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.
Hugo Perez
United States · 20261994 Team Usa SignaturesStepanov
Málaga CF · 2009-10BaseDaniel Yáñez
Real Madrid · 2024-252024-25 Topps Chrome Uefa Club CompetitionsLucas Chevalier
Paris Saint-Germain · 2025-26BaseRelebohile Mofokeng
South Africa · 2026Panini Prizm Fifa World Cup 2026Dijon Kameri
FC Salzburg · 2022-232022-23 Topps Finest Uefa Club CompetitionsMohammad Mohebi
Iran · 2026Panini Prizm Fifa World Cup 2026Noah Darvich
2024-25Rookie AutographsRuben Providence
Haiti · 2026Panini Prizm Fifa World Cup 2026Alejandro Garnacho
Manchester United · 2022-232022-23 Topps Chrome Uefa Club Competitions Image VariationsDaniel Bragança
Sporting CP · 2021-22Base Card IiBorna Sosa
Croatia · 2022Mosaic Road To Fifa World Cup Qatar 2022Moreira Jr.
SL Benfica · 2022-232022-23 Topps Chrome Uefa Club Competitions Sapphire EditionSverre Nypan
Norway · 2026Panini Prizm Fifa World Cup 2026Tommy Conway
Scotland · 2025-26Rated RookiesSidney Raebiger
RB Leipzig · 2021-222021-22 Topps Merlin Chrome UefaJean-Claude Ntenda
Juventus · 2020-21AutographsChristopher Bonsu Baah
Ghana · 2026Panini Prizm Fifa World Cup 2026Trey Nyoni
Liverpool · 2024-252024-25 Topps Chrome Uefa Club CompetitionsTrey Nyoni
Liverpool · 2024-25Chrome Autograph (1:126 Hobby, 1:38 Jumbo, 1:8 Breaker, 1:875 Value, 1:386 Hanger)Liberato Cacace
New Zealand · 2026Panini Prizm Fifa World Cup 2026Ali Jasim
Iraq · 2026Panini Prizm Fifa World Cup 2026Zaza
Valencia CF · 2017-18BaseHow 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.