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
Esmir Bajraktarevic · Panini Prizm FIFA World Cup 2026 · Panini Prizm Fifa World Cup 2026 — Illustration, not a photo of the cardEsmir BajraktarevicPanini Prizm FIFA WorldCup 2026Panini Prizm Fifa WorldCup 2026ILLUSTRATION · NOT A PHOTOGRAPH
#476Prizms Purple Wave /95
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#476Panini Prizm FIFA World Cup 2026First recorded year · 2026

Esmir Bajraktarevic

Bosnia & Herzegovina · 2026Panini Prizm Fifa World Cup 2026
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Arthur Melo · 2023-24 Topps UEFA Club Competitions - Carnaval · 2023-24 Topps Uefa Club Competitions - Carnaval — Illustration, not a photo of the cardArthur Melo2023-24 Topps UEFA ClubCompetitions - Carnaval2023-24 Topps Uefa ClubCompetitions - CarnavalILLUSTRATION · NOT A PHOTOGRAPH
#54Gold 1/1
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#542023-24 Topps UEFA Club Competitions - CarnavalFirst recorded year · 2023

Arthur Melo

ACF Fiorentina · 2023-242023-24 Topps Uefa Club Competitions - Carnaval
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Esmir Bajraktarevic · Panini Prizm FIFA World Cup 2026 · Panini Prizm Fifa World Cup 2026 — Illustration, not a photo of the cardEsmir BajraktarevicPanini Prizm FIFA WorldCup 2026Panini Prizm Fifa WorldCup 2026ILLUSTRATION · NOT A PHOTOGRAPH
#476Prizms Gold Power 1/1
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#476Panini Prizm FIFA World Cup 2026First recorded year · 2026

Esmir Bajraktarevic

Bosnia & Herzegovina · 2026Panini Prizm Fifa World Cup 2026
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− NOT OWNED
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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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