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
Soumaïla Coulibaly · 2022-23 Topps Finest UEFA Club Competitions · 2022-23 Topps Finest Uefa Club Competitions — Illustration, not a photo of the cardSoumaïla Coulibaly2022-23 Topps FinestUEFA Club Competitions2022-23 Topps FinestUefa Club CompetitionsILLUSTRATION · NOT A PHOTOGRAPH
#109
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#1092022-23 Topps Finest UEFA Club CompetitionsFirst recorded year · 2022

Soumaïla Coulibaly

Borussia Dortmund · 2022-232022-23 Topps Finest Uefa Club Competitions
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Daniel Bragança · 2021-22 Topps Finest UEFA Champions League · 2021-22 Topps Finest Uefa Champions League — Illustration, not a photo of the cardDaniel Bragança2021-22 Topps FinestUEFA Champions League2021-22 Topps FinestUefa Champions LeagueILLUSTRATION · NOT A PHOTOGRAPH
#86Speckle /175
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#862021-22 Topps Finest UEFA Champions LeagueFirst recorded year · 2021

Daniel Bragança

Sporting CP · 2021-222021-22 Topps Finest Uefa Champions League
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Bernardo Folha · 2023-24 Topps Chrome UEFA Club Competitions · 2023-24 Topps Chrome Uefa Club Competitions — Illustration, not a photo of the cardBernardo Folha2023-24 Topps ChromeUEFA Club Competitions2023-24 Topps ChromeUefa Club CompetitionsILLUSTRATION · NOT A PHOTOGRAPH
#192Orange Geometric /25
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#1922023-24 Topps Chrome UEFA Club CompetitionsFirst recorded year · 2023

Bernardo Folha

FC Porto · 2023-242023-24 Topps Chrome Uefa Club Competitions
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Brandon Soppy · 2020-21 Topps Finest UEFA Champions League · Topps Finest Uefa Champions League — Illustration, not a photo of the cardBrandon Soppy2020-21 Topps FinestUEFA Champions LeagueTopps Finest UefaChampions LeagueILLUSTRATION · NOT A PHOTOGRAPH
#84Aqua Refractor /75
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#842020-21 Topps Finest UEFA Champions LeagueFirst recorded year · 2020

Brandon Soppy

Stade Rennais FC · 2020-21Topps 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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