Leander
Dendoncker
DMBelgium · Real Oviedo
Player dossierLaLiga
LeanderDendoncker
DMDefensive MidfieldMidfield
- Club
- Real Oviedo
- League
- LaLiga
- Nationality
- Belgium
- Age
- 31
- Height
- 188 cm
- Foot
- Right
- Valued
- 5 Jun 2026
LaLigaReading the valuation
The market values Dendoncker at €1.8M. Model A, which never saw Dendoncker during training, estimates €1.2M: the market value is 50% above that estimate.
That is a factor of ×1.50. 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 €1.8M, closer to the market here, although it is usually further off (typical miss ×2.07).
A gap describes the model's arithmetic for this player's inputs, not what the player is worth.
- Apps
- 47
- Minutes
- 3,785
- Goals
- 1
- Assists
- 1
- Started
- 42/47
- Min / app
- 81
- Cards
- 5Y 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 Dendoncker…
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 €1.8M
Checking APIAsking 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
Dashed ring: the midfielder median (50th percentile)
Starts
Share of appearances started rather than entered from the bench.
89% this player69% midfielder median86th percentile
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
- Feb 2013
- Peak
- €32M
- Dec 2020
- Model target
- €1.8M
- Jun 2026
- Valuations
- 44
- 7 club changes
Jun 2026: €1.8M, Real Oviedo. Dotted lines mark the €2M, €10M and €30M tier boundaries.
Show as a table
| Date | Market value | Club |
|---|---|---|
| 2013-02-18 | €100k | RSC Anderlecht U19 |
| 2013-06-25 | €100k | RSC Anderlecht U19 |
| 2013-08-12 | €250k | RSC Anderlecht U21 |
| 2013-10-08 | €500k | RSC Anderlecht U21 |
| 2014-02-10 | €500k | RSC Anderlecht U21 |
| 2014-06-28 | €500k | RSC Anderlecht U21 |
| 2014-10-05 | €600k | RSC Anderlecht |
| 2015-01-07 | €1.5M | RSC Anderlecht |
| 2015-03-24 | €3.5M | RSC Anderlecht |
| 2015-06-24 | €4M | RSC Anderlecht |
| 2015-10-22 | €6M | RSC Anderlecht |
| 2016-02-07 | €8M | RSC Anderlecht |
| 2016-07-15 | €8M | RSC Anderlecht |
| 2017-01-21 | €10M | RSC Anderlecht |
| 2017-03-30 | €12M | RSC Anderlecht |
| 2017-06-06 | €15M | RSC Anderlecht |
| 2017-10-20 | €17M | RSC Anderlecht |
| 2018-01-09 | €18M | RSC Anderlecht |
| 2018-03-30 | €16.5M | RSC Anderlecht |
| 2018-06-03 | €17M | RSC Anderlecht |
| 2018-12-19 | €15M | Wolverhampton Wanderers |
| 2019-06-13 | €18M | Wolverhampton Wanderers |
| 2019-09-12 | €25M | Wolverhampton Wanderers |
| 2019-12-10 | €28M | Wolverhampton Wanderers |
| 2020-04-08 | €22.5M | Wolverhampton Wanderers |
| 2020-07-30 | €28M | Wolverhampton Wanderers |
| 2020-10-13 | €28M | Wolverhampton Wanderers |
| 2020-12-17 | €32M | Wolverhampton Wanderers |
| 2021-03-18 | €32M | Wolverhampton Wanderers |
| 2021-05-26 | €30M | Wolverhampton Wanderers |
| 2021-12-23 | €30M | Wolverhampton Wanderers |
| 2022-06-15 | €28M | Wolverhampton Wanderers |
| 2022-11-03 | €22M | Aston Villa |
| 2023-03-16 | €17M | Aston Villa |
| 2023-06-20 | €15M | Aston Villa |
| 2023-12-19 | €11M | Aston Villa |
| 2024-03-12 | €9M | SSC Napoli |
| 2024-06-05 | €7M | SSC Napoli |
| 2024-12-11 | €6M | RSC Anderlecht |
| 2025-03-26 | €4.5M | RSC Anderlecht |
| 2025-06-12 | €4.5M | RSC Anderlecht |
| 2025-12-12 | €4M | Real Oviedo |
| 2026-03-16 | €3M | Real Oviedo |
| 2026-06-05 | €1.8M | Real Oviedo |
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
- +0.404
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 →Midfielders, all leagues1,687 players · median €2M
Valued above 44% of the 1,687 midfielders.
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Near this valuation closest observed values: same league, then same position
- LejeuneCBRayo Vallecano · LaLiga€1.8M
- RyanGKLevante UD · LaLiga€1.8M
- GazzanigaGKGirona FC · LaLiga€1.8M
- LemarAMGirona FC · LaLiga€1.8M
- StögerAMBorussia Mönchengladbach · midfielders€1.8M
- GerhardtCMVfL Wolfsburg · midfielders€1.8M
- BelkeblaCMAngers SCO · midfielders€1.8M
- PflückeRMRoyal Charleroi SC · midfielders€1.8M
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).