Trading Cards Tracker

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.

62,816 results
Gylfi Sigurdsson · Topps Match Attax Extra Premier League 2015-16 · Match Attax Live / Club Together (1:1 Packs) — Illustration, not a photo of the cardGylfi SigurdssonTopps Match Attax ExtraPremier League 2015-16Match Attax Live / ClubTogether (1:1 Packs)ILLUSTRATION · NOT A PHOTOGRAPH
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#P26Topps Match Attax Extra Premier League 2015-16First recorded year · 2015

Gylfi Sigurdsson

Swansea City · 2015-16Match Attax Live / Club Together (1:1 Packs)
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Matty Warhurst · 2024-25 Topps Chrome UEFA Club Competitions · Chrome Autograph (1:126 Hobby, 1:38 Jumbo, 1:8 Breaker, 1:875 Value, 1:386 Hanger) — Illustration, not a photo of the cardMatty Warhurst2024-25 Topps ChromeUEFA Club CompetitionsChrome Autograph (1:126Hobby, 1:38 Jumbo, 1:8Breaker, 1:875 Value,1:386 Hanger)ILLUSTRATION · NOT A PHOTOGRAPH
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#CA-MW2024-25 Topps Chrome UEFA Club CompetitionsFirst recorded year · 2024

Matty Warhurst

Manchester City · 2024-25Chrome Autograph (1:126 Hobby, 1:38 Jumbo, 1:8 Breaker, 1:875 Value, 1:386 Hanger)
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Julien Duranville · 2023-24 Topps Chrome UEFA Club Competitions · 2023-24 Topps Chrome Uefa Club Competitions — Illustration, not a photo of the cardJulien Duranville2023-24 Topps ChromeUEFA Club Competitions2023-24 Topps ChromeUefa Club CompetitionsILLUSTRATION · NOT A PHOTOGRAPH
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#1912023-24 Topps Chrome UEFA Club CompetitionsFirst recorded year · 2023

Julien Duranville

Borussia Dortmund · 2023-242023-24 Topps Chrome Uefa Club Competitions
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Cesar Huerta · 2025-26 Donruss Road to FIFA World Cup 26 · 2025-26 Donruss Road To Fifa World Cup 26 — Illustration, not a photo of the cardCesar Huerta2025-26 Donruss Road toFIFA World Cup 262025-26 Donruss Road ToFifa World Cup 26ILLUSTRATION · NOT A PHOTOGRAPH
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#772025-26 Donruss Road to FIFA World Cup 26First recorded year · 2025

Cesar Huerta

Mexico · 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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