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.
Jesús Perera
Albacete Balompié · 2003-04BaseFrancesco Camarda
AC Milan · 2023-242023-24 Topps Chrome Uefa Club CompetitionsArthur Melo
ACF Fiorentina · 2023-242023-24 Topps Uefa Club Competitions - CarnavalChristian Fuchs
FC Schalke 04 · 2012-13BaseAshley Fletcher
West Ham United · 2016-17Match Attax Extra 2016/17 - Squad UpdatesKevin Phillips
United Kingdom · 2000BaseRasmus Falk
FC København · 2016-17BaseEsmir Bajraktarevic
Bosnia & Herzegovina · 2026Panini Prizm Fifa World Cup 2026Mergim Berisha
FC Augsburg · 2022-23BaseFacundo Buonanotte
Brighton & Hove Albion · 2023-242023-24 Topps Merlin Chrome UefaCody Gakpo
Liverpool · 2022-23Merlins Masters411. U.H. PALINHA
RCD Mallorca · 1997-98Ultima HoraSaud Abdulhamid
Saudi Arabia · 2026Panini Prizm Fifa World Cup 2026Mohannad Abu Taha
Jordan · 2026Panini Prizm Fifa World Cup 2026Myles Lewis-Skelly
Arsenal · 2024-252024-25 Topps Chrome Uefa Club CompetitionsMERCADO
Sevilla FC · 2016-17BaseMarcus Edwards
Sporting CP · 2022-23Topps SimplicidadBakkali
Valencia CF · 2015-16BaseSidney Raebiger
RB Leipzig · 2021-222021-22 Topps Merlin Chrome UefaAlessandro Nesta
SS Lazio · 2000-01BaseIke Ugbo
Canada · 2022Fifa World Cup Qatar 2022 PrizmH.Cuper
Valencia CF · 2000-01BaseViktor Gyökeres
Sporting CP · 2023-24Mystic Nights (Hobby 1:6 Boxes; Value Box 1:7 Boxes)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.