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.
Koke Vegas
Levante UD · 2020-21BaseEnrique Martín
CA Osasuna · 2015-16BaseEdmond Tapsoba
Bayer 04 Leverkusen · 2022-23Squad Update415. STANKOVIC I
RCD Mallorca · 1997-98Oussama Targhalline
Morocco · 2025-26Rated RookiesKhvicha Kvaratskhelia
SSC Napoli · 2023-24Sapphire Selection (1:40 Packets)Noa Lang
Club Brugge KV · 2020-21BaseJunior Dina Ebimbe
Paris Saint-Germain · 2021-222021-22 Topps Finest Uefa Champions LeagueThéo Zidane
Real Madrid · 2023-242023-24 Topps Merlin Chrome Uefa Autographs (Hobby 1:47 Boxes; Value Box 1:278 Boxes)Jordan James
Wales · 2025-26Rated RookiesJordon Ibe
AFC Bournemouth · 2018-19Afc BournemouthFacundo Buonanotte
Brighton & Hove Albion · 2023-242023-24 Topps Chrome Uefa Club CompetitionsAntoni Milambo
Feyenoord · 2023-24Chrome Autograph (1:62 Packets)Ilaix Moriba
RB Leipzig · 2021-22Merlin’S Match Ball Signatures #/TbdMohannad Abu Taha
Jordan · 2026Panini Prizm Fifa World Cup 2026Lennon Miller
Scotland · 2026Panini Prizm Fifa World Cup 2026Warren Zaïre-Emery
Paris Saint-Germain · 2022-23AutographsDaniel Bragança
Sporting CP · 2021-22Base Card IiNolaskoain
Athletic Club · 2018-19BaseMinjae Kim
FC Bayern München · 2023-242023-24 Topps Merlin Chrome UefaErnest Nuamah
Ghana · 2025-262025-26 Donruss Road To Fifa World Cup 26Giovanni Leoni
2025-26Rising StarDailon Livramento
Cape Verde · 2026Panini Prizm Fifa World Cup 2026How 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.