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Rob

Schoofs

CMBelgium · Union Saint-Gilloise

№ 157396Established €2.5M −0.24

Player dossierPro League

RobSchoofs

CMCentral MidfieldMidfield

Club
Union Saint-Gilloise
League
Pro League
Nationality
Belgium
Age
32
Height
178 cm
Foot
Left
Valued
4 Jun 2026

Reading the valuation

The market values Schoofs at €2M. Model A, which never saw Schoofs during training, estimates €2.5M: the market value is 21% below that estimate.

That is a factor of ×1.27. 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 €2.9M, 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.

▼ −0.24A €2.5M▼ −0.39B €2.9M
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
71
Minutes
4,661
Goals
7
Assists
10
Started
50/71
Min / app
66
Cards
9Y 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 Schoofs…

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 €2M

Checking API
EmergingEstablishedEliteWorld Class€2M€10M€30M€100k€1M€100MMarket €2MModel A €2.5M

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 1,687 midfielders

Rob Schoofs's percentiles among midfielders: Goals per 90 68th, Assists per 90 82nd, Minutes, two years 83rd, Starts 52nd, Minutes, last 365 days 70th, European club minutes 65th68thGoals82ndAssists83rdMinutes52ndStarts70thRecent65thEurope

Dashed ring: the midfielder median (50th percentile)

Minutes, two years

Total club minutes in the two-year window: how much the player was used.

4,661 this player2,607 midfielder median83rd percentile

451peer deciles · median line · this player ●9,624

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
€50k
Jul 2011
Peak
€2.5M
Apr 2022
Model target
€2M
Jun 2026
Valuations
32
3 club changes
Jun 2026€2MUnion Saint-GilloiseValuation the model is trained to reproduce

Jun 2026: €2M, Union Saint-Gilloise. Dotted lines mark the €2M, €10M and €30M tier boundaries.

Show as a table
DateMarket valueClub
2011-07-11€50kSint-Truidense VV
2011-08-12€150kSint-Truidense VV
2012-01-10€300kSint-Truidense VV
2012-06-27€250kSint-Truidense VV
2014-08-28€300kSint-Truidense VV
2015-02-03€400kSint-Truidense VV
2015-05-16€500kSint-Truidense VV
2015-10-22€1.2MSint-Truidense VV
2016-02-07€1.7MKAA Gent
2016-07-15€1.5MKAA Gent
2017-01-21€1.5MKAA Gent
2017-06-06€1.2MKAA Gent
2018-01-09€1MKV Mechelen
2018-06-03€900kKV Mechelen
2018-09-14€800kKV Mechelen
2019-01-18€900kKV Mechelen
2019-06-10€900kKV Mechelen
2019-09-13€1.3MKV Mechelen
2019-12-13€1.8MKV Mechelen
2020-04-08€1.4MKV Mechelen
2020-10-16€1.4MKV Mechelen
2021-06-07€1.6MKV Mechelen
2022-01-06€2.2MKV Mechelen
2022-04-12€2.5MKV Mechelen
2022-11-04€2.5MKV Mechelen
2023-06-09€2.2MKV Mechelen
2023-12-19€2MKV Mechelen
2024-06-04€2.2MKV Mechelen
2024-12-11€2.2MKV Mechelen
2025-06-12€2.2MKV Mechelen
2025-12-10€2.2MUnion Saint-Gilloise
2026-06-04€2MUnion Saint-Gilloise

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
−0.242

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 →

Pro League350 players · median €1.8M

Valued above 50% of the 350 Pro League players.

€100k€750k€5M€30M€2MSee them in the Explorer →

Midfielders, all leagues1,687 players · median €2M

Valued above 46% of the 1,687 midfielders.

€20k€200k€2M€20M€2MSee them in the Explorer →

Where Schoofs 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).