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Jakub

Brabec

CBCzech Republic · Rio Ave FC

№ 112948Emerging €451k −0.12

Player dossierLiga Portugal

JakubBrabec

CBCentre-BackDefender

Club
Rio Ave FC
League
Liga Portugal
Nationality
Czech Republic
Age
33
Height
186 cm
Foot
Right
Valued
28 May 2026

Reading the valuation

The market values Brabec at €400k. Model A, which never saw Brabec during training, estimates €451k: the market value is 11% below that estimate.

That is a factor of ×1.13. 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 €853k, 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.

▼ −0.12A €451k▼ −0.76B €853k
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
52
Minutes
4,389
Goals
2
Assists
0
Started
48/52
Min / app
84
Cards
10Y 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 Brabec…

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 €400k

Checking API
EmergingEstablishedEliteWorld Class€2M€10M€30M€100k€1M€100MMarket €400kModel A €451k

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 2,065 defenders

Jakub Brabec's percentiles among defenders: Goals per 90 57th, Assists per 90 17th, Minutes, two years 76th, Starts 77th, Minutes, last 365 days 69th, European club minutes 63rd57thGoals17thAssists76thMinutes77thStarts69thRecent63rdEurope

Dashed ring: the defender median (50th percentile)

Starts

Share of appearances started rather than entered from the bench.

92% this player83% defender median77th percentile

18%peer deciles · median line · this player ●100%

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
€200k
Aug 2011
Peak
€3M
Dec 2019
Model target
€400k
May 2026
Valuations
36
6 club changes
May 2026€400kRio Ave FCValuation the model is trained to reproduce

May 2026: €400k, Rio Ave FC. Dotted lines mark the €2M, €10M and €30M tier boundaries.

Show as a table
DateMarket valueClub
2011-08-12€200kAC Sparta Prague B
2011-08-18€300kAC Sparta Prague B
2012-02-05€300kAC Sparta Prague
2012-03-25€700kAC Sparta Prague
2012-08-02€700kAC Sparta Prague
2013-07-25€700kAC Sparta Prague
2013-12-27€1MAC Sparta Prague
2014-09-03€1MAC Sparta Prague
2015-01-17€1MAC Sparta Prague
2015-10-14€1MAC Sparta Prague
2016-03-18€1.8MAC Sparta Prague
2016-08-03€2.5MAC Sparta Prague
2017-01-21€2.5MKRC Genk
2017-06-06€2.5MKRC Genk
2018-01-09€2.2MKRC Genk
2018-03-30€2MKRC Genk
2018-06-03€1.8MKRC Genk
2019-01-04€1.8MCaykur Rizespor
2019-06-25€2MFC Viktoria Plzen
2019-09-25€2.2MFC Viktoria Plzen
2019-12-07€3MFC Viktoria Plzen
2020-04-08€2.4MFC Viktoria Plzen
2020-07-10€2.5MFC Viktoria Plzen
2020-12-27€2.5MFC Viktoria Plzen
2021-05-28€2.2MFC Viktoria Plzen
2021-11-01€2MAris Thessaloniki
2022-06-09€2MAris Thessaloniki
2022-11-07€2MAris Thessaloniki
2023-05-22€2MAris Thessaloniki
2023-12-20€2MAris Thessaloniki
2024-05-30€1.8MAris Thessaloniki
2024-09-26€1.5MAris Thessaloniki
2024-12-18€1.2MAris Thessaloniki
2025-05-23€1MAris Thessaloniki
2025-12-18€600kRio Ave FC
2026-05-28€400kRio Ave FC

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
−0.120

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

All players in the Terminal →

Liga Portugal423 players · median €1M

Valued above 12% of the 423 Liga Portugal players.

€20k€200k€2M€20M€400kSee them in the Explorer →

Defenders, all leagues2,065 players · median €2M

Valued above 14% of the 2,065 defenders.

€20k€200k€2M€20M€400kSee them in the Explorer →

Where Brabec appears

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

Counts and ranks of observed Transfermarkt values only; model errors are never ranked here. Full player export: Every player in the modelling population (D-011).