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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
Luis Henrique · 2020-21 Topps Finest UEFA Champions League · Topps Finest Uefa Champions League — Illustration, not a photo of the cardLuis Henrique2020-21 Topps FinestUEFA Champions LeagueTopps Finest UefaChampions LeagueILLUSTRATION · NOT A PHOTOGRAPH
#3Pink Refractor /125
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#32020-21 Topps Finest UEFA Champions LeagueFirst recorded year · 2020

Luis Henrique

Olympique de Marseille · 2020-21Topps Finest Uefa Champions League
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João Neves · 2023-24 Topps Chrome UEFA Club Competitions · 2023-24 Topps Chrome Uefa Club Competitions — Illustration, not a photo of the cardJoão Neves2023-24 Topps ChromeUEFA Club Competitions2023-24 Topps ChromeUefa Club CompetitionsILLUSTRATION · NOT A PHOTOGRAPH
#146Violet Speckle /299
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#1462023-24 Topps Chrome UEFA Club CompetitionsFirst recorded year · 2023

João Neves

SL Benfica · 2023-242023-24 Topps Chrome Uefa Club Competitions
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Luka Shaw · 2020-21 Topps UEFA Champions League Inception · 2020-21 Uefa Champions League Inception Sp Autographs — Illustration, not a photo of the cardLuka Shaw2020-21 Topps UEFAChampions LeagueInception2020-21 Uefa ChampionsLeague Inception SpAutographsILLUSTRATION · NOT A PHOTOGRAPH
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2020-21 Topps UEFA Champions League InceptionFirst recorded year · 2020

Luka Shaw

2020-212020-21 Uefa Champions League Inception Sp Autographs
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Jesper Uneken · 2024-25 Topps Chrome UEFA Club Competitions · 2024-25 Topps Chrome Uefa Club Competitions — Illustration, not a photo of the cardJesper Uneken2024-25 Topps ChromeUEFA Club Competitions2024-25 Topps ChromeUefa Club CompetitionsILLUSTRATION · NOT A PHOTOGRAPH
#97Aqua Lava Refractor /199
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#972024-25 Topps Chrome UEFA Club CompetitionsFirst recorded year · 2024

Jesper Uneken

PSV Eindhoven · 2024-252024-25 Topps Chrome Uefa Club Competitions
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Daniel Munoz · Donruss Road to FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 · Donruss Road To Fifa World Cup Qatar 2022 — Illustration, not a photo of the cardDaniel MunozDonruss Road to FIFAWorld Cup Qatar 2022Donruss Road To FifaWorld Cup Qatar 2022ILLUSTRATION · NOT A PHOTOGRAPH
#32Optic Orange Velocity /49
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#32Donruss Road to FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022First recorded year · 2021

Daniel Munoz

Colombia · 2021-22Donruss Road To Fifa World Cup Qatar 2022
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Guille Fernández · 2024-25 Topps Chrome UEFA Club Competitions · 2024-25 Topps Chrome Uefa Club Competitions — Illustration, not a photo of the cardGuille Fernández2024-25 Topps ChromeUEFA Club Competitions2024-25 Topps ChromeUefa Club CompetitionsILLUSTRATION · NOT A PHOTOGRAPH
#85Violet Prism Refractor /299
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#852024-25 Topps Chrome UEFA Club CompetitionsFirst recorded year · 2024

Guille Fernández

FC Barcelona · 2024-252024-25 Topps Chrome Uefa Club Competitions
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Jude Bellingham · 2020-21 Topps Finest UEFA Champions League · Prized Footballers - Fusion Variation — Illustration, not a photo of the cardJude Bellingham2020-21 Topps FinestUEFA Champions LeaguePrized Footballers -Fusion VariationILLUSTRATION · NOT A PHOTOGRAPH
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#PFF-JB2020-21 Topps Finest UEFA Champions LeagueFirst recorded year · 2020

Jude Bellingham

Borussia Dortmund · 2020-21Prized Footballers - Fusion Variation
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Sidney Raebiger · 2021-22 Topps Finest UEFA Champions League · 2021-22 Topps Finest Uefa Champions League — Illustration, not a photo of the cardSidney Raebiger2021-22 Topps FinestUEFA Champions League2021-22 Topps FinestUefa Champions LeagueILLUSTRATION · NOT A PHOTOGRAPH
#76Speckle /175
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#762021-22 Topps Finest UEFA Champions LeagueFirst recorded year · 2021

Sidney Raebiger

RB Leipzig · 2021-222021-22 Topps Finest Uefa Champions League
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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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