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.
Toby Collyer
Manchester United · 2024-25Chrome Autograph (1:126 Hobby, 1:38 Jumbo, 1:8 Breaker, 1:875 Value, 1:386 Hanger)Micah Hamilton
Manchester City · 2023-24Chrome Autograph (1:62 Packets)Jordi Masip
Real Valladolid · 2019-20BaseIbrahim Osman
FC Nordsjælland · 2023-242023-24 Topps Merlin Chrome UefaJames Wilson
Scotland · 2025-26Rated RookiesClaessens
Real Oviedo · 2000-01BaseTelmo Arcanjo
Cape Verde · 2026Panini Prizm Fifa World Cup 2026Sivert Mannsverk
AFC Ajax · 2023-242023-24 Topps Merlin Chrome UefaMaio Götze
Eintracht Frankfurt · 2023-24Kings Of EuropeZidane Iqbal
Manchester United · 2021-222021-22 Topps Merlin Chrome Uefa Autographs (1:316 Packets)Abde Ezzalzouli
FC Barcelona · 2021-222021-22 Topps Merlin Chrome UefaYoram Zague
Paris Saint-Germain · 2024-25Chrome Autograph (1:126 Hobby, 1:38 Jumbo, 1:8 Breaker, 1:875 Value, 1:386 Hanger)Mark Uth
FC Schalke 04 · 2018-19Goal Machine (21 Goal MachinesAnthony Elanga
2021-22Emerging Stars AutographFacundo Buonanotte
Brighton & Hove Albion · 2023-242023-24 Topps Merlin Chrome UefaIulian Apostol
FC Unirea Urziceni · 2009-10BaseSrđan Babić
FK Crvena Zvezda · 2018-19BaseDominik Marczuk
Poland · 2025-26Rookie KingsIan Maatsen
Borussia Dortmund · 2023-24BaseMohamed Amoura
Algeria · 2026Panini Prizm Fifa World Cup 2026Moisés Villarroel
Bolivia · 2021BaseOh Hyeon-gyu
Celtic FC · 2023-242023/24 Topps Finest Ucc Autograph (1:5 Packs)Louicius Deedson
Haiti · 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.