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.
Aron Dønnum
Toulouse FC · 2023-242023-24 Topps Merlin Chrome UefaTabares
CD Castellón · 2006-07BasePavel Bucha
FC Viktoria Plzeň · 2022-23BaseAndrew Robinson
Liverpool · 2020BaseLevante UD
2023-24Escudos de 2ª DivisiónMatheus Fernandes
Real Valladolid · 2019-20ActualizaciónSverre Nypan
Norway · 2026Panini Prizm Fifa World Cup 2026Thimoué Bakayoko
Chelsea · 2017-18BaseYekini
Sporting de Gijón · 1995-96BaseGeovany Quenda
Sporting CP · 2024-25Chrome Autograph (1:126 Hobby, 1:38 Jumbo, 1:8 Breaker, 1:875 Value, 1:386 Hanger)Niko Sigur
Canada · 2026Panini Prizm Fifa World Cup 2026Ethan Wheatley
Manchester United · 2024-252024-25 Topps Chrome Uefa Club CompetitionsDelev
UD Las Palmas · 2013-14BaseTheo Bongonda
RC Celta · 2016-17Baseİbrahim Öztürk
Bursaspor · 2010-11BaseBruno Iglesias
Real Madrid · 2022-23BaseMiguel Gutiérrez
Real Madrid · 2021-222021-22 Topps Merlin Chrome UefaJamie Gittens
Borussia Dortmund · 2024-25Autographed Branded Patch BookletsYoram Zague
2024-25RookiesJ. Clemente
Real Sociedad · 2000-01BaseBabic
Real Betis · 2007-08BaseJoão Félix
SL Benfica · 2018-19Base SetBenjamin Tahirovic
AFC Ajax · 2024BaseHow 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.