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.

62,816 results
Curtis Jones · Topps Match Attax Chrome UEFA Champions League 2020-21 · Match Attax Chrome - Rising Star — Illustration, not a photo of the cardCurtis JonesTopps Match Attax ChromeUEFA Champions League2020-21Match Attax Chrome -Rising StarILLUSTRATION · NOT A PHOTOGRAPH
#151Green Refractor /99
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#151Topps Match Attax Chrome UEFA Champions League 2020-21First recorded year · 2020

Curtis Jones

Liverpool · 2020-21Match Attax Chrome - Rising Star
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Rodrigo Ribeiro · 2022-23 Topps Chrome UEFA Club Competitions Sapphire Edition · 2022-23 Topps Chrome Uefa Club Competitions Sapphire Edition — Illustration, not a photo of the cardRodrigo Ribeiro2022-23 Topps ChromeUEFA Club CompetitionsSapphire Edition2022-23 Topps ChromeUefa Club CompetitionsSapphire EditionILLUSTRATION · NOT A PHOTOGRAPH
#194Padparadscha 1/1
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#1942022-23 Topps Chrome UEFA Club Competitions Sapphire EditionFirst recorded year · 2022

Rodrigo Ribeiro

Sporting CP · 2022-232022-23 Topps Chrome Uefa Club Competitions Sapphire Edition
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Noah Mbamba · 2021-22 Topps Finest UEFA Champions League · 2021-22 Topps Finest Uefa Champions League — Illustration, not a photo of the cardNoah Mbamba2021-22 Topps FinestUEFA Champions League2021-22 Topps FinestUefa Champions LeagueILLUSTRATION · NOT A PHOTOGRAPH
#38Pink Prism Refractor /150
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#382021-22 Topps Finest UEFA Champions LeagueFirst recorded year · 2021

Noah Mbamba

Club Brugge KV · 2021-222021-22 Topps Finest Uefa Champions League
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Jordan Lotomba · 2021-22 Mosaic Road To FIFA World Cup · Mosaic Road To Fifa World Cup Qatar 2022 — Illustration, not a photo of the cardJordan Lotomba2021-22 Mosaic Road ToFIFA World CupMosaic Road To FifaWorld Cup Qatar 2022ILLUSTRATION · NOT A PHOTOGRAPH
#144Mosaic Pink /25
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#1442021-22 Mosaic Road To FIFA World CupFirst recorded year · 2022

Jordan Lotomba

Switzerland · 2022Mosaic Road To Fifa World Cup Qatar 2022
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Salih Özcan · 2023-24 Topps Merlin Chrome UEFA · 2023-24 Topps Merlin Chrome Uefa Autographs (Hobby 1:47 Boxes; Value Box 1:278 Boxes) — Illustration, not a photo of the cardSalih Özcan2023-24 Topps MerlinChrome UEFA2023-24 Topps MerlinChrome Uefa Autographs(Hobby 1:47 Boxes; ValueBox 1:278 Boxes)ILLUSTRATION · NOT A PHOTOGRAPH
#AU-MRRed Refractor /5
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#AU-MR2023-24 Topps Merlin Chrome UEFAFirst recorded year · 2023

Salih Özcan

Borussia Dortmund · 2023-242023-24 Topps Merlin Chrome Uefa Autographs (Hobby 1:47 Boxes; Value Box 1:278 Boxes)
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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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