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.
Aster Vranckx
Vfl Wolfsburg · 2021-222021-22 Topps Merlin Chrome UefaPavoni
Cádiz CF · 2005-06BaseSidney Raebiger
RB Leipzig · 2021-22Base Card IiEstevao
2025-26Rising Stars AutographGonçalo Borges
FC Porto · 2022-23BaseKeira Walsh
2022-23Star Signing / Rising StarMykola Matviyenko
FC Shakhtar Donetsk · 2019-20Topps Finest Uefa Champions LeagueMarlon Gomes
FC Shakhtar Donetsk · 2024-252024-25 Topps Chrome Uefa Club CompetitionsBradley Barcola
Paris Saint-Germain · 2023-242023-24 Topps Merlin Chrome UefaOmar Richards
FC Bayern München · 2021-22Base Card IPatrik Berger
Liverpool · 2000-01BaseArthur Cabral
SL Benfica · 2023-242023-24 Topps Uefa Club Competitions - CarnavalCurtis Jones
Liverpool · 2020-212020-21 Topps Merlin Chrome UefaVencedor
Athletic Club · 2020-21BaseJoaquin Seys
Belgium · 2026Panini Prizm Fifa World Cup 2026Julian Draxler
FC Schalke 04 · 2012-13BaseMax Dowman
Arsenal · 2025-26JoyasCurtis Jones
Liverpool · 2020-212020-21 Topps Chrome Uefa Champions League Sapphire Edition355. DUBOVSKY
Real Oviedo · 1997-98Omari Forson
2023-24Emerging StarsFrancesco D'alessio
AS Roma · 2023-242023-24 Topps Merlin Chrome UefaEthan Nwaneri
2024-25CanteranosErnest Nuamah
Ghana · 2025-262025-26 Donruss Road To Fifa World Cup 26How 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.