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.
Jean-Philippe Krasso
FK Crvena Zvezda · 2023-242023-24 Topps Merlin Chrome UefaAmir Al-Ammari
Iraq · 2026Panini Prizm Fifa World Cup 2026Rahman Ahmadi
Iran · 2014Base SetReinier Jesus
Borussia Dortmund · 2020-212020-21 Topps Merlin Chrome UefaIpurua
SD Eibar · 2017-18BaseKhvicha Kvaratskhelia
SSC Napoli · 2023-242023-24 Topps Merlin Chrome UefaJesper Lindstrom
Denmark · 2022Fifa World Cup Qatar 2022 PrizmSandro Tonali - Theo Hernandez
AC Milan · 2022-23Genuine Autograph ComboMohamed El Shenawy
Egypt · 2026Panini Prizm Fifa World Cup 2026Vozinha
Cape Verde · 2026Panini Prizm Fifa World Cup 20262009-10 FC Internazionale Milano - Goal
Winners · 2010-11BaseXeka
LOSC Lille · 2019-20Uefa Champions League Match Attax 2019/20 - Man Of The MatchMikkel Damsgaard
Denmark · 2022Mosaic Road To Fifa World Cup Qatar 2022Oussama Targhalline
Morocco · 2025-26Rated RookiesLuan
Grêmio · 2019Fans' FavouriteMARC ROCA
RCD Espanyol · 2016-17BaseMikel Glez
Real Sociedad · 2008-09BaseWestermann
Real Betis · 2015-16BaseSiebe Schrijvers
Club Brugge KV · 2018-19Topps Finest Uefa Champions LeagueUgrinic
2025-26Nuevos FichajesIbrahim Bayesh
Iraq · 2026Panini Prizm Fifa World Cup 2026Nestory Irankunda
Australia · 2026Panini Prizm Fifa World Cup 2026Leo Sauer
Feyenoord · 2023-242023-24 Topps Merlin Chrome UefaHow 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.