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.
Jeremy Antonisse
Curaçao · 2026Panini Prizm Fifa World Cup 2026Mathis Lambourde
Stade Rennais FC · 2023-242023-24 Topps Merlin Chrome Uefa Autographs (Hobby 1:47 Boxes; Value Box 1:278 Boxes)Archie Gray
2024-25Portrait AutographHyeon-gyu Oh
South Korea · 2026Select Road To Fifa World Cup 2026 - TerraceEdgar Hernández
CE Sabadell FC · 2013-14BaseCenk Tosun
Beşiktaş JK · 2016-17Uefa Champions League Match Attax 2016/17 - Goal King - (1:4 Packets)Sergiño Dest (USA)
2022-23The Global GameConnor Gallagher
Atlético de Madrid · 2024-252024-25 Topps Chrome Uefa Club CompetitionsDani Parejo
Valencia CF · 2011-12BaseJamie Bynoe-Gittens
Borussia Dortmund · 2022-232022-23 Topps Finest Uefa Club Competitions AutographsMatias Galarza Fonda
Paraguay · 2025-26Rated RookiesRobben
Real Madrid · 2007-08Welcome/Security VerticalMatias Galarza Fonda
Paraguay · 2025-26Rated RookiesAbakar Sylla
Club Brugge KV · 2022-23BaseFabian Rieder
Stade Rennais FC · 2023-242023-24 Topps Merlin Chrome UefaTachi
Deportivo Alavés · 2021-22BaseD. Doria
UD Vecindario · 2006-07BaseNoah Darvich
2024-25PortraitSverre Nypan
Norway · 2026Panini Prizm Fifa World Cup 2026Julien Duranville
Borussia Dortmund · 2023-24Sapphire Selection (1:40 Packets)Stefan
Real Zaragoza · 2012-13Nuevos FichajesEmanuel Mammana
FC Zenit · 2020-21Uefa Champions League Match Attax 2020/21 - Fc ZenitAbdulkarim Hassan
Qatar · 2022Fifa World Cup Qatar 2022 PrizmHow 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.