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.
Omari Kellyman
Chelsea · 2024-252024-25 Topps Chrome Uefa Club CompetitionsIván Romero
Sevilla FC · 2021-222021-22 Topps Merlin Chrome UefaFrancesco Acerbi
SS Lazio · 2020-21Match Attax ChromeMarcus Danielson
Sweden · 2020BaseFormose Mendy
Senegal · 2026PenmanshipAmine Gouiri
Stade Rennais FC · 2022-23BaseShea Charles
Northern Ireland · 2025-26Rated RookiesXisco Nadal
Villarreal CF · 2003-04MegapromesasMoussa Sylla
FC Schalke 04 · 2025-26BaseTani Oluwaseyi
Canada · 2026Panini Prizm Fifa World Cup 2026Jordan Bos
Australia · 2026Panini Prizm Fifa World Cup 2026Nadiem Amiri
TSG 1899 Hoffenheim · 2018-19Base SetSébastien Frey
ACF Fiorentina · 2008-09BaseReizeger
FC Barcelona · 2001-02BaseLarrainzar II
Athletic Club · 1994-95BaseEnzo Fernández
Chelsea · 2022-23BaseValentín Carboni
FC Internazionale Milano · 2022-232022-23 Topps Finest Uefa Club CompetitionsAlexandro Bernabei
Celtic FC · 2023-24BaseP. Cáceres
RCD Mallorca · 2011-12BaseMark van Bommel
PSV Eindhoven · 2000-01BaseIsaac Price
Northern Ireland · 2025-26Rated RookiesMykhailo Mudryk
Chelsea · 2022-232022-23 Topps Finest Uefa Club CompetitionsKacper Urbanski
Poland · 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.