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.
209. CLAUDIO LÓPEZ
Valencia CF · 1997-98Malik Tillman
FC Bayern München · 2020-21AutographsFer Lopez
Wolverhampton Wanderers · 2025-26BaseGuerrero - Moreno
Real Madrid Castilla · 1996-97BaseAli Majrashi
Saudi Arabia · 2026Panini Prizm Fifa World Cup 2026Jurgen Klinsmann
Germany · 2014World Cup StarsLucas Bergvall
Tottenham Hotspur · 2024-252024-25 Topps Chrome Uefa Club CompetitionsNiko Kranjčar - Hrvatska
In Action · 2008BaseMitchel Bakker
Paris Saint-Germain · 2020-212020-21 Topps Chrome Uefa Champions League Sapphire Edition148. ESCUDO
Real Sociedad · 1997-98Lucy Bronze
2022-23Star Signing / Rising StarAron Dønnum
Toulouse FC · 2023-242023-24 Topps Merlin Chrome UefaEthan Nwaneri
2024-25CanteranosAilton
APOEL FC · 2011-12BaseÁlvaro Vadillo
Real Betis · 2014-15BaseGuille Fernández
FC Barcelona · 2024-252024-25 Topps Chrome Uefa Club CompetitionsEthan Nwaneri
Arsenal · 2024-252024-25 Topps Chrome Uefa Club CompetitionsJames Tavernier
Rangers F.C. · 2020-212020-21 Topps Merlin Chrome UefaSaborit
Athletic Club · 2013-14BaseBen Doak
Liverpool · 2023-24Chrome Autograph (1:62 Packets)Tarik Muharemovic
Bosnia & Herzegovina · 2026Panini Prizm Fifa World Cup 2026Gianluca Scamacca
West Ham United · 2022-23Uefa Club Competitions 2022/23 - Carnaval EditionOussama Targhalline
Morocco · 2025-26Rated RookiesHow 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.