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.
Ao Tanaka
Japan · 2022BaseGulácsi
Villarreal CF · 2026-27BaseYoussef Msakni
Tunisia · 2018Team MatesSuat Serdar
FC Schalke 04 · 2018-19Fc Schalke 04Eric Van Meir
Belgium · 2000BaseBruno Silva
Uruguay · 2010BaseGabriel Menino
Palmeiras · 2024HomegrownAndranik Teymourian
Iran · 2014BaseLuka Sucic
FC Salzburg · 2021-222021-22 Topps Finest Uefa Champions LeagueRonny Gaspercic
Belgium · 2000BaseAnthony Annan
Ghana · 2010BaseLucas Tousart
Olympique Lyonnais · 2018-19Olympique LyonnaisEdison Flores
Peru · 2018Team MatesLorenzo Staelens
Belgium · 2000BaseEmile Mpenza
Belgium · 2000BaseArthur Vermeeren
Atlético de Madrid · 2023-242023/24 Topps Finest UccEdinson Cavani
Uruguay · 2010BaseNicola Zalewski
AS Roma · 2022-23Wonderkids (1:9 Packs)Milad Mohammadi
Iran · 2018Team MatesOdin Thiago Holm
Celtic FC · 2023-242023/24 Topps Finest UccAnsgar Knauff
Borussia Dortmund · 2020-21BaseYeremy Pino
Villarreal CF · 2021-222021-22 Topps Chrome Uefa Champions LeagueDušan Vlahović
Juventus · 2021-222021-22 Topps Chrome Uefa Champions LeagueHow 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.