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.
Harry Kane
Tottenham Hotspur · 2015-16Random Boxes; The Sun Coupon Promotion - Tesco, EasonValentín Carboni
FC Internazionale Milano · 2022-23BaseTarik Muharemovic
Bosnia & Herzegovina · 2026Panini Prizm Fifa World Cup 2026Issahaku Fatawu
Sporting CP · 2022-232022-23 Topps Finest Uefa Club Competitions AutographsMarcelo Balboa
United States · 20261994 Team Usa SignaturesLudovic Butelle
Club Brugge KV · 2016-17Uefa Champions League Match Attax 2016/17 - Club Brugge KvFábio Carvalho
Liverpool · 2022-232022-23 Topps Finest Uefa Club CompetitionsMaximilian Mittelstadt
Germany · 2025-26Pitch KingTeboho Mokoena
South Africa · 2026Panini Prizm Fifa World Cup 2026Hugo Ekitike
2022-23Star Signing / Rising StarAdrián Niño
Atlético de Madrid · 2023-242023-24 Topps Merlin Chrome UefaDrulic
Real Zaragoza · 2001-02BaseGianluca Vialli
Juventus · 2020-21Topps Finest Uefa Champions League - Exended Series SpRico Lewis
Manchester City · 2022-23BaseMihajlo Cvetkovic
Serbia · 2025-26Rated RookiesDavide Callà
FC Basel 1893 · 2016-17Uefa Champions League Match Attax 2016/17 - Fc Basel 1893Jewison Bennette
Costa Rica · 2022Fifa World Cup Qatar 2022 PrizmStar Player
2022-23Uefa Champions League Knockout 2023 Autograph (1:3 Boxes)I. Uche
Real Zaragoza · 2009-10BaseIghalo
Granada CF · 2011-12BaseManu Koné
2024-25Ucc Summer SigningsSamu Aghehowa
FC Porto · 2024-252024-25 Topps Chrome Uefa Club CompetitionsEduardo Camavinga
Stade Rennais FC · 2020-212020-21 Topps Merlin Chrome UefaHow 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.