Oliver Nerent
Płock
Summary
Driven video scout with many years of experience, coming from lower-league soccer in Poland to reporting for the most prominent club in the Netherlands. Eager to gain experience in scouting for the 1st team, while also utilizing my experience in youth scouting to an advantage for The Rapids.
Overview
6
6
years of professional experience
Work History
Video Scout
360 Scouting
08.2022 - Current
- Assessed players from a long list devised by employer with partner-club from the Netherlands, through WyScout footage
- Youth video scout for high-priority players for a prominent, title-winning Eredivisie club via employer, through WyScout or external footage
- Coordinating youth scouting schedulling within a Top 5 European country for title-winning Eredivisie club via employer
- Creating scouting priorities based on reports from scouts, via ProSoccerData and internal communication
Video Scout
Warta Poznań
10.2021 - 10.2021
- Paid video scout intern on trial month, selected from a pool of 100+ candidates
- Watched 20 players and made 20 highly-detailed player reports based on given WyScout footage
- Internal communication with Chief Scout regarding my reports - was given reports on the same players to highlight things to improve
Video Scout
Zagłębie Sosnowiec
10.2020 - 09.2021
- Watched lower-league games in Poland via WyScout footage or external footage
- Created player reports and added them to internal tool
- Direct communication with club scout
- Worked as a volunteer to gain experience in club-centric environment
Video Scout
Futbol Kolektyw
04.2019 - 09.2020
- Created player reports on players from around the country, mostly around Warsaw
- Collected data from each match, using internal tool, and then created a written report
- Was tested, together with my colleagues, by former Southampton and Glasgow Rangers scout Piotr Kasprzak
- Reports were initially used to help interesting player step up in the soccer pyramid
- Later on, a partnership with 2nd division club Chojniczanka Chojnice led to reporting on interesting players for the partner club
Education
Bachelor of Science - Economics
Politechnika Warszawska
Płock, Poland07-2025
Skills
- Reporting - consistently created reports on player throughout my professional career
- Communication - started as video scout, but have gone to be a youth scouting coordinator due to my communication skills alongside my reliability
- Talent ID - have also enjoyed watching players who stood out, leading to my work as a video scout
- Bilingual - born in a bi-racial family, where English is the main language
- LiveTagPro - using this match-analysis tool, I have made match-threads on X and would be able to utilize it for my for The Rapids, to cut and highlight players on footage
Languages
Polish, English
Native language
Timeline
Video Scout
360 Scouting
08.2022 - Current
Video Scout
Warta Poznań
10.2021 - 10.2021
Video Scout
Zagłębie Sosnowiec
10.2020 - 09.2021
Video Scout
Futbol Kolektyw
04.2019 - 09.2020
Bachelor of Science - Economics
Politechnika Warszawska
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