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.
Gino Infantino
ACF Fiorentina · 2023-242023-24 Topps Uefa Club Competitions - CarnavalLuka Sucic
FC Salzburg · 2021-222021-22 Topps Merlin Chrome UefaMoreira Jr.
SL Benfica · 2022-232022-23 Topps Finest Uefa Club CompetitionsMatthis Abline
Stade Rennais FC · 2022-232022-23 Topps Chrome Uefa Club Competitions Sapphire EditionKarim Konate
2023-24Star QualityMohammed Kudus
2021-22Star QualityM.Marquez
UD Las Palmas · 2006-07BaseJustin Oboavwoduo
Manchester City · 2024-252024-25 Topps Chrome Uefa Club CompetitionsMihailo Ivanovic
Serbia · 2025-26Rated RookiesPatrik Wålemark
Feyenoord · 2022-232022-23 Topps Chrome Uefa Club Competitions Sapphire EditionReece James
Chelsea · 2020-21AutographsAbdukodir Khusanov
Uzbekistan · 2026Panini Prizm Fifa World Cup 2026Besfort Zeneli
Sweden · 2025-26Rated RookiesSamir Handanovič (Slovenia)
2022-23The Global GameJohan Manzambi
SC Freiburg · 2024-25BaseMarius Wolf
Borussia Dortmund · 2018-19Borussia DortmundNicolò Savona
Juventus · 2024-252024-25 Topps Chrome Uefa Club CompetitionsEdinho
Málaga CF · 2009-10BaseSteven Moreira
Cape Verde · 2026Panini Prizm Fifa World Cup 2026Gylfi Sigurdsson
Swansea City · 2015-16Star Player (1:1 Packs - With Club Badge)Ilias Akhomach
FC Barcelona · 2021-222021-22 Topps Merlin Chrome UefaNadiem Amiri
TSG 1899 Hoffenheim · 2018-19Base SetDejan Kulusevski
Juventus · 2020-21Standard Finest AutographsHow 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.