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.
Rio Ngumoha
Liverpool · 2025-26BaseViggo Gebel
RB Leipzig · 2024-252024-25 Topps Chrome Uefa Club CompetitionsJordan Beyer
Burnley · 2023-24Premier LeagueFabio Miretti
Juventus · 2022-231959 ToppsThelo Aasgaard
Norway · 2025-26Rated RookiesSolomon Kvirkvelia
FC Lokomotiv Moskva · 2019-20BaseAllan
SSC Napoli · 2016-17Uefa Champions League Match Attax 2016/17 - Ssc NapoliEldor Shomurodov
Uzbekistan · 2026Panini Prizm Fifa World Cup 2026Micah Hamilton
Manchester City · 2023-242023-24 Topps Merlin Chrome UefaShea Charles
Northern Ireland · 2025-26Rated RookiesNicola Zalewski
AS Roma · 2022-231959 ToppsJobe Bellingham
Borussia Dortmund · 2025-26Chrome Autograph CardsMartín Montoya
Valencia CF · 2016-17BaseMatosas
Real Valladolid · 1994-95BaseCher Ndour
Paris Saint-Germain · 2023-242023-24 Topps Chrome Uefa Club CompetitionsHicham Boudaoui
Algeria · 2026Panini Prizm Fifa World Cup 2026Marley Aké
Olympique de Marseille · 2020-21Standard Finest AutographsThijs Dallinga
Toulouse FC · 2023-242023-24 Topps Merlin Chrome UefaBalaidos
RC Celta · 2002-03BaseJalal Hassan
Iraq · 2026Panini Prizm Fifa World Cup 2026Gabriel Mercado
Sevilla FC · 2016-17Uefa Champions League Match Attax 2016/17 - Sevilla FcGiovani Reyna
Borussia Dortmund · 2020-21AutographDiego Gomez
Paraguay · 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.