InceptionFirst recorded year · 2020

Jude Bellingham

2020-212020-21 Uefa Champions League Inception Autographs
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#1772023-24 Topps Chrome UEFA Club CompetitionsFirst recorded year · 2023

Ben Doak

Liverpool · 2023-242023-24 Topps Chrome Uefa Club Competitions
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#W-132022-23 Topps Chrome UEFA Club Competitions Sapphire EditionFirst recorded year · 2022

Roony Bardghji

FC København · 2022-23Wonderkids (1:4 Packets)
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#182Select Road to FIFA World Cup 2026First recorded year · 2026

Tanner Tessmann

United States · 2026Select Road To Fifa World Cup 2026 - Mezzanini
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#962020-21 Topps Chrome UEFA Champions League Sapphire EditionFirst recorded year · 2020

Eric Garcia

Manchester City · 2020-212020-21 Topps Chrome Uefa Champions League Sapphire Edition
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#282023-24 Topps Chrome UEFA Club CompetitionsFirst recorded year · 2023

Vitor Roque

FC Barcelona · 2023-242023-24 Topps Chrome Uefa Club Competitions
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#592023-24 Topps Merlin Chrome UEFAFirst recorded year · 2023

Jean-Philippe Krasso

FK Crvena Zvezda · 2023-242023-24 Topps Merlin Chrome Uefa
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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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