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.
Jamie Gittens
2024-25Impact AutographsRene Higuita
Colombia · 2026International InkAymen Mathlouthi
Tunisia · 2018Fifa World Cup Russia 2018 PrizmAllan
SSC Napoli · 2016-17Uefa Champions League Match Attax 2016/17 - Exclusive Edition - DebutantMohannad Abu Taha
Jordan · 2026Panini Prizm Fifa World Cup 2026Eric García
Manchester City · 2020-21Standard Finest AutographsAssane Diao
2023-24Spanish StarsOrkun Kökcü
Feyenoord · 2022-23BaseElseid Hysaj
SSC Napoli · 2016-17BaseRichard Rios
Colombia · 2025-262025-26 Donruss Road To Fifa World Cup 26Fábio Carvalho
Liverpool · 2022-23Finest Rookies AutographsSebastian Driussi
FC Zenit · 2019-20Base SetElye Wahi
RC Lens · 2023-242023-24 Topps Merlin Chrome UefaCrest
Arsenal · 2024-25FoilVitor Roque
FC Barcelona · 2023-242023-24 Topps Merlin Chrome UefaRyan Mmaee
Morocco · 2022Fifa World Cup Qatar 2022 PrizmLuengo
Real Oviedo · 2025-26BaseCaleb Yirenkyi
Ghana · 2026Panini Prizm Fifa World Cup 2026A. Alves
Lorca Deportiva · 2005-06BaseJULIÁN ARAÚJO
UD Las Palmas · 2023-24BaseOscar Gloukh
2023-24International StarsMark-Anthony Kaye
Canada · 2022Fifa World Cup Qatar 2022 PrizmMohammad Mohebi
Iran · 2026Panini Prizm Fifa World Cup 2026How 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.