Profile
Vision4Soccer was founded for and by football players. Since 1999, former football professional Edwin Olde Riekerink and the VVCS, have been active as a team in the national and international market. Trust, knowledge and experience form the basis for the technical, mental, physical and business support of our players.
The VVCS has been an exclusive partner in the field of player management. This means that you are ensured of the best legal support during your football career.
Get the most out of your football career and stay with both feet on the ground? We can support you in this. Every decision that affects your career is taken with great care and attention. Transparency and honesty is the basis for good cooperation. Football is a specific profession. Being a professional footballer means performing optimally on and off the pitch. As a former professional footballer and player agent, we know better than anyone what that means.
Vision4Soccer
Edwin Olde Riekerink
Edwin Olde Riekerink (1961) started his professional football career at Sparta when he was 19 years old.
Edwin combined playing football with his work as a physiotherapist. As a member of the players council of FC Groningen, he had a lot of contact with the VVCS. In that period he was also a member of the Central Players Council for a number of years. After his football career Edwin started to work as a player agent at the VVCS. In 1999 he co-founded SoccerVision and from 1 july 2022 he will continue this work in Vision4Soccer.
- 1979-1986 - Sparta
- 1986-1995 - FC Groningen
Vereniging Voor Contractspelers (VVCS)
Patrick van Diemen
Patrick van Diemen (1972) started his professional football career at FC Utrecht when he was 18 years old.
During his football career Patrick studied Law and Sports Management, and was a member of the Central Players Council and the participants’ council of the CFK. Since 2008, he is working as a player agent.
- 1990-1993 - FC Utrecht
- 1993-1994 - FC Utrecht - AZ
- 1994-1996 - NEC Nijmegen
- 1996-1998 - RKC Waalwijk
- 1998-2001 - RSC Anderlecht
- 2001-2008 - RKC Waalwijk
Louis Laros
Louis Laros (1973) started his professional football career at Willem II when he was 17 years old.
After his disapproval due to a severe knee injury, Louis became a youth coach at Vitesse. In 2004 he started to work as a player agent.
- 1990-1992 - Willem II
- 1992-1994 - VVV-Venlo (huurbasis)
- 1994-1995 - Willem II
- 1995-2004 - Vitesse
Edwin de Kruijff
Edwin de Kruijff (1970) started his professional football career at FC Utrecht when he was 17 years old.
In 2001 he ended his career because of a knee injury and started working at the VVCS as a player agent. Seven years later he started as head of scouting and then as technical manager at FC Utrecht. After that he was the technical manager at NEC Nijmegen. Since January 1, 2019, Edwin de Kruijff is working again as a player agent.
- 1987-1995 - FC Utrecht
- 1995-1997 - FC Groningen
- 1997-2001 - BV Veendam
