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.
Andy Impey
Leicester City · 2000-01BaseKasper Schemichel
Leicester City · 2021-22Pro EliteVitor Roque
FC Barcelona · 2023-242023-24 Topps Merlin Chrome Uefa Autographs (Hobby 1:47 Boxes; Value Box 1:278 Boxes)Navas
RCD Espanyol · 1999-00BaseDino Zoff
Juventus · 2022-23Ageless Alchemy AutographsSamu Araújo
RC Celta · 2014-15BaseAlejandro
CD Logroñés · 1994-95BaseKristoffer Olsson
FC Krasnodar · 2020-21BaseJacob Busk
FC København · 2013-14BaseModibo Sagnan
Real Sociedad · 2019-20BaseSidney Raebiger
RB Leipzig · 2021-22Merlin’S Match Ball Signatures #/TbdPep Chavarría
Rayo Vallecano · 2022-23Nuevos FichajesHeung-Min Son
Bayer 04 Leverkusen · 2014-15One To WatchJoao Gomes
Wolverhampton Wanderers · 2023-24Sensational StrikesRadoja
RC Celta · 2014-15Nuevos FichajesOswin Appollis
South Africa · 2026Panini Prizm Fifa World Cup 2026Tygo Land
PSV Eindhoven · 2024-25Youthquake (1:1 Breaker)Emran Soglo
Olympique de Marseille · 2023-242023-24 Topps Chrome Uefa Club Competitions Sapphire EditionFábio Vieira
FC Porto · 2020-212020-21 Topps Merlin Chrome UefaAlexis Claude-Maurice
FC Augsburg · 2024-25BasePlanas
FC Barcelona B · 2012-13BaseBoudebouz
Real Betis · 2017-18BaseAlbert Sambi Lokonga
Belgium · 2022Fifa World Cup Qatar 2022 PrizmHow 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.