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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#CA-AC2024-25 Topps Chrome UEFA Club CompetitionsFirst recorded year · 2024

Álvaro Carreras

SL Benfica · 2024-25Chrome Autograph (1:126 Hobby, 1:38 Jumbo, 1:8 Breaker, 1:875 Value, 1:386 Hanger)
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#532022-23 Topps Chrome UEFA Club Competitions Sapphire EditionFirst recorded year · 2022

Nicolò Fagioli

Juventus · 2022-232022-23 Topps Chrome Uefa Club Competitions Sapphire Edition
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#142022-23 Topps Finest UEFA Club CompetitionsFirst recorded year · 2022

Fábio Carvalho

Liverpool · 2022-232022-23 Topps Finest Uefa Club Competitions
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#S16Topps Match Attax UEFA Champions League 2016-17First recorded year · 2016

Allan

SSC Napoli · 2016-17Uefa Champions League Match Attax 2016/17 - Exclusive Edition - Debutant
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#1262025-26 Donruss Road to FIFA World Cup 26First recorded year · 2025

Richard Rios

Colombia · 2025-262025-26 Donruss Road To Fifa World Cup 26
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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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