THE FIRST CHAPTERS

Football rookie cards

Every story has a first card. Discover each player’s first year in our catalogue.

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#CA-HAH2023-24 Topps Chrome UEFA Club Competitions Sapphire EditionFirst recorded year · 2023

Hákon Haraldsson

LOSC Lille · 2023-24Chrome Sapphire Autograph (1:20 Packets)
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#1062024-25 Topps Chrome UEFA Club CompetitionsFirst recorded year · 2024

Omari Kellyman

Chelsea · 2024-252024-25 Topps Chrome Uefa Club Competitions
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#932020-21 Topps Chrome UEFA Champions League Sapphire EditionFirst recorded year · 2020

Reinier Jesus

Borussia Dortmund · 2020-212020-21 Topps Chrome Uefa Champions League Sapphire Edition
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#REF UPD 478XUEFA Euro 2020 Tournament Edition · PaniniFirst recorded year · 2020

Dawid Kownacki

Poland · 2020Actualización Internacional
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#SKI12Topps Match Attax Extra UEFA Club Competitions 2020-21First recorded year · 2020

Romeu Lukaku

FC Internazionale Milano · 2020-21Uefa Champions League Match Attax Extra 2020/21 - Super Skill Star (Super Skill Star Mega Tin Exclusive)
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#CA-AN2024-25 Topps Chrome UEFA Club CompetitionsFirst recorded year · 2024

Andrea Natali

Bayer 04 Leverkusen · 2024-25Chrome Autograph (1:126 Hobby, 1:38 Jumbo, 1:8 Breaker, 1:875 Value, 1:386 Hanger)
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#FR-92022-23 Topps Finest UEFA Club CompetitionsFirst recorded year · 2022

Dijon Kameri

FC Salzburg · 2022-23Prized Footballers (1:3 Packets)
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#522022-23 Topps Finest UEFA Club CompetitionsFirst recorded year · 2022

Sotiris Alexandropoulos

Sporting CP · 2022-232022-23 Topps Finest Uefa Club Competitions
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How 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.

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