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Silvan

Widmer

RBSwitzerland · 1.FSV Mainz 05

№ 168989Emerging €940k −0.16

Player dossierBundesliga

SilvanWidmer

RBRight-BackDefender

Club
1.FSV Mainz 05
League
Bundesliga
Nationality
Switzerland
Age
33
Height
183 cm
Foot
Right
Valued
27 May 2026

Reading the valuation

The market values Widmer at €800k. Model A, which never saw Widmer during training, estimates €940k: the market value is 15% below that estimate.

That is a factor of ×1.18. 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 €897k, 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.

▼ −0.16A €940k▼ −0.11B €897k
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
58
Minutes
2,499
Goals
2
Assists
2
Started
27/58
Min / app
43
Cards
8Y 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 Widmer…

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 €800k

Checking API
EmergingEstablishedEliteWorld Class€2M€10M€30M€100k€1M€100MMarket €800kModel A €940k

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

Silvan Widmer's percentiles among defenders: Goals per 90 76th, Assists per 90 68th, Minutes, two years 43rd, Starts 5th, Minutes, last 365 days 62nd, European club minutes 61st76thGoals68thAssists43rdMinutes5thStarts62ndRecent61stEurope

Dashed ring: the defender median (50th percentile)

Goals per 90

Club goals per 90 minutes played in the two years to the valuation date.

0.07 this player0.03 defender median76th percentile

0.00peer deciles · median line · this player ●0.41

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
€9M
Jun 2017
Model target
€800k
May 2026
Valuations
37
3 club changes
May 2026€800k1.FSV Mainz 05Valuation the model is trained to reproduce

May 2026: €800k, 1.FSV Mainz 05. Dotted lines mark the €2M, €10M and €30M tier boundaries.

Show as a table
DateMarket valueClub
2011-07-25€50kFC Aarau
2012-01-10€400kFC Aarau
2012-06-21€800kFC Aarau
2013-03-28€950kFC Aarau
2013-07-02€1.3MUdinese Calcio
2014-01-07€1.4MUdinese Calcio
2014-07-01€2.5MUdinese Calcio
2015-01-07€3.8MUdinese Calcio
2015-07-01€6MUdinese Calcio
2016-01-04€6.5MUdinese Calcio
2016-07-15€7.5MUdinese Calcio
2017-01-02€7.5MUdinese Calcio
2017-06-08€9MUdinese Calcio
2017-12-29€9MUdinese Calcio
2018-06-07€8.5MUdinese Calcio
2018-10-19€6MFC Basel 1893
2019-01-21€4.5MFC Basel 1893
2019-04-15€4.5MFC Basel 1893
2019-06-04€4.5MFC Basel 1893
2019-10-07€4MFC Basel 1893
2020-01-06€5MFC Basel 1893
2020-04-08€4MFC Basel 1893
2020-07-31€4MFC Basel 1893
2020-12-28€4MFC Basel 1893
2021-05-25€4MFC Basel 1893
2021-06-23€4MFC Basel 1893
2021-12-22€5M1.FSV Mainz 05
2022-06-09€5M1.FSV Mainz 05
2022-11-09€5M1.FSV Mainz 05
2023-06-22€3.5M1.FSV Mainz 05
2023-12-14€3.5M1.FSV Mainz 05
2024-05-29€3M1.FSV Mainz 05
2024-10-09€2.5M1.FSV Mainz 05
2024-12-20€1.5M1.FSV Mainz 05
2025-06-05€1.2M1.FSV Mainz 05
2025-12-19€800k1.FSV Mainz 05
2026-05-27€800k1.FSV Mainz 05

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
−0.161

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 5% of the 451 Bundesliga players.

€300k€2M€15M€100M€800kSee them in the Explorer →

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

Valued above 29% of the 2,065 defenders.

€20k€200k€2M€20M€800kSee them in the Explorer →

Where Widmer 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).