THE FIRST CHAPTERS

Football rookie cards

Every story has a first card. Discover each player’s first year in our catalogue.

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#1462025-26 Topps UEFA Club CompetitionsFirst recorded year · 2025

Michael Bresser

PSV Eindhoven · 2025-262025-26 Topps Uefa Club Competitions - Carnaval
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#122023-24 Topps Chrome UEFA Club CompetitionsFirst recorded year · 2023

Riccardo Pagano

AS Roma · 2023-242023-24 Topps Chrome Uefa Club Competitions
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#252023-24 Topps Chrome UEFA Club CompetitionsFirst recorded year · 2023

Chaka Traorè

AC Milan · 2023-242023-24 Topps Chrome Uefa Club Competitions
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#GZ-242024-25 Topps Chrome UEFA Club CompetitionsFirst recorded year · 2024

Pau Víctor

FC Barcelona · 2024-25Golazo (1:10 Hobby, 1:3 Jumbo, 1:1 Hanger)
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#WKA-SM2024-25 Topps Chrome UEFA Club CompetitionsFirst recorded year · 2024

Senny Mayulu

Paris Saint-Germain · 2024-25Wonderkids Autograph (1:1, 478 Hobby, 1:438 Jumbo, 1:87 Breaker, 1:10,301 Value, 1:4,473 Hanger)
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How 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.

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