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.

62,816 results
Pablo Torre · 2022-23 Topps Finest UEFA Club Competitions · Prized Footballers (1:3 Packets) — Illustration, not a photo of the cardPablo Torre2022-23 Topps FinestUEFA Club CompetitionsPrized Footballers (1:3Packets)ILLUSTRATION · NOT A PHOTOGRAPH
#FR-10SuperFractor 1/1
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#FR-102022-23 Topps Finest UEFA Club CompetitionsFirst recorded year · 2022

Pablo Torre

FC Barcelona · 2022-23Prized Footballers (1:3 Packets)
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Pau Víctor · 2024-25 Topps Chrome UEFA Club Competitions · Chrome Autograph (1:126 Hobby, 1:38 Jumbo, 1:8 Breaker, 1:875 Value, 1:386 Hanger) — Illustration, not a photo of the cardPau Víctor2024-25 Topps ChromeUEFA Club CompetitionsChrome Autograph (1:126Hobby, 1:38 Jumbo, 1:8Breaker, 1:875 Value,1:386 Hanger)ILLUSTRATION · NOT A PHOTOGRAPH
#CA-PVMagenta Geometric Refractor /75
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#CA-PV2024-25 Topps Chrome UEFA Club CompetitionsFirst recorded year · 2024

Pau Víctor

FC Barcelona · 2024-25Chrome Autograph (1:126 Hobby, 1:38 Jumbo, 1:8 Breaker, 1:875 Value, 1:386 Hanger)
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Hyunyun Yang · 2023-24 Topps Chrome UEFA Club Competitions Sapphire Edition · Chrome Sapphire Autograph (1:20 Packets) — Illustration, not a photo of the cardHyunyun Yang2023-24 Topps ChromeUEFA Club CompetitionsSapphire EditionChrome SapphireAutograph (1:20 Packets)ILLUSTRATION · NOT A PHOTOGRAPH
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#CA-HY2023-24 Topps Chrome UEFA Club Competitions Sapphire EditionFirst recorded year · 2023

Hyunyun Yang

Celtic FC · 2023-24Chrome Sapphire Autograph (1:20 Packets)
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Ethan Nwaneri · 2024-25 Topps Chrome UEFA Club Competitions · 2024-25 Topps Chrome Uefa Club Competitions — Illustration, not a photo of the cardEthan Nwaneri2024-25 Topps ChromeUEFA Club Competitions2024-25 Topps ChromeUefa Club CompetitionsILLUSTRATION · NOT A PHOTOGRAPH
#158Pink Lava Refractor /250
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#1582024-25 Topps Chrome UEFA Club CompetitionsFirst recorded year · 2024

Ethan Nwaneri

Arsenal · 2024-252024-25 Topps Chrome Uefa Club Competitions
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Théo Zidane · 2023-24 Topps Chrome UEFA Club Competitions Sapphire Edition · 2023-24 Topps Chrome Uefa Club Competitions Sapphire Edition — Illustration, not a photo of the cardThéo Zidane2023-24 Topps ChromeUEFA Club CompetitionsSapphire Edition2023-24 Topps ChromeUefa Club CompetitionsSapphire EditionILLUSTRATION · NOT A PHOTOGRAPH
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#182023-24 Topps Chrome UEFA Club Competitions Sapphire EditionFirst recorded year · 2023

Théo Zidane

Real Madrid · 2023-242023-24 Topps Chrome Uefa Club Competitions Sapphire Edition
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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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