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.
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Real Sociedad · 2010-11BaseOgün Temizkanoğlu
Türkiye · 2000BaseYouri Baas
AFC Ajax · 2022-23Future StarDejan Kulusevski
Juventus · 2020-212020-21 Topps Merlin Chrome UefaBen Gibson
Middlesbrough · 2016-17Match Attax Extra 2016/17 - Man Of The Match (1:2 Packets)Maximilian Mittelstadt
Germany · 2025-262025-26 Donruss Road To Fifa World Cup 26Milan Rapaić
Croatia · 2004BasePaolo Ronald Montero
Uruguay · 2001BaseMohammad Mohebi
Iran · 2026Panini Prizm Fifa World Cup 2026Amine Gouiri
Stade Rennais FC · 2022-23BaseVictor Agali
FC Schalke 04 · 2001-02BaseKaishu Sano
Japan · 2026Panini Prizm Fifa World Cup 2026Lalo
SD Huesca · 2008-09BaseAkinsola
UD Salamanca · 2009-10BaseKarim Konate
FC Salzburg · 2023-242023-24 Topps Chrome Uefa Club Competitions Sapphire EditionMicah Hamilton
Manchester City · 2023-242023-24 Topps Chrome Uefa Club CompetitionsAmankwah Forson
FC Salzburg · 2023-242023-24 Topps Chrome Uefa Club CompetitionsOscar Højlund
2023-24Football Dnaustos
RC Celta · 2012-13BaseHarry Amass
Manchester United · 2024-25Chrome Autograph (1:126 Hobby, 1:38 Jumbo, 1:8 Breaker, 1:875 Value, 1:386 Hanger)Ihlas Bebou
TSG 1899 Hoffenheim · 2021-22BaseFacundo Roncaglia
RC Celta · 2016-17BaseGal Arel
Gimnàstic de Tarragona · 2015-16BaseHow 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.