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.
Anibal Godoy
Panama · 2018Team MatesJosip Šimunić
Croatia · 2004BasePanagiotis Kone
Greece · 2012BaseRandal Kolo Muani
Eintracht Frankfurt · 2022-23BaseYoichiro Kakitani
Japan · 2014Base SetEdwin van der Sar
Netherlands · 2000BaseMattia Liberali
AC Milan · 2024-252024-25 Topps Chrome Sapphire Uefa Club CompetitionsDeclan Gallagher
Scotland · 2020BaseTygo Land
PSV Eindhoven · 2024-25Final Destination (1:8 Packets)Kassoum Ouattara
AS Monaco · 2024-252024-25 Topps Chrome Sapphire Uefa Club CompetitionsDomenico Berardi
Italy · 2020BaseIlaix Moriba
FC Barcelona · 2021-22BasePeque
Sevilla FC · 2024-25BaseN'Golo Kante
Leicester City · 2015-16BaseShurandy Sambo
PSV Eindhoven · 2023-242023-24 Topps Chrome Uefa Club CompetitionsTygo Land
PSV Eindhoven · 2024-252024-25 Topps Chrome Sapphire Uefa Club CompetitionsCristiano Doni
Italy · 2002BaseAntony
AFC Ajax · 2020-212020-21 Topps Merlin Chrome UefaMario Mandžukić
Croatia · 2012BaseBrandon Domingues
Real Oviedo · 2025-26BaseVassilios Lakis
Greece · 2004BaseFranjo Ivanovic
Croatia · 2025-26Rated RookiesHancko
Atlético de Madrid · 2025-26Edición LimitadaHow 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.