Rabona
"Not highlights. Not stats. Not trophies.
Memory."
Football history is often reduced to numbers and outcomes. Rabona focuses on what remains after the final whistle – the moments and emotions that live on in memory. Each card preserves a single moment, carefully selected and archived as part of a larger story.
Ultimate Triumph
Ultimate Triumph is reserved for moments when everything aligns - pressure, preparation, talent, and timing. These are not simply victories, but points of resolution, where football's long arcs are finally settled.
Lionel Messi lifting the World Cup in 2022 marked the end of a long pursuit. A moment where expectation, pressure, and time finally aligned into something complete.
Heartbreak
These are football's cruellest moments, lasting in memory because of what was lost and what could have been. When effort goes unrewarded, and the emotional cost of the game becomes impossible to ignore.
Roberto Baggio’s missed penalty in the 1994 World Cup final froze a nation in silence. A single moment where it all fell apart on the verge of greatness.
Moments of Magic
The collection captures the times when football defies all expectation, the flashes of brilliance logic cannot predict. When something extraordinary happens, impossible to plan or repeat.
Ronaldo Nazário's performance in the 2002 World Cup final was spectacular, otherworldly even. After years defined by injury and doubt, football produced something inexplicable - a return that had no rational right to happen.
The Underdogs
Football refuses to obey hierarchy, indifferent to reputation, expectation, or who was supposed to win. When those written off rise, belief outweighs status, and the game forgets the script entirely.
Bulgaria's victory over Germany at the 1994 World Cup Quarter-Final disrupted what decades of football had established as fact. A David and Goliath story where the natural order failed to assert itself.
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The International Archive
100% Plastic Cards
High-quality playing cards built to last and be enjoyed across many different moments.
55 Cards
Includes 18 hand-illustrated designs and an access card to a digital story booklet
Story Booklet
A digital booklet that tells the stories behind the moments, adding context and meaning that extend beyond the cards.