Thomas
Partey
DMGhana · Villarreal CF
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Player dossierLaLiga
ThomasPartey
DMDefensive MidfieldMidfield
- Club
- Villarreal CF
- League
- LaLiga
- Nationality
- Ghana
- Age
- 32
- Height
- 185 cm
- Foot
- Right
- Valued
- 5 Jun 2026
LaLigaReading the valuation
The market values Partey at €2M. Model A, which never saw Partey during training, estimates €4.4M: the market value is 55% below that estimate.
That is a factor of ×2.20. 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 €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
- 80
- Minutes
- 5,044
- Goals
- 4
- Assists
- 3
- Started
- 55/80
- Min / app
- 63
- 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 Partey…
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 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)
European club minutes
Share of minutes played in UEFA club competitions.
23% this player0% midfielder median90th 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
- €400k
- Aug 2013
- Peak
- €50M
- Feb 2019
- Model target
- €2M
- Jun 2026
- Valuations
- 35
- 4 club changes
Jun 2026: €2M, Villarreal CF. Dotted lines mark the €2M, €10M and €30M tier boundaries.
Show as a table
| Date | Market value | Club |
|---|---|---|
| 2013-08-07 | €400k | RCD Mallorca |
| 2013-10-08 | €600k | RCD Mallorca |
| 2014-02-06 | €1M | RCD Mallorca |
| 2014-07-31 | €1M | UD Almería |
| 2015-01-23 | €2.5M | UD Almería |
| 2015-07-01 | €4M | Atlético de Madrid |
| 2016-02-22 | €5M | Atlético de Madrid |
| 2016-07-15 | €5M | Atlético de Madrid |
| 2017-01-24 | €4.5M | Atlético de Madrid |
| 2017-06-05 | €4.5M | Atlético de Madrid |
| 2018-01-01 | €8M | Atlético de Madrid |
| 2018-03-22 | €15M | Atlético de Madrid |
| 2018-05-30 | €25M | Atlético de Madrid |
| 2018-10-31 | €35M | Atlético de Madrid |
| 2018-12-21 | €40M | Atlético de Madrid |
| 2019-02-28 | €50M | Atlético de Madrid |
| 2019-06-11 | €50M | Atlético de Madrid |
| 2019-12-20 | €50M | Atlético de Madrid |
| 2020-04-08 | €40M | Atlético de Madrid |
| 2020-10-13 | €50M | Arsenal FC |
| 2021-03-18 | €45M | Arsenal FC |
| 2021-06-08 | €40M | Arsenal FC |
| 2021-12-23 | €40M | Arsenal FC |
| 2022-06-15 | €38M | Arsenal FC |
| 2022-11-03 | €38M | Arsenal FC |
| 2023-06-20 | €35M | Arsenal FC |
| 2023-12-19 | €25M | Arsenal FC |
| 2024-03-14 | €20M | Arsenal FC |
| 2024-05-27 | €18M | Arsenal FC |
| 2024-12-16 | €15M | Arsenal FC |
| 2025-05-30 | €14M | Arsenal FC |
| 2025-10-02 | €8M | Villarreal CF |
| 2025-12-12 | €5M | Villarreal CF |
| 2026-03-16 | €2.5M | Villarreal CF |
| 2026-06-05 | €2M | Villarreal CF |
Audit context group-level, not about this player
- Audit group
- non-UEFA
- Population gap, Model A
- +0.093 95% CI +0.063 to +0.124
- This player, market vs held-out A
- −0.789
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 46% of the 1,687 midfielders.
See them in the Explorer →Where Partey appears
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Near this valuation closest observed values: same league, then same position
- GudeljDMSevilla FC · LaLiga€2M
- GalarretaCMAthletic Bilbao · LaLiga€2M
- ToljanRBLevante UD · LaLiga€2M
- DimitrievskiGKValencia CF · LaLiga€2M
- GündoğanCMGalatasaray · midfielders€2M
- HazardAMRSC Anderlecht · midfielders€2M
- McGregorDMCeltic FC · midfielders€2M
- KhediraDM1.FC Union Berlin · midfielders€2M
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).