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.
Abbosbek Fayzullaev
Uzbekistan · 2026Panini Prizm Fifa World Cup 2026Pau Víctor
FC Barcelona · 2024-252024-25 Topps Chrome Uefa Club CompetitionsCurtis Jones
2020-21Emerging StarsPatrick Mainka
1. FC Heidenheim 1846 · 2023-24BaseKjell Wätjen
Borussia Dortmund · 2024-25Wonderkids (1:5 Hobby, 1:2 Jumbo, 1:4 Value, 1:1 Hanger)Nikolaus Wurmbrand
Austria · 2026Panini Prizm Fifa World Cup 2026Rayan
AFC Bournemouth · 2026-27Man Of The Match Wildcard - Mirror Foil ★ RareKevin Zeroli
2024-25RookiesFermin López
FC Barcelona · 2023-242023-24 Topps Uefa Club Competitions - CarnavalSegunda Equipación
Uruguay · 2021BaseNico González
FC Barcelona · 2021-222021-22 Topps Merlin Chrome UefaWayne Routledge
Swansea City · 2015-16BaseChristopher Bonsu Baah
Ghana · 2026Panini Prizm Fifa World Cup 2026Andrew Moran
Ireland · 2025-26Rated RookiesDu-jae Won
South Korea · 2021-22Donruss Road To Fifa World Cup Qatar 2022Cole Campbell
Borussia Dortmund · 2024-252024-25 Topps Chrome Uefa Club CompetitionsScott McTominay
Manchester United · 2018-19Topps Finest Uefa Champions League - AutographBellerín
Real Betis · 2021-22Últimos FichajesAyase Ueda
Feyenoord · 2023-242023-24 Topps Chrome Uefa Club Competitions Sapphire EditionGabriel Moscardo
SC Braga · 2025-26Future StarsPlotnikov -Centurión
Albacete Balompié · 1996-97BaseGiovanni Leoni
2025-26Rising StarArdouin
Deportivo Alavés · 2005-06BaseHow 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.