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.
Mamadou Sarr
Senegal · 2026Panini Prizm Fifa World Cup 2026Adam Karabec
Czechia · 2026Panini Prizm Fifa World Cup 2026Dijon Kameri
FC Salzburg · 2022-232022-23 Topps Finest Uefa Club CompetitionsJohn Terry - Key Player
Chelsea · 2012-13BaseWilly Semedo
Cape Verde · 2026Panini Prizm Fifa World Cup 2026Jobe Bellingham
Borussia Dortmund · 2025-26BasePatrik Wålemark
Feyenoord · 2022-23BaseElye Wahi
RC Lens · 2023-242023-24 Topps Merlin Chrome UefaRaúl Cámara
Sporting de Gijón · 2008-09BaseBrandon Soppy
Stade Rennais FC · 2020-212020-21 Topps Chrome Uefa Champions League Sapphire EditionRooney Bardghji
2025-26Rising StarJonan García
Athletic Club · 2003-04Nuevos FichajesPernille Harder
Chelsea (femenino) · 2022-23Topps SimplicidadStoichov
Deportivo Alavés · 2024-25Últimos FichajesDušan Vlahović
Juventus · 2021-22Base Card IAlexandre Song
Cameroon · 2014Base SetClaessens
Real Oviedo · 2000-01BaseJordan Siebatcheu
BSC Young Boys · 2021-22Base Card IiDanilho Doekhi
1. FC Union Berlin · 2022-23BaseSamuel Iling-Junior
Juventus · 2022-23BaseEl Bilal Touré
UD Almería · 2022-23Nuevos FichajesRabello
Sevilla FC · 2013-14BaseArthur Vermeeren
Atlético de Madrid · 2023-242023-24 Topps Merlin Chrome UefaHow 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.