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.
Lazar Samardžić
RB Leipzig · 2020-21Uefa Champions League Match Attax Extra 2020/21 - Time To ShineUroš Spajić
RSC Anderlecht · 2017-18BaseHenry Onyekuru
RSC Anderlecht · 2017-18BaseMarash Kumbulla
AS Roma · 2020-21Uefa Champions League Match Attax Extra 2020/21 - Time To ShineVincent Aboubakar
Cameroon · 2014BaseChristian Eriksen
AFC Ajax · 2010-11BaseSteven Pienaar
South Africa · 2010BaseKalvin Phillips
Leeds United · 2020-21BaseOla Toivonen
Sweden · 2012BaseKyriakos Papadopoulos
Greece · 2012BaseGreg Taylor
Celtic FC · 2020-21Uefa Champions League Match Attax Extra 2020/21 - Time To ShineTorres
Real Madrid · 2007-08BaseAbidal
FC Barcelona · 2007-08BaseToshihiro Hattori
Japan · 2002BaseOmar Richards
FC Bayern München · 2021-222021-22 Topps Finest Uefa Champions LeagueMusab Al-Juwayr
Saudi Arabia · 2026Panini Prizm Fifa World Cup 2026Jared Borgetti
Mexico · 2002BaseZizo
Egypt · 2026Panini Prizm Fifa World Cup 2026Dabbur
Sevilla FC · 2019-20BaseAntonio Blanco
Real Madrid · 2021-222021-22 Topps Chrome Uefa Champions LeagueHannibal
Manchester United · 2021-222021-22 Topps Chrome Uefa Champions LeagueAbdukodir Khuasanov
Uzbekistan · 2026Fan FavouriteSamuel Edozie
Manchester City · 2021-222021-22 Topps Chrome Uefa Champions LeagueHow 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.