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
Pedro Gonçalves · 2021-22 Topps Finest UEFA Champions League · 2021-22 Topps Finest Uefa Champions League — Illustration, not a photo of the cardPedro Gonçalves2021-22 Topps FinestUEFA Champions League2021-22 Topps FinestUefa Champions LeagueILLUSTRATION · NOT A PHOTOGRAPH
#84
Estimate€1.25
#842021-22 Topps Finest UEFA Champions LeagueFirst recorded year · 2021

Pedro Gonçalves

Sporting CP · 2021-222021-22 Topps Finest Uefa Champions League
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Bailey Rice · 2023-24 Topps Chrome UEFA Club Competitions · 2023-24 Topps Chrome Uefa Club Competitions — Illustration, not a photo of the cardBailey Rice2023-24 Topps ChromeUEFA Club Competitions2023-24 Topps ChromeUefa Club CompetitionsILLUSTRATION · NOT A PHOTOGRAPH
#2
Estimate€1.25
#22023-24 Topps Chrome UEFA Club CompetitionsFirst recorded year · 2023

Bailey Rice

Rangers F.C. · 2023-242023-24 Topps Chrome Uefa Club Competitions
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Steffen Tigges · 2021-22 Topps Chrome UEFA Champions League · 2021-22 Topps Chrome Uefa Champions League — Illustration, not a photo of the cardSteffen Tigges2021-22 Topps ChromeUEFA Champions League2021-22 Topps ChromeUefa Champions LeagueILLUSTRATION · NOT A PHOTOGRAPH
#55
Estimate€1.25
#552021-22 Topps Chrome UEFA Champions LeagueFirst recorded year · 2021

Steffen Tigges

Borussia Dortmund · 2021-222021-22 Topps Chrome Uefa Champions League
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Luka Sucic · 2021-22 Topps Chrome UEFA Champions League · 2021-22 Topps Chrome Uefa Champions League — Illustration, not a photo of the cardLuka Sucic2021-22 Topps ChromeUEFA Champions League2021-22 Topps ChromeUefa Champions LeagueILLUSTRATION · NOT A PHOTOGRAPH
#197
Estimate€1.25
#1972021-22 Topps Chrome UEFA Champions LeagueFirst recorded year · 2021

Luka Sucic

FC Salzburg · 2021-222021-22 Topps Chrome Uefa Champions League
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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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