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.
Ronald Maul
Hamburger SV · 2000-01BaseAlessio Lisci
Levante UD · 2021-22BaseGuidetti
RC Celta · 2015-16Últimos FichajesLaurin Curda
SC Paderborn 07 · 2025-26BaseMorcelo Moreno
Bolivia · 2024Conmebol Copa America 2024Success
Granada CF · 2014-15BaseHyeon-gyu Oh
South Korea · 2026Panini Prizm Fifa World Cup 2026Doria
Granada CF · 2015-16BaseYahia Fofana
Côte d’Ivoire · 2026Panini Prizm Fifa World Cup 2026Vitor Roque
FC Barcelona · 2023-242023/24 Topps Finest Ucc Autograph (1:5 Packs)Kolodziejczak
Sevilla FC · 2014-15BaseDavid Meyler
Ireland · 2016BaseTarranga
RC Celta · 1994-95BaseCarlens Arcus
Haiti · 2026Panini Prizm Fifa World Cup 2026Troy Parrott
Ireland · 2025-26Rookie KingsChido Obi
Manchester United · 2024-25Youthquake (1:1 Breaker)Damian Bobadilla
Paraguay · 2025-26Rated RookiesAndré-Pierre Gignac
France · 2010BaseYoram Zague
Paris Saint-Germain · 2024-25Base Cards Autograph VariationYazan Mousa
Jordan · 2026Panini Prizm Fifa World Cup 2026Dominguez
RCD Espanyol · 1998-99BaseSebastian Nanasi
Sweden · 2025-26Rated RookiesSenny Mayulu
Paris Saint-Germain · 2024-25Wonderkids Autograph (1:1, 478 Hobby, 1:438 Jumbo, 1:87 Breaker, 1:10,301 Value, 1:4,473 Hanger)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.