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.
Ignacio Miramón
LOSC Lille · 2023-242023-24 Topps Chrome Uefa Club CompetitionsKassoum Ouattara
AS Monaco · 2024-252024-25 Topps Chrome Uefa Club CompetitionsJosip Brekalo
Croatia · 2020BaseNizar Al-Rashdan
Jordan · 2026Panini Prizm Fifa World Cup 2026Adrián Cubas
Boca Juniors · 2017BaseYan Diomande
RB Leipzig · 2025-26BaseDavy Klaasen
Everton · 2017-18BaseRoberto Chen
Málaga CF · 2013-14Últimos FichajesZubeldia
Real Sociedad · 2017-18BaseMatej Kovar
Czechia · 2026Select Road To Fifa World Cup 2026 - MezzaniniJose Carlos
Sevilla FC · 2009-10BaseVitor Roque
FC Barcelona · 2023-242023-24 Topps Chrome Uefa Club CompetitionsFatau Dauda
Ghana · 2014Base SetDennis Borkowski
RB Leipzig · 2020-21Standard Finest AutographsAntoni Milambo
Feyenoord · 2023-24Chrome Autograph (1:62 Packets)Jens Petter Hauge
AC Milan · 2020-212020-21 Topps Merlin Chrome UefaEloy Room
Curaçao · 2026Panini Prizm Fifa World Cup 2026Noël Aséko
Eintracht Frankfurt · 2027Limited EditionJude Bellingham
Borussia Dortmund · 2020-21Prized Footballers 1:3 PacksCody Gakpo
Liverpool · 2022-23BaseDaniel Maldini
AC Milan · 2020-212020-21 Topps Merlin Chrome UefaNiko Sigur
Canada · 2026Panini Prizm Fifa World Cup 2026Trai Hume
Northern Ireland · 2025-262025-26 Donruss Road To Fifa World Cup 26How 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.