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.
Gustav Isaksen
SS Lazio · 2023-242023-24 Topps Uefa Club Competitions - CarnavalNicola Zalewski
AS Roma · 2022-23Wonderkids (1:9 Packs)Aster Vranckx
Vfl Wolfsburg · 2021-22Base Card IiYanguas
CA Osasuna · 2000-01BaseDušan Vlahović
Juventus · 2021-22Base Card IChristian Ordóñez
Parma · 2026-27Figurina BaseBruno Pereirinha
Sporting CP · 2008-09BaseJennifer Hermoso
FC Barcelona Femení · 2021-22Uefa Women'S Champions LeagueMohamed-Ali Cho
Real Sociedad · 2022-232022-23 Topps Chrome Uefa Club Competitions Sapphire EditionAdam Karabec
Czechia · 2026Panini Prizm Fifa World Cup 2026Flag
Newcastle United · 2024-25FabricNicolò Savona
2024-25CanteranosBilly Gilmour
Chelsea · 2020-212020-21 Topps Merlin Chrome UefaBudu Zivzivadze
Karlsruher SC · 2023-24BaseChelo Broli
Real Valladolid · 2005-06BaseAlvyn Sanches
Switzerland · 2025-26Rated RookiesKrohnn-Deli
RC Celta · 2012-13BaseHenrique Araujo
SL Benfica · 2022-23Future Star AutpgraphFashion Sakala
Rangers F.C. · 2022-232022-23 Topps Finest Uefa Club CompetitionsBruno Iglesias
Real Madrid · 2022-23BaseEsmir Bajraktarevic
Bosnia & Herzegovina · 2026Panini Prizm Fifa World Cup 2026Shurandy Sambo
PSV Eindhoven · 2023-24BaseGeovany Quenda
Sporting CP · 2024-252024-25 Topps Chrome Uefa Club CompetitionsHow 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.