The Association of Contract Players ( nl, Vereniging van Contractspelers — VVCS) is the trade union for professional

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s in the

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. Established on 1 January 1961, it is a member of the

Dutch Federation of Trade Unions The Federation of Dutch Trade Unions ( nl, Federatie Nederlandse Vakbeweging, FNV) is a national trade union centre in the Netherlands. In addition to member unions, workers in many sectors can join the FNV directly. History The FNV was founded ...

and one of the three founding members of FIFPro, whom they share offices with. Initiatives set up by the association include the VVCS Academy, which help players earn a

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during their football careers, and Team VVCS, a team consisting of out-of-contract players looking for a new club.

Presidents

:1961: Theo Timmermans :1963:

Gerard Kerkum Gerard Kerkum (17 December 1930 – 26 May 2018) was a Dutch footballer and was twice chairman of Dutch football team Feyenoord Rotterdam. Kerkum, born in Rotterdam, played a total of 349 matches in Feyenoord's (Feijenoord in those days) firs ...

:1967: Roel Wiersma :1975: Martin Snoeck :1978: Karel Jansen :1981: Arend Steunenberg :1983: Jim Janssen van Raaij :1980s: Theo van Seggelen :2015:

Danny Hesp Danny Petrus Hesp (born 19 October 1969) is a Dutch former professional footballer who played as a defender. Football career Born in Amsterdam, Hesp started at local Ajax, but only appeared in nine Eredivisie games in three seasons combined, al ...

:2019:

Evgeniy Levchenko Yevhen Viktorovych Levchenko, also known as Evgeniy Levchenko ( uk, Євген Вікторович Левченко; born 2 January 1978 in Kostiantynivka, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union) is a retired Ukrainian-Dutch footballer. The main participa ...

References

Trade unions in the Netherlands Organisations based in North Holland Trade unions established in 1961 1961 establishments in the Netherlands Football in the Netherlands Association football trade unions {{Netherlands-sport-stub