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
Daniel Bragança · 2021-22 Topps Finest UEFA Champions League · 2021-22 Topps Finest Uefa Champions League — Illustration, not a photo of the cardDaniel Bragança2021-22 Topps FinestUEFA Champions League2021-22 Topps FinestUefa Champions LeagueILLUSTRATION · NOT A PHOTOGRAPH
#86
Estimate€1.19
#862021-22 Topps Finest UEFA Champions LeagueFirst recorded year · 2021

Daniel Bragança

Sporting CP · 2021-222021-22 Topps Finest Uefa Champions League
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Elias Kachunga · Topps Match Attax Premier League 2017-18 · Match Attax 2017/2018 - Goal Machines — Illustration, not a photo of the cardElias KachungaTopps Match AttaxPremier League 2017-18Match Attax 2017/2018 -Goal MachinesILLUSTRATION · NOT A PHOTOGRAPH
#MT36
Estimate€1.19
#MT36Topps Match Attax Premier League 2017-18First recorded year · 2017

Elias Kachunga

Huddersfield Town · 2017-18Match Attax 2017/2018 - Goal Machines
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Alejandro Marqués · 2020-21 Topps Finest UEFA Champions League · Topps Finest Uefa Champions League — Illustration, not a photo of the cardAlejandro Marqués2020-21 Topps FinestUEFA Champions LeagueTopps Finest UefaChampions LeagueILLUSTRATION · NOT A PHOTOGRAPH
#87
Estimate€1.18
#872020-21 Topps Finest UEFA Champions LeagueFirst recorded year · 2020

Alejandro Marqués

Juventus · 2020-21Topps Finest 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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