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.

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Alfredo Morelos · Topps Match Attax Extra UEFA Club Competitions 2020-21 · Uefa Champions League Match Attax Extra 2020/21 - Man Of The Match — Illustration, not a photo of the cardAlfredo MorelosTopps Match Attax ExtraUEFA Club Competitions2020-21Uefa Champions LeagueMatch Attax Extra2020/21 - Man Of TheMatchILLUSTRATION · NOT A PHOTOGRAPH
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#MOTM7Topps Match Attax Extra UEFA Club Competitions 2020-21First recorded year · 2020

Alfredo Morelos

Rangers F.C. · 2020-21Uefa Champions League Match Attax Extra 2020/21 - Man Of The Match
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Maurits Kjærgaard · 2021-22 Topps Chrome UEFA Champions League Sapphire Edition · Base Card Ii — Illustration, not a photo of the cardMaurits Kjærgaard2021-22 Topps ChromeUEFA Champions LeagueSapphire EditionBase Card IiILLUSTRATION · NOT A PHOTOGRAPH
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#542021-22 Topps Chrome UEFA Champions League Sapphire EditionFirst recorded year · 2021

Maurits Kjærgaard

FC Salzburg · 2021-22Base Card Ii
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Cody Gakpo · 2022-23 Topps Finest UEFA Club Competitions · 2022-23 Topps Finest Uefa Club Competitions — Illustration, not a photo of the cardCody Gakpo2022-23 Topps FinestUEFA Club Competitions2022-23 Topps FinestUefa Club CompetitionsILLUSTRATION · NOT A PHOTOGRAPH
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#1462022-23 Topps Finest UEFA Club CompetitionsFirst recorded year · 2022

Cody Gakpo

Liverpool · 2022-232022-23 Topps Finest Uefa Club Competitions
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Hannibal · 2021-22 Topps Finest UEFA Champions League · 2021-22 Topps Finest Uefa Champions League — Illustration, not a photo of the cardHannibal2021-22 Topps FinestUEFA Champions League2021-22 Topps FinestUefa Champions LeagueILLUSTRATION · NOT A PHOTOGRAPH
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#172021-22 Topps Finest UEFA Champions LeagueFirst recorded year · 2021

Hannibal

Manchester United · 2021-222021-22 Topps 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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