Alejandro
Grimaldo
LBSpain · Bayer 04 Leverkusen
Player dossierBundesliga
AlejandroGrimaldo
LBLeft-BackDefender
- Club
- Bayer 04 Leverkusen
- League
- Bundesliga
- Nationality
- Spain
- Age
- 30
- Height
- 171 cm
- Foot
- Left
- Valued
- 27 May 2026
BundesligaReading the valuation
The market values Grimaldo at €20M. Model A, which never saw Grimaldo during training, estimates €12.8M: the market value is 56% above that estimate.
That is a factor of ×1.56. Model A's typical held-out miss is ×1.50 either way, so this gap is larger than its usual error.
Without league and club, Model B estimates €13.4M, 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
- 94
- Minutes
- 7,907
- Goals
- 18
- Assists
- 25
- Started
- 89/94
- Min / app
- 84
- Cards
- 15Y 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 Grimaldo…
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 €20M
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 2,065 defenders
Dashed ring: the defender median (50th percentile)
Minutes, two years
Total club minutes in the two-year window: how much the player was used.
7,907 this player2,860 defender median99th 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
- Mar 2012
- Peak
- €45M
- Mar 2024
- Model target
- €20M
- May 2026
- Valuations
- 36
- 3 club changes
May 2026: €20M, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Dotted lines mark the €2M, €10M and €30M tier boundaries.
Show as a table
| Date | Market value | Club |
|---|---|---|
| 2012-03-01 | €100k | FC Barcelona U19 |
| 2012-08-07 | €1M | FC Barcelona B |
| 2013-01-22 | €1.5M | FC Barcelona B |
| 2013-05-09 | €1.5M | FC Barcelona B |
| 2013-10-08 | €1.5M | FC Barcelona B |
| 2014-02-06 | €1.5M | FC Barcelona B |
| 2014-08-05 | €2M | FC Barcelona B |
| 2015-01-08 | €2M | FC Barcelona B |
| 2016-02-24 | €1.5M | SL Benfica |
| 2016-07-29 | €2M | SL Benfica |
| 2016-10-31 | €7M | SL Benfica |
| 2017-02-22 | €7M | SL Benfica |
| 2017-06-26 | €9M | SL Benfica |
| 2018-02-07 | €13M | SL Benfica |
| 2018-06-13 | €20M | SL Benfica |
| 2018-11-01 | €25M | SL Benfica |
| 2019-01-11 | €28M | SL Benfica |
| 2019-06-07 | €32M | SL Benfica |
| 2019-12-30 | €35M | SL Benfica |
| 2020-04-08 | €28M | SL Benfica |
| 2020-08-17 | €28M | SL Benfica |
| 2021-01-28 | €28M | SL Benfica |
| 2021-03-25 | €22M | SL Benfica |
| 2021-05-21 | €22M | SL Benfica |
| 2021-12-27 | €20M | SL Benfica |
| 2022-05-31 | €20M | SL Benfica |
| 2022-11-01 | €20M | SL Benfica |
| 2023-03-02 | €25M | SL Benfica |
| 2023-06-16 | €25M | SL Benfica |
| 2023-12-14 | €35M | Bayer 04 Leverkusen |
| 2024-03-27 | €45M | Bayer 04 Leverkusen |
| 2024-05-29 | €45M | Bayer 04 Leverkusen |
| 2024-12-20 | €40M | Bayer 04 Leverkusen |
| 2025-06-05 | €30M | Bayer 04 Leverkusen |
| 2025-12-19 | €24M | Bayer 04 Leverkusen |
| 2026-05-27 | €20M | Bayer 04 Leverkusen |
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
- +0.447
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 →Bundesliga451 players · median €5M
Valued above 82% of the 451 Bundesliga players.
See them in the Explorer →Defenders, all leagues2,065 players · median €2M
Valued above 91% of the 2,065 defenders.
See them in the Explorer →Where Grimaldo appears
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Near this valuation closest observed values: same league, then same position
- GarcíaCMBayer 04 Leverkusen · Bundesliga€20M
- BurgerDMTSG 1899 Hoffenheim · Bundesliga€20M
- ReitzCMBorussia Mönchengladbach · Bundesliga€20M
- KimCBBayern Munich · Bundesliga€20M
- AndersenCBFulham FC · defenders€20M
- DansoCBTottenham Hotspur · defenders€20M
- LlorenteRBAtlético de Madrid · defenders€20M
- SarrCBRC Lens · defenders€20M
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).