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Ilyas

Ansah

CFGermany · 1.FC Union Berlin

№ 1035765Elite €12.9M −0.07

Player dossierBundesliga

IlyasAnsah

CFCentre-ForwardAttack

Club
1.FC Union Berlin
League
Bundesliga
Nationality
Germany
Age
21
Height
197 cm
Foot
Right
Valued
27 May 2026

Reading the valuation

The market values Ansah at €12M. Model A, which never saw Ansah during training, estimates €12.9M: the market value is 7% below that estimate.

That is a factor of ×1.07. Model A's typical held-out miss is ×1.50 either way, so this gap is within its usual error.

Without league and club, Model B estimates €3M, further from the market. Model B is usually further off (typical miss ×2.07): league and club explain much of how the market prices players.

A gap describes the model's arithmetic for this player's inputs, not what the player is worth.

▼ −0.07A €12.9M▲ +1.38B €3M
Pitch length is a log value scale fitted to this player's figures. ● observed · ◇ Model A · dashed ◇ Model B · each arc is a residual, log(observed) − log(estimate).
Apps
36
Minutes
2,138
Goals
5
Assists
3
Started
26/36
Min / app
59
Cards
2Y 0R

Club matches, two years to the valuation date

The Valuation Journey

What moves Model A

Asking the prediction API to explain Model A for Ansah…

SHAP describes the model's arithmetic for this player's inputs, not what causes market value. Model B can be explained only by the live service; Model A also has a published explanation for the research players.

Model A vs Model B against the observed €12M

Checking API
EmergingEstablishedEliteWorld Class€2M€10M€30M€100k€1M€100MMarket €12MModel A €12.9M

Asking the prediction API…

Held-out estimates come from cross-validation, with this player outside the training data: the honest comparison. Served models were refitted on every player, this one included, so they sit closer to the market. Shaded band: Model A's typical miss (×1.50 either way).

Player traitspercentiles vs 1,583 attackers

Ilyas Ansah's percentiles among attackers: Goals per 90 39th, Assists per 90 42nd, Minutes, two years 48th, Starts 72nd, Minutes, last 365 days 78th, European club minutes 28th39thGoals42ndAssists48thMinutes72ndStarts78thRecent28thEurope

Dashed ring: the attacker median (50th percentile)

Minutes, last 365 days

Club minutes in the final year of the window: recent involvement, or the absence of it.

2,138 this player1,301 attacker median78th percentile

0peer deciles · median line · this player ●4,703

No passing, progression or defensive actions exist in the dataset, so no trait claims to measure them.

Valuation history every Transfermarkt valuation on record

First valuation
€100k
Jul 2023
Peak
€12M
Dec 2025
Model target
€12M
May 2026
Valuations
12
1 club change
May 2026€12M1.FC Union BerlinValuation the model is trained to reproduce

May 2026: €12M, 1.FC Union Berlin. Dotted lines mark the €2M, €10M and €30M tier boundaries.

Show as a table
DateMarket valueClub
2023-07-01€100kSC Paderborn 07
2023-10-20€500kSC Paderborn 07
2023-12-15€900kSC Paderborn 07
2024-03-22€1.5MSC Paderborn 07
2024-06-06€1.5MSC Paderborn 07
2024-09-25€2MSC Paderborn 07
2024-12-19€2MSC Paderborn 07
2025-03-26€4MSC Paderborn 07
2025-06-19€4MSC Paderborn 07
2025-10-14€10M1.FC Union Berlin
2025-12-19€12M1.FC Union Berlin
2026-05-27€12M1.FC Union Berlin

Audit context group-level, not about this player

Audit group
UEFA
Population gap, Model A
+0.093 95% CI +0.063 to +0.124
This player, market vs held-out A
−0.068

The group comes from first-listed citizenship and is never a model input. Across the population, non-UEFA players' market values sit about 10% above Model A's held-out estimates, relative to UEFA players in the same leagues. One player's residual says nothing about that pattern (typical miss ×1.50), and none of it is evidence of discrimination: the target may itself be biased. Open the Fairness Audit

In context observed value among comparable players in this build

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Bundesliga451 players · median €5M

Valued above 70% of the 451 Bundesliga players.

€300k€2M€15M€100M€12MSee them in the Explorer →

Attackers, all leagues1,583 players · median €2.5M

Valued above 79% of the 1,583 attackers.

€20k€300k€5M€75M€12MSee them in the Explorer →

Where Ansah appears

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Near this valuation closest observed values: same league, then same position

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