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.
Isaac Babadi
PSV Eindhoven · 2023-242023-24 Topps Merlin Chrome UefaWilliam Gomes
FC Porto · 2025-262025-26 Topps Chrome Uefa Club Competitions Sapphire EditionPedro López
Racing de Santander · 2004-05BaseLorenzo Lucca
AFC Ajax · 2022-23BaseCher Ndour
Paris Saint-Germain · 2023-242023-24 Topps Chrome Uefa Club Competitions Sapphire EditionUnai Hernández
FC Barcelona · 2024-25Chrome Autograph (1:126 Hobby, 1:38 Jumbo, 1:8 Breaker, 1:875 Value, 1:386 Hanger)João Simões
Sporting CP · 2024-252024-25 Topps Chrome Uefa Club CompetitionsJonas Adjetey
Ghana · 2026Panini Prizm Fifa World Cup 2026Deniz Gül
FC Porto · 2024-252024-25 Topps Chrome Uefa Club CompetitionsGustav Isaksen
SS Lazio · 2023-242023-24 Topps Chrome Uefa Club CompetitionsCaffa
Real Betis · 2006-07BaseNordi Mukiele
RB Leipzig · 2019-20Topps Finest Uefa Champions LeagueCosmin Moți
PFC Ludogorets Razgrad · 2014-15BaseYuito Suzuki
Japan · 2026Panini Prizm Fifa World Cup 2026Estêvão Willian
Chelsea · 2025-26BaseEdgar Barcenas
Panama · 2018Fifa World Cup Russia 2018 PrizmGivairo Read
Feyenoord · 2024-252024-25 Topps Chrome Uefa Club CompetitionsAli Majrashi
Saudi Arabia · 2026Panini Prizm Fifa World Cup 2026Matty Cash
Poland · 2022Fifa World Cup Qatar 2022 PrizmCarlos Forbs
AFC Ajax · 2023-242023-24 Topps Chrome Uefa Club CompetitionsBrian Brobbey
RB Leipzig · 2021-222021-22 Topps Finest Uefa Champions LeagueSepsi
Racing de Santander · 2008-09Últimos FichajesNoah Darvich
FC Barcelona · 2024-25Chrome Autograph (1:126 Hobby, 1:38 Jumbo, 1:8 Breaker, 1:875 Value, 1:386 Hanger)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.