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.
Rabello
Sevilla FC · 2013-14BaseArthur Vermeeren
Atlético de Madrid · 2023-242023-24 Topps Merlin Chrome UefaJeremy Antonisse
Curaçao · 2026Panini Prizm Fifa World Cup 2026Matty Warhurst
Manchester City · 2024-25Chrome Autograph (1:126 Hobby, 1:38 Jumbo, 1:8 Breaker, 1:875 Value, 1:386 Hanger)Immobile
Sevilla FC · 2015-16BaseBrandon Soppy
Stade Rennais FC · 2020-21Topps Finest Uefa Champions Leagueesmarets
RC Deportivo · 2010-11Últimos Fichajes374. PIRRI
CP Mérida · 1997-98Centro:
2007-08MegamaestrosIsmaël Bangoura
FC Dynamo Kyiv · 2007-08BaseLoovens
Real Zaragoza · 2012-13BaseAndré Onana
AFC Ajax · 2018-19Superstar Sensations (1:5 Packets)Abdulelah Al-Malki
Saudi Arabia · 2022Fifa World Cup Qatar 2022 PrizmKenny Cunningham
Birmingham City · 2002-03BaseSidney Raebiger
RB Leipzig · 2021-22Base Card IiVincenzo Iaquinta
Juventus · 2008-09BaseLukas Nmecha
Vfl Wolfsburg · 2021-22BaseWael Mohya
Borussia Mönchengladbach · 2025-26BaseTommy Conway
Scotland · 2025-26Rated RookiesYassin Ayari
Sweden · 2027Fan Favourite AutographCaleb Yirenkyi
Ghana · 2026Panini Prizm Fifa World Cup 2026Finn Becker
1. FC Nürnberg · 2025-26Basegra
Real Betis · 2012-13BaseHow 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.