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.
Trikots
Tottenham Hotspur · 2017-18BaseJan-Carlo Simić
AC Milan · 2023-242023-24 Topps Merlin Chrome UefaP. Olivera
Recreativo de Huelva · 2010-11BaseMateos
Real Madrid · 2010-11BaseBeñat Turrientes
Real Sociedad · 2023-24BaseFolarin Balogun
AS Monaco · 2024-252024-25 Topps Chrome Uefa Club CompetitionsKalvin Phillips
Leeds United · 2020-21BaseTsuyoshi Watanabe
Japan · 2026Panini Prizm Fifa World Cup 2026Eldor Shomurodov
Uzbekistan · 2026Panini Prizm Fifa World Cup 2026Bernardo Folha
FC Porto · 2023-242023-24 Topps Chrome Uefa Club CompetitionsHenri Klarsson
FC Barcelona · 2021-22LeyendasJunior Fernandes
GNK Dinamo Zagreb · 2015-16Base CardsYan Diomande
RB Leipzig · 2025-26BaseRochembach
FC Barcelona · 2001-02Últimos FichajesBradley Barcola
2023-24Football DnaShojaei
CA Osasuna · 2008-09Últimos FichajesSasa Lukic
Serbia · 2022Fifa World Cup Qatar 2022 PrizmMarcus Stewart
Ipswich Town · 2000-01BaseRiccardo Calafiori
AS Roma · 2020-212020-21 Topps Merlin Chrome UefaAleksandr Golovin
PFC CSKA Moskva · 2015-16Base CardsNordi Mukiele
RB Leipzig · 2019-20Topps Finest Uefa Champions LeagueHasan Al-Haydos
Qatar · 2022BaseMartín Demichelis
FC Bayern München · 2006-07BaseHow 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.