Overview
Philippe-Alexandre Liedekerke is the founder and chief executive of ifreq, a company he started in January 2023 and runs from Brussels. Before that, he studied at Richmond American University London, where he completed a Bachelor's degree in Business Administration and Management, General, between September 2018 and June 2021. From September 2016 to September 2018 he was a football player at RWDM - Racing White Daring Molenbeek.
Career history
In the news
- we’re #hiring at IFREQ! We’re looking for our next Junior Data Scientist to join our tech team in Brussels. You’ll work at the intersection of data, AI and football, helping us transform player performance data into insights, benchmarks and tools that can change how talent is identified and evaluated. Know someone who could be a great fit? Tag them, share this post, or reach out to me directly. #Hiring #DataScience #AI #Football #SportsTech #Brussels
- Je #recrute chez IFREQ ! Nous recherchons notre prochain(e) Lead AI Scientist — Computer Vision pour rejoindre notre équipe tech à Bruxelles. Un rôle clé pour construire et piloter notre programme Computer Vision autour de l’analyse vidéo, du tracking, de la pose estimation et du déploiement de modèles IA appliqués au football. Vous connaissez quelqu’un qui pourrait être intéressé ? N’hésitez pas à le/la taguer, à partager ce post ou à me contacter directement. #Hiring #AI #ComputerVision #MachineLearning #DeepLearning
- Former pro soccer player : Hugh Roberts @superhughman (Charlotte Independence, Monterey Bay FC, Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC...) breaks down one of the biggest problems in US soccer talent ID: It’s not always about who’s good enough, it’s about who can afford to be seen. Real prospects get skipped. Not for lack of skill, but for lack of access. Club fees. Travel costs. Pay-to-play showcases. The system was built to filter by budget, not by ability and it’s costing the US real talent every year... IFREQ exists to close that gap: no
- Coach Ricardo Lones, West Stanly High School, is saying what a lot of coaches think but don't say out loud. "Pay to play" shouldn't decide who gets seen. In the US, talent identification too often comes down to which club you can afford, not how good you actually are. Real prospects get skipped, not because they lack the level, but because they lack the access. Coach Lones has seen it firsthand: kids with the skill, without the budget, staying invisible. That's the gap IFREQ exists to close. No club fees. No pay-to-play. Just
- Landed in Charlotte this week to officially kick off IFREQ’s launch in the US 🇺🇸 Meeting our teams, our collaborators, and the people who believe in what we’re building here. It’s one thing to have a vision, it’s another to see it take shape on the ground, in a new market, with a new community. This is just the start. Excited for what’s ahead. ⚽️🚀 #IFREQ #Charlotte #IFREQSoccer #IFREQNA
- Charlotte, here we come! Next week, I’ll be in Charlotte, North Carolina, as IFREQ continues to expand in the US. We’ve already launched our first IFREQ Tests in the region, and I’ll be there to explore the city, meet the local ecosystem, and take the next steps toward establishing our US presence. For those who don’t know IFREQ yet, we’re building the “TOEFL / Scouting Combine of football”: standardized player testing that gives clubs and coaches unique data on the millions of players still invisible to traditional
- A trip I won't forget ⚽ I traveled to Rayo Vallecano to meet, in person, the players who signed with the club after being identified through IFREQ. Seeing them train, hearing their stories, and realizing how far they've come since their first evaluation with us, that's the reason we do this work. Numbers and data only matter when they translate into real opportunities for real players. This visit was a powerful reminder of what we're building at IFREQ: a bridge between talent and the clubs who are looking for it. Proud of
- When a former professional sees what others don’t. 👀⚽ Guillaume Gillet, former Belgian professional footballer and IFREQ ambassador, talks about the data helping uncover players who remain invisible to professional clubs. Behind every unseen player, there may be a story waiting to be discovered. Because sometimes, talent isn’t missing, it’s simply not being seen. Follow IFREQ and join the future of football ⚽
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