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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#CA-GQ2024-25 Topps Chrome UEFA Club CompetitionsFirst recorded year · 2024

Geovany Quenda

Sporting CP · 2024-25Chrome Autograph (1:126 Hobby, 1:38 Jumbo, 1:8 Breaker, 1:875 Value, 1:386 Hanger)
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UEFA Champions League Knockout 2023First recorded year · 2022

Ferran Jutglà

Club Brugge KV · 2022-23Uefa Champions League Knockout 2023 Autograph (1:3 Boxes)
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#NS22Topps Match Attax Extra Premier League 2016-17First recorded year · 2016

M'Baye Niang

Watford · 2016-17Match Attax Extra 2016/17 - New Signing
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#432022-23 Topps Finest UEFA Club CompetitionsFirst recorded year · 2022

Jamie Bynoe-Gittens

Borussia Dortmund · 2022-232022-23 Topps Finest Uefa Club Competitions
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#932020-21 Topps Finest UEFA Champions LeagueFirst recorded year · 2020

Karim Adeyemi

FC Salzburg · 2020-21Topps Finest Uefa Champions League
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#742021-22 Topps Finest UEFA Champions LeagueFirst recorded year · 2021

Cisse Sandra

Club Brugge KV · 2021-222021-22 Topps Finest Uefa Champions League
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#SU20Topps Match Attax Extra UEFA Club Competitions 2020-21First recorded year · 2020

Wesley Fofana

Leicester City · 2020-21Uefa Champions League Match Attax Extra 2020/21 - Squad Update
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#W-112022-23 Topps Chrome UEFA Club Competitions Sapphire EditionFirst recorded year · 2022

Mohamed-Ali Cho

Real Sociedad · 2022-23Wonderkids (1:4 Packets)
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#14Select Road to FIFA World Cup 2026First recorded year · 2026

Hyeon-gyu Oh

South Korea · 2026Select Road To Fifa World Cup 2026 - Terrace
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#792022-23 Topps Finest UEFA Club CompetitionsFirst recorded year · 2022

Issahaku Fatawu

Sporting CP · 2022-232022-23 Topps Finest Uefa Club Competitions
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#382022-23 Topps Finest UEFA Club CompetitionsFirst recorded year · 2022

Mykhailo Mudryk

Chelsea · 2022-232022-23 Topps Finest 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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