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.
Ricky van Wolfswinkel
FC Basel 1893 · 2017-18Uefa Champions League Match Attax 2017/18 - Man Of The Match (1:5 Packets)Rafael Nel
Sporting CP · 2024-252024-25 Topps Chrome Uefa Club CompetitionsYusuf Akcicek
Türkiye · 2026Panini Prizm Fifa World Cup 2026Andy Diouf
RC Lens · 2023-242023-24 Topps Merlin Chrome UefaDejan Kulusevski
Juventus · 2020-212020-21 Topps Merlin Chrome UefaCorradi
Valencia CF · 2004-05BaseHákon Haraldsson
LOSC Lille · 2023-24Chrome Sapphire Autograph (1:20 Packets)Miamh Charles
Chelsea (femenino) · 2025-26Uefa Women'S Champions LeagueHiroki Ito
FC Bayern München · 2024-25New Signing (Update Mega Multipack #1 Exclusive)Tani Oluwaseyi
Canada · 2026Panini Prizm Fifa World Cup 2026Kevin Pina
Cape Verde · 2026Panini Prizm Fifa World Cup 2026Jesper Uneken
PSV Eindhoven · 2024-252024-25 Topps Chrome Uefa Club CompetitionsLiberato Cacace
New Zealand · 2026Panini Prizm Fifa World Cup 2026Musab Al-Juwayr
Saudi Arabia · 2026Panini Prizm Fifa World Cup 2026Potenza
RCD Mallorca · 2005-06BaseLucas Chevalier
Paris Saint-Germain · 2025-26InfranquablesAlessandro Costacurta
Italy · 2027Fan FavouriteMarlon Gomes
FC Shakhtar Donetsk · 2024-252024-25 Topps Chrome Uefa Club CompetitionsBejbl
Atlético de Madrid · 1998-99BaseEric Garcia
Manchester City · 2020-21Match Attax ChromeMohamed Simakan
RB Leipzig · 2021-22Standard FinestTroy Parrott
Ireland · 2025-26Rated RookiesNizar Al-Rashdan
Jordan · 2026Panini Prizm Fifa World Cup 2026How 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.