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
Ismaël Gharbi · 2022-23 Topps Chrome UEFA Club Competitions Sapphire Edition · 2022-23 Topps Chrome Uefa Club Competitions Sapphire Edition — Illustration, not a photo of the cardIsmaël Gharbi2022-23 Topps ChromeUEFA Club CompetitionsSapphire Edition2022-23 Topps ChromeUefa Club CompetitionsSapphire EditionILLUSTRATION · NOT A PHOTOGRAPH
#137Red /5
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#1372022-23 Topps Chrome UEFA Club Competitions Sapphire EditionFirst recorded year · 2022

Ismaël Gharbi

Paris Saint-Germain · 2022-232022-23 Topps Chrome Uefa Club Competitions Sapphire Edition
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Lorenzo Bernasconi · Topps Match Attax UEFA Champions League 2026-27 · Man Of The Match Wildcard ★ Rare — Illustration, not a photo of the cardLorenzo BernasconiTopps Match Attax UEFAChampions League 2026-27Man Of The MatchWildcard ★ RareILLUSTRATION · NOT A PHOTOGRAPH
#419
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#419Topps Match Attax UEFA Champions League 2026-27First recorded year · 2026

Lorenzo Bernasconi

Atalanta BC · 2026-27Man Of The Match Wildcard ★ Rare
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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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