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.
Pablo Torre
FC Barcelona · 2022-23Golazo (1:18 Packs)Luka Vuskovic
Croatia · 2025-26Rated RookiesThilo Kehrer
Paris Saint-Germain · 2018-19BaseCody Gakpo
Liverpool · 2022-23BaseMarcus Rashford
Manchester United · 2016-17BaseÁlex Gallar
SD Huesca · 2018-19BaseIgor Biscan
Liverpool · 2002-03BaseNatan
SSC Napoli · 2023-242023-24 Topps Chrome Uefa Club CompetitionsFlores
RCD Espanyol · 2000-01BaseÍsak Bergmann Jóhannesson
FC København · 2022-232022-23 Topps Finest Uefa Club Competitions AutographsBardi
RCD Espanyol · 2015-16BaseDaniel Maldini
AC Milan · 2020-212020-21 Topps Merlin Chrome UefaPedro Barbosa
Sporting CP · 2000-01BaseHassan
Real Oviedo · 2025-26ProtasMehdi Ghayedi
Iran · 2026Panini Prizm Fifa World Cup 2026Tolu Arokodare
Nigeria · 2025-26Rated RookiesFrancisco Trincão
FC Barcelona · 2020-212020-21 Topps Merlin Chrome UefaTelmo Arcanjo
Cape Verde · 2026Panini Prizm Fifa World Cup 2026Lewis Koumas
Wales · 2025-26Rated RookiesBen Brereton Diaz
Chile · 2022Mosaic Road To Fifa World Cup Qatar 2022Junior Dina Ebimbe
Paris Saint-Germain · 2021-222021-22 Topps Finest Uefa Champions LeagueTarik Muharemovic
Bosnia & Herzegovina · 2026Panini Prizm Fifa World Cup 2026Guus Til
PSV Eindhoven · 2023-242023-24 Topps Chrome Uefa Club Competitions Sapphire EditionHow 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.