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.
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FC Shakhtar Donetsk · 2020-21Uefa Champions League Match Attax 2020/21 - Wildcards (Mega Tin Exclusive)Jordan Veretout
Aston Villa · 2015-16BaseJoe Wollacott
Ghana · 2022BaseYoung-gwon Kim
South Korea · 2022BaseTim Krul
Newcastle United · 2015-16BaseAli Gholizadeh
Iran · 2022BaseMame Diouf
Stoke City · 2015-16Star PlayerTyrone Mings
AFC Bournemouth · 2015-16Tough TacklerMichael Boxall
New Zealand · 2026BaseJeff Schlupp
Leicester City · 2015-16BaseAmir Abedzadeh
Iran · 2022BaseWes Hoolahan
Norwich City · 2015-16BaseJordan Amavi
Aston Villa · 2015-16Man Of The Match (1:2 Packs)Leon Osman
Everton · 2015-16BaseKyle Naughton
Swansea City · 2015-16BaseAntonio Blanco
Real Madrid · 2021-222021-22 Topps Finest Uefa Champions LeagueVictor Ibarbo
Watford · 2015-16BaseRoberto Firmino
Liverpool · 2015-16BaseAhmad Nourollahi
Iran · 2022BaseWalid Abbas
United Arab Emirates · 2022ContendersMatt Turner
United States · 2022BaseAnthony Contreras
Costa Rica · 2022ContendersJoel Ward
Crystal Palace · 2015-16BaseHow 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.