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.
Albert Sambi Lokonga
Belgium · 2022Fifa World Cup Qatar 2022 PrizmDamián Suárez
Sporting de Gijón · 2011-12BaseSaki Kumagai
FC Bayern München Frauen · 2022-23Uwcl Standout PerformersSan Jose
Athletic Club · 2009-10Nuevas FichasAlberto Costa
FC Porto · 2025-26Future StarsNiko Sigur
Canada · 2026Panini Prizm Fifa World Cup 2026Caoimhin Kelleher
Liverpool · 2020-212020-21 Topps Chrome Uefa Champions League Sapphire EditionSenny Mayulu
Paris Saint-Germain · 2024-25Chrome Autograph (1:126 Hobby, 1:38 Jumbo, 1:8 Breaker, 1:875 Value, 1:386 Hanger)Telmo Arcanjo
Cape Verde · 2026Panini Prizm Fifa World Cup 2026Carcela
Granada CF · 2016-17Últimos FichajesAndrea Natali
Bayer 04 Leverkusen · 2024-252024-25 Topps Chrome Uefa Club CompetitionsCarlos Gurpegui
Athletic Club · 2014-15Base193. U.H. RANIERI
Valencia CF · 1997-98Ultima HoraErling Braut Haaland
Borussia Dortmund · 2019-20Topps Finest Uefa Champions League - Base AutographAndrija Maksimovic
Serbia · 2025-26Rated RookiesFortune - Michel
Atlético de Madrid B · 1996-97BaseChido Obi
Manchester United · 2024-25Chrome Autograph (1:126 Hobby, 1:38 Jumbo, 1:8 Breaker, 1:875 Value, 1:386 Hanger)Ivelin Popov
FC Spartak Moskva · 2017-18BasePape Souare
Crystal Palace · 2015-16BaseCarlens Arcus
Haiti · 2026Panini Prizm Fifa World Cup 2026Edu Oriol
Real Zaragoza · 2011-12BaseFábio Carvalho
Liverpool · 2022-232022-23 Topps Chrome Uefa Club Competitions Sapphire EditionIsaac Price
Northern Ireland · 2025-26Rated RookiesHow 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.