Team & partners

The people behind the platform

Ballers Market is built by a small team with a big mission, supported by partners who share our belief that fashion should be circular, accessible and purposeful.

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Our partners

Impact through partnership

We work with The Salvation Army ReShare and player-led foundations to turn every purchase into real-world change across the Netherlands and beyond.

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Who makes Ballers Market happen

Ballers Market is more than a platform. It's a movement built by a small, focused team and powered by partnerships with organizations that share our mission: to keep quality clothing in use, support people in need and prove that football culture can lead on sustainability.

Here's who makes it all possible.

Co-Founder & Lifestyle Director

Linne Dierckx

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Co-Founder & Operations Director

Mark van Wijnen

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Allround Baller

Sebastiaan Vanderlyde

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Visual & UX-Designer

Julián Echeverri

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Our impact partners

Ballers Market doesn't create impact alone. We work with trusted partners who share our belief that fashion should be circular, accessible and tied to real-world change. Here's who we collaborate with and why.

The Salvation Army ReShare

For over 100 years, The Salvation Army ReShare has been collecting, redistributing and reselling clothing to support people in vulnerable situations across the Netherlands.

Part of our collection is also sold in person at their ReShare Store in Rotterdam at Korte Hoogstraat 11–13. Shoppers can try pieces on and take them home the same day. Everything we list can still be ordered online at ballers-market.com.

Purchases at ReShare Rotterdam support The Salvation Army's broader work: clothing distribution, care services, crisis response, community programs and support for people experiencing homelessness, addiction or other life challenges.

ReShare also handles items that don't meet our quality standards for the Dutch market. Instead of discarding them, they redirect these pieces through their international channels across Europe and beyond, ensuring that nothing ends up in landfill.

This partnership is central to our model. It gives shoppers a place to see our pieces in person and keeps the whole system circular.

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Player foundations & first clubs

Many players choose to donate part or all of their Ballers Market earnings to causes that matter personally to them: their own foundations, the clubs where they started their careers, or local initiatives in the communities they come from.

These partnerships are deeply personal. A player might support youth development at their first club, fund a scholarship program through their foundation, or back a grassroots project in their hometown.

We make these connections transparent. Every product page shows which cause you're supporting when you buy from that player's closet, whether it's a foundation, a first club or another initiative.

This flexibility is core to our model. Players aren't locked into one impact partner. They choose what feels right for them, and we build the system around that choice.

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Why partnerships matter

Ballers Market could have operated alone. We could have kept all proceeds, maximized margins and built a traditional resale business.

But that was never the point.

We built this platform to prove that fashion can be a force for good, that football culture can lead on sustainability, and that the choices players make off the pitch can create real-world change.

That only works if we partner with organizations who are already doing the work: ReShare supporting people in crisis and player foundations funding causes that matter in local communities.

These partnerships make the impact real, not theoretical. They turn proceeds into meals, clothing, mentorship, crisis support and opportunity.

And they remind us why we started Ballers Market in the first place: to build a system where everyone wins.

Want to partner with us?

We're always open to working with organizations, clubs, foundations and brands that share our mission. If you're interested in collaborating, get in touch.

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