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.

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Relebohile Mofokeng · Panini Prizm FIFA World Cup 2026 · Panini Prizm Fifa World Cup 2026 — Illustration, not a photo of the cardRelebohile MofokengPanini Prizm FIFA WorldCup 2026Panini Prizm Fifa WorldCup 2026ILLUSTRATION · NOT A PHOTOGRAPH
#410Prizms Black Celestial Lattice 1/1
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#410Panini Prizm FIFA World Cup 2026First recorded year · 2026

Relebohile Mofokeng

South Africa · 2026Panini Prizm Fifa World Cup 2026
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Aleksey Miranchuk · 2018-19 Topps Finest UEFA Champions League · Topps Finest Uefa Champions League — Illustration, not a photo of the cardAleksey Miranchuk2018-19 Topps FinestUEFA Champions LeagueTopps Finest UefaChampions LeagueILLUSTRATION · NOT A PHOTOGRAPH
#72Blue /150
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#722018-19 Topps Finest UEFA Champions LeagueFirst recorded year · 2018

Aleksey Miranchuk

FC Lokomotiv Moskva · 2018-19Topps Finest Uefa Champions League
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Lamine Yamal · 2023/24 Topps Finest UEFA Club Competitions · Prized Footballers Fusion Variations (1:1 Case) — Illustration, not a photo of the cardLamine Yamal2023/24 Topps FinestUEFA Club CompetitionsPrized FootballersFusion Variations (1:1Case)ILLUSTRATION · NOT A PHOTOGRAPH
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#PFF-82023/24 Topps Finest UEFA Club CompetitionsFirst recorded year · 2023

Lamine Yamal

FC Barcelona · 2023-24Prized Footballers Fusion Variations (1:1 Case)
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Karim Konate · 2023-24 Topps Chrome UEFA Club Competitions Sapphire Edition · Sapphire Selection Autograph (1:545 Packets) — Illustration, not a photo of the cardKarim Konate2023-24 Topps ChromeUEFA Club CompetitionsSapphire EditionSapphire SelectionAutograph (1:545Packets)ILLUSTRATION · NOT A PHOTOGRAPH
#SSA-KKRed /5
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#SSA-KK2023-24 Topps Chrome UEFA Club Competitions Sapphire EditionFirst recorded year · 2023

Karim Konate

FC Salzburg · 2023-24Sapphire Selection Autograph (1:545 Packets)
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Ángel Alarcón · 2023-24 Topps Chrome UEFA Club Competitions · 2023-24 Topps Chrome Uefa Club Competitions — Illustration, not a photo of the cardÁngel Alarcón2023-24 Topps ChromeUEFA Club Competitions2023-24 Topps ChromeUefa Club CompetitionsILLUSTRATION · NOT A PHOTOGRAPH
#147Gold Refractor /50
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#1472023-24 Topps Chrome UEFA Club CompetitionsFirst recorded year · 2023

Ángel Alarcón

FC Barcelona · 2023-242023-24 Topps Chrome Uefa Club Competitions
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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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