With the Euro 2024 Team of the Tournament announced, I thought I would find all the respective player’s rookie stickers.
Note: Some players have earlier cards and other stickers from the same year. I have chosen each players first sticker (not card) and what I believe is the most important rookie sticker.
Goalkeeper (GK) – Mike Maignan
Mike Maignan Rookie Sticker from Panini FOOT 2015-2016
Left Back (LB) – Marc Cucurella
Marc Cucurella Rookie Sticker from Colecciones ESTE Spanish Liga 2018-2019
Left Center Back (LCB) – William Saliba
William Saliba Rookie Sticker from Panini FOOT 2019-2020
Right Center Back (RCB) – Manuel Akanji
Manuel Akanji Rookie Sticker – Rookie Sticker from Panini 365 2017-2018
Right Back (RB) – Kyle Walker
Kyle Walker Rookie Sticker from Topps Premier League 2011-2012
Left Center Midfield (LCM) – Fabian Ruiz
Fabian Ruiz Rookie Sticker from Colecciones ESTE Spanish Liga 2016-2017
Right Center Midfield (RCM) – Rodri
Rodri Rookie Sticker from Colecciones ESTE Spanish Liga 2017-2018
Center Attacking Midfield (CAM) – Dani Olmo
Dani Olmo Rookie Sticker from Topps UEFA Champions League 2019-2020
Left Wing (LW) – Nico Williams
Nico Williams Rookie Sticker from Colecciones ESTE Spanish Liga 2021-2022
Right Wing (RW) – Lamine Yamal
Lamine Yamal Rookie Sticker from Colecciones ESTE Spanish Liga 2023-2024
Striker (ST) or False 9 – Jamal Musiala
Jamal Musiala Rookie Sticker from Topps German Football Bundesliga 2021-2022
Lachlan McGowan-Hugh, the creator of Soccer Stickers FC, is an avid soccer sticker and card collector. A big fan of soccer sticker collections and is a blogger on the subject. Finding those rare rookie cards from obscure sets around the world is his speciality.
Soccer Stickers FC A soccer card blog with breakdowns on the latest, and old, cards and stickers.
The blog aims to be a guide for collectors or soccer card investing by condensing huge sets into top 10 lists, often featuring rookie stickers and rookie cards.
This blog can act as a useful resource for those who want quick information about a given set. Additionally, it is the perfect website for those who are beginners in soccer card collecting and soccer card investing.
This blog doesn’t really outline soccer card valuations or who is the most valuable rookie card. Rather, it gives readers an idea of who to look for in each set.
Panini and Topps have 1000s of sets. Hopefully this website can help you tackle the giant task of going through them all!
How I Rank Sets
When making the Top 10 lists, I take into account a few factors.
First – how big a players reputation is, whether that be a legend of the game or a youngster with high potential. Second – whether a sticker is a rookie or close to their rookie season. Third – the players specific performance the season or tournament the set corresponds with.
When combining these criteria, rookie stickers have highest chance of making the list. If it’s a rookie of a legend that had a huge season that year, it’s likely going to be taking the number 1 spot, or very close to.
When writing on newer collections and tournaments that have yet to occur at the time of writing, there is quite a lot of speculation involved. I tend to focus on rookie cards who have a chance on a big future. Naturally, these articles are subject to revision in future years when a clearer picture has been painted.