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.
Jozo Simunovic
Celtic FC · 2017-18BasePablo Torre
FC Barcelona · 2022-23Topps SimplicidadBenzemá
Real Madrid · 2009-10BaseRiccardo Pagano
AS Roma · 2023-242023-24 Topps Merlin Chrome Uefa Autographs (Hobby 1:47 Boxes; Value Box 1:278 Boxes)Ísak Bergmann Jóhannesson
FC København · 2022-232022-23 Topps Finest Uefa Club Competitions AutographsCampaña
Sevilla FC · 2011-12BaseEthan Wheatley
Manchester United · 2024-252024-25 Topps Chrome Uefa Club CompetitionsYouri Regeer
AFC Ajax · 2022-23Emerging StarsDennis Geiger
TSG 1899 Hoffenheim · 2018-19BaseNico González
2021-22Emerging Stars AutographNoah Darvich
FC Barcelona · 2024-252024-25 Topps Chrome Uefa Club CompetitionsIsaac Price
Northern Ireland · 2025-26Rated RookiesLamine Yamal
FC Barcelona · 2023-242023-24 Topps Merlin Chrome Uefa Autographs (Hobby 1:47 Boxes; Value Box 1:278 Boxes)Jeremy Antonisse
Curaçao · 2026Panini Prizm Fifa World Cup 2026Marshall Munetsi
Wolverhampton Wanderers · 2025-26BaseSotiris Alexandropoulos
Sporting CP · 2022-232022-23 Topps Finest Uefa Club CompetitionsAlex Meret
SSC Napoli · 2019-20BaseLucas Bergvall
Tottenham Hotspur · 2024-252024-25 Topps Chrome Uefa Club CompetitionsPedro Gonçalves
Sporting CP · 2021-22Standard FinestRafael Leão
AC Milan · 2021-22Standard FinestMontassar Talbi
Tunisia · 2022Fifa World Cup Qatar 2022 PrizmNadiem Amiri
TSG 1899 Hoffenheim · 2018-19Base Autographs (1:48 Packets)Miguel Gutiérrez
Real Madrid · 2021-22BaseHow 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.