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.
Bechir Ben Saïd
Tunisia · 2022BaseJo Hyeon-woo
Ulsan HD FC · 2025BaseSimon Cox
Ireland · 2012BaseMerchas Doski
Iraq · 2026BaseBoniek Garcia
Honduras · 2014BaseNico González
FC Barcelona · 2021-222021-22 Topps Chrome Uefa Champions LeagueVictor Obinna
Nigeria · 2010BaseJamaldeen Jimoh-Aloba
Aston Villa · 2025-26Veterans And RookiesMarcos Fernández
RCD Espanyol · 2026-27BaseJoão Mário
Portugal · 2016BaseGeorgios Athanasiadis
FC Sheriff · 2021-22BaseTrent
Real Madrid · 2025-26BaseMayke
Palmeiras · 2024BaseKebé
Girona FC · 2022-23BaseKhalid Al-Ghannam
Saudi Arabia · 2022BaseWojciech Łobodziński
Poland · 2008BaseMiguel Trauco
Peru · 2018Team MatesNicolai Jørgensen
Denmark · 2012BaseMasashi Ōguro
Japan · 2006BaseLiso
Getafe CF · 2025-26DiamanteVilhena
RCD Espanyol · 2021-22BaseArley Rodríguez
Atlético Nacional · 2018Team MateIbson
FC Porto · 2006-07BaseHow 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.