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.
Hiroki Sekine
Japan · 2026Panini Prizm Fifa World Cup 2026Joaquin Seys
Belgium · 2026Panini Prizm Fifa World Cup 2026Oscar Gloukh
FC Salzburg · 2023-242023-24 Topps Chrome Uefa Club CompetitionsJohny Placide
Haiti · 2026Panini Prizm Fifa World Cup 2026Marc Casadó
FC Barcelona · 2022-23Base CardsYuki Kobayashi
Celtic FC · 2023-242023-24 Topps Chrome Uefa Club CompetitionsChristopher Scott
FC Bayern München · 2021-22Standard FinestLewis Miley
Newcastle United · 2023-242023-24 Topps Merlin Chrome UefaDodo
FC Shakhtar Donetsk · 2020-21Topps Finest Uefa Champions LeagueAllan McGregor
Rangers F.C. · 2007-08BaseFranco Mastantuono
Real Madrid · 2025-262025 Topps Chrome Youthquake InsertDeniz Gül
FC Porto · 2024-252024-25 Topps Chrome Uefa Club CompetitionsMarwan Attia
Egypt · 2026Panini Prizm Fifa World Cup 2026Kobbie Mainoo
Manchester United · 2022-23BaseJoshua King
AFC Bournemouth · 2015-16BaseGabriel Fernández
RC Celta · 2019-20BaseLukas Kübler
SC Freiburg · 2024-25BaseCrisantus
UD Las Palmas · 2012-13BaseAlessandro Buongiorno
SSC Napoli · 2025-26Heritage (Rainbow Plus Foil)Son Moix
RCD Mallorca · 2002-03BaseJaïro Riedewald
Crystal Palace · 2018-19Crystal PalaceDavide Frattesi
FC Internazionale Milano · 2023-24Chrome Autograph (1:62 Packets)Matt Turner
United States · 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.