Trading Cards Tracker

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.

62,816 results
Vitor Roque · 2023-24 Topps UEFA Club Competitions - Carnaval · 2023-24 Topps Uefa Club Competitions - Carnaval — Illustration, not a photo of the cardVitor Roque2023-24 Topps UEFA ClubCompetitions - Carnaval2023-24 Topps Uefa ClubCompetitions - CarnavalILLUSTRATION · NOT A PHOTOGRAPH
#72Purple /15
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#722023-24 Topps UEFA Club Competitions - CarnavalFirst recorded year · 2023

Vitor Roque

FC Barcelona · 2023-242023-24 Topps Uefa Club Competitions - Carnaval
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Issahaku Fatawu · 2022-23 Topps Finest UEFA Club Competitions · 2022-23 Topps Finest Uefa Club Competitions Autographs — Illustration, not a photo of the cardIssahaku Fatawu2022-23 Topps FinestUEFA Club Competitions2022-23 Topps FinestUefa Club CompetitionsAutographsILLUSTRATION · NOT A PHOTOGRAPH
#A-IFOrange Wave /25
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#A-IF2022-23 Topps Finest UEFA Club CompetitionsFirst recorded year · 2022

Issahaku Fatawu

Sporting CP · 2022-232022-23 Topps Finest Uefa Club Competitions Autographs
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Unai Hernández · 2024-25 Topps Chrome UEFA Club Competitions · 2024-25 Topps Chrome Uefa Club Competitions — Illustration, not a photo of the cardUnai Hernández2024-25 Topps ChromeUEFA Club Competitions2024-25 Topps ChromeUefa Club CompetitionsILLUSTRATION · NOT A PHOTOGRAPH
#52Toppsfractors /52
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#522024-25 Topps Chrome UEFA Club CompetitionsFirst recorded year · 2024

Unai Hernández

FC Barcelona · 2024-252024-25 Topps Chrome Uefa Club Competitions
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Lewis Miley · 2023-24 Topps Chrome UEFA Club Competitions · 2023-24 Topps Chrome Uefa Club Competitions — Illustration, not a photo of the cardLewis Miley2023-24 Topps ChromeUEFA Club Competitions2023-24 Topps ChromeUefa Club CompetitionsILLUSTRATION · NOT A PHOTOGRAPH
#31Black Refractor /10
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#312023-24 Topps Chrome UEFA Club CompetitionsFirst recorded year · 2023

Lewis Miley

Newcastle United · 2023-242023-24 Topps Chrome 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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