Panini Chronicles Soccer Kicks Off European Adventure

July 07, 2023

Let Panini’s 2022-23 Chronicles Soccer collection serve as your passport through Europe. Open packs and venture through England, Spain and Italy as you find cards featuring players from all 20 teams in the Premier League, La Liga and Serie A.

Youngsters currently run the action in England, with each club featuring baby-faced icons in the making. Be on the lookout for autograph cards featuring rookies who forged a path into the first team. Also look out for signatures from brand-name talent like Christian Pulisic and Michael Ballack, who made it their mission to paint London blue at Stamford Bridge. There is also the marvelous talents of David Beckham, Michael Carrick and Nani, who all made moves at Manchester’s Theatre of Dreams.

Some of the best to ever play the sport have spent time on Italian soil. AC Milan legends Marco van Basten, Ruud Gullit and Kaká, along with FC Internazionale Milano megastars Javier Zanetti, Lothar Matthäus and Brazilian giant Ronaldo, all called the San Siro home. Look for their autographed cards, along with those of Paulo Dybala and Bremer. Collectors will also go head over heels for Cristiano Ronaldo, Zinédine Zidane and Andrea Pirlo, who each left their imprints on Turin’s population.

In Spain, there’s more parity in the top flight than there has been in recent memory. For the third straight season, a different club (FC Barcelona) finished atop the LaLiga table. While the greatest stars of the previous generation are still putting in phenomenal performances, the new wave has emerged as the biggest draw. Autographs from Barça’s young Spanish trio of Gavi, Pedri and Ansu Fati, along with Real Madrid’s Vini Jr., feature in the Panini lineup.

Each box of Panini Chronicles is like its own painter’s palette, giving you the ability to splash a colorful assortment into your collection, which will rival the best pieces of art overseas. Count on excitement while gazing upon cards from a medley of 15 Panini brands in the collection, including Prizm, Gold Standard and Phoenix.

There will also be 12 distinct parallels, including serial-numbered and silver parallels, featured in each box, along with three autograph or memorabilia cards. These could come in the form of Limited Jersey Autos, Silhouettes from Crown Royale or the eponymous Cornerstones.

Through the adrenaline-pumping action in London, Liverpool, Manchester, Barcelona, Madrid, Seville, Rome, Milan, Naples and everywhere in between, you’ll trek across the thrilling, net-rippling landscape and grab hold of Europe’s finest through 2022-23 Panini Chronicles Soccer.