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.

62,816 results
Lucas Perrin · 2020-21 Topps Finest UEFA Champions League · Topps Finest Uefa Champions League — Illustration, not a photo of the cardLucas Perrin2020-21 Topps FinestUEFA Champions LeagueTopps Finest UefaChampions LeagueILLUSTRATION · NOT A PHOTOGRAPH
#29Neon Green Refractor /99
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#292020-21 Topps Finest UEFA Champions LeagueFirst recorded year · 2020

Lucas Perrin

Olympique de Marseille · 2020-21Topps Finest Uefa Champions League
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Diego Gomez · 2025-26 Donruss Road to FIFA World Cup 26 · 2025-26 Donruss Road To Fifa World Cup 26 — Illustration, not a photo of the cardDiego Gomez2025-26 Donruss Road toFIFA World Cup 262025-26 Donruss Road ToFifa World Cup 26ILLUSTRATION · NOT A PHOTOGRAPH
#153Black 1/1
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#1532025-26 Donruss Road to FIFA World Cup 26First recorded year · 2025

Diego Gomez

Paraguay · 2025-262025-26 Donruss Road To Fifa World Cup 26
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Ethan Wheatley · 2024-25 Topps Chrome UEFA Club Competitions · Chrome Autograph (1:126 Hobby, 1:38 Jumbo, 1:8 Breaker, 1:875 Value, 1:386 Hanger) — Illustration, not a photo of the cardEthan Wheatley2024-25 Topps ChromeUEFA Club CompetitionsChrome Autograph (1:126Hobby, 1:38 Jumbo, 1:8Breaker, 1:875 Value,1:386 Hanger)ILLUSTRATION · NOT A PHOTOGRAPH
#CA-EWRed Refractor /5
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#CA-EW2024-25 Topps Chrome UEFA Club CompetitionsFirst recorded year · 2024

Ethan Wheatley

Manchester United · 2024-25Chrome Autograph (1:126 Hobby, 1:38 Jumbo, 1:8 Breaker, 1:875 Value, 1:386 Hanger)
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Odilon Kossounou · 2020-21 Topps Finest UEFA Champions League · Topps Finest Uefa Champions League — Illustration, not a photo of the cardOdilon Kossounou2020-21 Topps FinestUEFA Champions LeagueTopps Finest UefaChampions LeagueILLUSTRATION · NOT A PHOTOGRAPH
#78Orange Refractor /25
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#782020-21 Topps Finest UEFA Champions LeagueFirst recorded year · 2020

Odilon Kossounou

Club Brugge KV · 2020-21Topps Finest Uefa Champions League
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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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