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.
SERGI CARDONA
UD Las Palmas · 2023-24BaseAmankwah Forson
FC Salzburg · 2023-242023-24 Topps Chrome Uefa Club CompetitionsMiguel Nadal
2024-25Spanish Icons Shortprint AutographViktor Gyökeres
Sporting CP · 2023-242023-24 Topps Merlin Chrome UefaJoão Simões
Sporting CP · 2024-25Youthquake (1:1 Breaker)Osame Sahraoui
Morocco · 2025-26Rated RookiesReinier Jesus
Borussia Dortmund · 2020-21Joga Bonito (1 Per Box)Nuno Morais
APOEL FC · 2009-10BaseTygo Land
PSV Eindhoven · 2024-252024-25 Topps Chrome Uefa Club CompetitionsDario Šimić
Croatia · 2002BaseJakub Rzezniczak
Legia Warszawa · 2017Fans’ FavouritesIker Benito
CA Osasuna · 2022-23BaseÁngel Alarcón
FC Barcelona · 2023-242023-24 Topps Chrome Uefa Club CompetitionsMaxence Lacroix
Vfl Wolfsburg · 2021-22Base Card IiEbenezer Annan
Ghana · 2025-26Rated RookiesJorthy Mokio
Belgium · 2026Panini Prizm Fifa World Cup 2026Alberth Elis
Honduras · 2024Conmebol Copa America 2024Young-Woo Seol
South Korea · 2026Select SwatchesCarlos Baleba
Brighton & Hove Albion · 2023-242023-24 Topps Chrome Uefa Club Competitions Sapphire EditionBenito
UD Las Palmas · 2024-25BaseRoberto Alvarado
Mexico · 2021-22Rated RookiesJordan James
Wales · 2025-26Rated RookiesUi-jo Hwang
South Korea · 2021-22Donruss Road To Fifa World Cup Qatar 2022How 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.