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.
Nasser Aldawsari
Saudi Arabia · 2026BaseHamza Mendyl
Morocco · 2018BaseAlbin Ekdal
Sweden · 2016BaseTobias Rau
Germany · 2004BaseTeddie Lamb
Manchester City · 2025-26Bowman Uefa Youth LeagueChadi Riad
Real Betis · 2023-24BaseAndy Najar
Honduras · 2014BaseØrjan Nyland
Norway · 2026BaseIbrahim Sabra
Jordan · 2026BaseEsmir Bajraktarević
PSV Eindhoven · 2026-27Attax DebutantUzuni
Granada CF · 2021-22BaseIdriss Kameni
Cameroon · 2010BaseLucas Woudenberg
Feyenoord · 2018Team MateYuki Kobayashi
Celtic FC · 2023-242023-24 Topps Chrome Uefa Club CompetitionsOmar Al-Ghamdi
Saudi Arabia · 2002BaseMeschak Elia
Congo - Kinshasa · 2026BaseRusso
RCD Mallorca · 2021-22BaseRuben Van Bommel
PSV Eindhoven · 2026BaseKeidi Baré
RCD Espanyol · 2021-22BaseMohammad Abu Zrayq
Jordan · 2026BaseHendry Blank
FC Salzburg · 2024-25Base CardsMathías Corujo
Uruguay · 2018BaseLeo Sauer
Feyenoord · 2023-242023-24 Topps Chrome Uefa Club CompetitionsHow 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.