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.
Paulinho
Brazil · 2014Base SetJan Kliment (Golden Goalscorer)
FC Viktoria Plzeň · 2022-23BaseLamine Yamal
FC Barcelona · 2023-242023-24 Topps Chrome Uefa Club CompetitionsAbedi Pele
Ghana · 20262012 Prizm Throwback SignaturesIbrahim Mbaye
Paris Saint-Germain · 2024-252024-25 Topps Chrome Uefa Club CompetitionsAntoni Milambo
Feyenoord · 2023-242023-24 Topps Chrome Uefa Club CompetitionsFranco Mastantuono
Real Madrid · 2025-26Future StarsSebastián Driussi
FC Zenit · 2019-20Topps Finest Uefa Champions LeagueErik Lira
Mexico · 2025-26Rated RookiesYuta Nakayama
Japan · 2022Fifa World Cup Qatar 2022 PrizmAmer Jamous
Jordan · 2026Panini Prizm Fifa World Cup 2026Santa Cruz
Real Betis · 2011-12StarP. Vega
Polideportivo Ejido · 2005-06BasePrince
Racing de Ferrol · 2007-08BaseBradley Barcola
Paris Saint-Germain · 2023-242023-24 Topps Merlin Chrome Uefa Autographs (Hobby 1:47 Boxes; Value Box 1:278 Boxes)Angel Alarcon
2023-24Future StarsTommy Conway
Scotland · 2025-26Rated RookiesVélez
Athletic Club · 2007-08BaseTrey Nyoni
Liverpool · 2024-252024-25 Topps Chrome Uefa Club CompetitionsRussell Martin
Norwich City · 2015-16BaseMartín Satriano
FC Internazionale Milano · 2021-222021-22 Topps Finest Uefa Champions LeagueMarcin Żewłakow
Poland · 2002BaseMax Arfsten
United States · 2026Select SwatchesHow 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.