Trading Cards Tracker

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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Yankuba Minteh · 2023-24 Topps Chrome UEFA Club Competitions · 2023-24 Topps Chrome Uefa Club Competitions — Illustration, not a photo of the cardYankuba Minteh2023-24 Topps ChromeUEFA Club Competitions2023-24 Topps ChromeUefa Club CompetitionsILLUSTRATION · NOT A PHOTOGRAPH
#165Violet Speckle /299
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#1652023-24 Topps Chrome UEFA Club CompetitionsFirst recorded year · 2023

Yankuba Minteh

Feyenoord · 2023-242023-24 Topps Chrome Uefa Club Competitions
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Daizen Maeda · 2022-23 Topps Chrome UEFA Club Competitions Sapphire Edition · 2022-23 Topps Chrome Uefa Club Competitions Sapphire Edition — Illustration, not a photo of the cardDaizen Maeda2022-23 Topps ChromeUEFA Club CompetitionsSapphire Edition2022-23 Topps ChromeUefa Club CompetitionsSapphire EditionILLUSTRATION · NOT A PHOTOGRAPH
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#312022-23 Topps Chrome UEFA Club Competitions Sapphire EditionFirst recorded year · 2022

Daizen Maeda

Celtic FC · 2022-232022-23 Topps Chrome Uefa Club Competitions Sapphire Edition
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James Justin · Topps Match Attax Extra UEFA Club Competitions 2020-21 · Uefa Champions League Match Attax Extra 2020/21 - Squad Update — Illustration, not a photo of the cardJames JustinTopps Match Attax ExtraUEFA Club Competitions2020-21Uefa Champions LeagueMatch Attax Extra2020/21 - Squad UpdateILLUSTRATION · NOT A PHOTOGRAPH
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#SU19Topps Match Attax Extra UEFA Club Competitions 2020-21First recorded year · 2020

James Justin

Leicester City · 2020-21Uefa Champions League Match Attax Extra 2020/21 - Squad Update
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Badou Ndiaye · Topps Match Attax Extra Premier League 2017-18 · Match Attax Extra 2017-18 - New Signing — Illustration, not a photo of the cardBadou NdiayeTopps Match Attax ExtraPremier League 2017-18Match Attax Extra2017-18 - New SigningILLUSTRATION · NOT A PHOTOGRAPH
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#NS24Topps Match Attax Extra Premier League 2017-18First recorded year · 2017

Badou Ndiaye

Stoke City · 2017-18Match Attax Extra 2017-18 - New Signing
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How 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.

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