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.
Alexander-Arnold
Liverpool · 2022-23Pro Elite (1:24 Packets)Fabio Felicio
Real Sociedad · 2006-07Últimos FichajesAntoine Mendy
Senegal · 2025-26Rated RookiesArmindo Sieb
FC Bayern München · 2021-222021-22 Topps Finest Uefa Champions LeagueKarim Adeyemi
FC Salzburg · 2020-21BaseJordi Mboula
AS Monaco · 2017-18BaseLucas Bergvall
Tottenham Hotspur · 2024-25Wonderkids (1:5 Hobby, 1:2 Jumbo, 1:4 Value, 1:1 Hanger)Giovanni Simeone
2023-24Current StarsMahmoud Al-Mardi
Jordan · 2026Panini Prizm Fifa World Cup 2026Herrera
RCD Espanyol · 1994-95BaseOtabek Shukurov
Uzbekistan · 2026Panini Prizm Fifa World Cup 2026Evaldo
RC Deportivo · 2012-13BaseAitana Bonmati
FC Barcelona (femenino) · 2022-23Filmstrip AutographsHarry Amass
Manchester United · 2024-252024-25 Topps Chrome Uefa Club CompetitionsRabadja
Sevilla FC · 1999-00BaseChido Obi
Manchester United · 2024-25Youthquake (1:1 Breaker)Kasper Dolberg
Denmark · 2018Fifa World Cup Russia 2018 Prizm - New EraJaminton Campaz
Colombia · 2025-26Rated RookiesBatshuayi
Valencia CF · 2018-19Últimos FichajesQuilindschy Hartman
Feyenoord · 2023-242023-24 Topps Merlin Chrome UefaÁlex Jiménez
AC Milan · 2024-252024-25 Topps Chrome Uefa Club CompetitionsNicolò Savona
Juventus · 2024-252024-25 Topps Chrome Uefa Club CompetitionsAlexis Vega
Mexico · 2022Fifa World Cup Qatar 2022 PrizmHow 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.