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.
Pierluigi Gollini
Atalanta BC · 2019-20Base Autographs (1:28 Packets)Alex Iwobi
Arsenal · 2016-17BaseMohamed Amoura
Algeria · 2026Panini Prizm Fifa World Cup 2026Jeremy Sarmiento
Ecuador · 2022Fifa World Cup Qatar 2022 PrizmJorthy Mokio
Belgium · 2026Panini Prizm Fifa World Cup 2026Carpintero
Deportivo Alavés · 2005-06BasePedri
FC Barcelona · 2020-212020-21 Topps Merlin Chrome UefaEthan Wheatley
Manchester United · 2024-25Chrome Autograph (1:126 Hobby, 1:38 Jumbo, 1:8 Breaker, 1:875 Value, 1:386 Hanger)Hasan Al-Haydos
Qatar · 2022Fifa World Cup Qatar 2022 Prizm44. PLANTILLA
RC Deportivo · 1997-98Amer Jamous
Jordan · 2026Panini Prizm Fifa World Cup 2026Quilindschy Hartman
Feyenoord · 2023-242023-24 Topps Chrome Uefa Club CompetitionsLuka Sucic
FC Salzburg · 2021-222021-22 Topps Finest Uefa Champions LeagueNils Zatterstrom
Sweden · 2025-26Rated RookiesIbrahimovic
FC Barcelona · 2009-10StarAntônio Carlos
Palmeiras · 2020BasePromise David
Canada · 2026Panini Prizm Fifa World Cup 2026Maruro Icardi
Paris Saint-Germain · 2020-21Match Attax Chrome - Man Of The MatchKaramoko Dembele
Celtic FC · 2021-222021-22 Topps Merlin Chrome UefaJesper Uneken
PSV Eindhoven · 2024-252024-25 Topps Chrome Uefa Club CompetitionsPau Víctor
FC Barcelona · 2024-252024-25 Topps Chrome Uefa Club CompetitionsSneijder
Real Madrid · 2007-08Top PlatinumAbel Ruiz
2024-25PortraitHow 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.