Birger
Meling
LBNorway · FC Copenhagen
Player dossierSuperliga
BirgerMeling
LBLeft-BackDefender
- Club
- FC Copenhagen
- League
- Superliga
- Nationality
- Norway
- Age
- 31
- Height
- 173 cm
- Foot
- Left
- Valued
- 25 May 2026
SuperligaReading the valuation
The market values Meling at €900k. Model A, which never saw Meling during training, estimates €680k: the market value is 32% above that estimate.
That is a factor of ×1.32. 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 €1.2M, 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.
- Apps
- 38
- Minutes
- 2,071
- Goals
- 0
- Assists
- 0
- Started
- 24/38
- Min / app
- 55
- 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 Meling…
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 €900k
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)
European club minutes
Share of minutes played in UEFA club competitions.
31% this player0% defender median96th 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
- Dec 2014
- Peak
- €7M
- May 2022
- Model target
- €900k
- May 2026
- Valuations
- 24
- 4 club changes
May 2026: €900k, FC Copenhagen. Dotted lines mark the €2M, €10M and €30M tier boundaries.
Show as a table
| Date | Market value | Club |
|---|---|---|
| 2014-12-07 | €100k | Stabæk Fotball |
| 2015-08-19 | €500k | Stabæk Fotball |
| 2015-12-27 | €700k | Stabæk Fotball |
| 2016-12-18 | €1M | Stabæk Fotball |
| 2017-12-23 | €1M | Rosenborg BK |
| 2018-09-10 | €1.2M | Rosenborg BK |
| 2018-12-30 | €1.5M | Rosenborg BK |
| 2019-12-29 | €1.5M | Rosenborg BK |
| 2020-04-08 | €1.2M | Rosenborg BK |
| 2020-10-15 | €2M | Nîmes Olympique |
| 2021-04-09 | €3M | Nîmes Olympique |
| 2021-06-04 | €3.5M | Nîmes Olympique |
| 2021-10-08 | €5M | Stade Rennais FC |
| 2021-12-16 | €6M | Stade Rennais FC |
| 2022-05-30 | €7M | Stade Rennais FC |
| 2022-11-02 | €6M | Stade Rennais FC |
| 2023-03-27 | €5M | Stade Rennais FC |
| 2023-06-27 | €5M | Stade Rennais FC |
| 2023-12-21 | €4M | FC Copenhagen |
| 2024-06-10 | €3.5M | FC Copenhagen |
| 2024-12-09 | €3.5M | FC Copenhagen |
| 2025-06-16 | €2.5M | FC Copenhagen |
| 2025-12-15 | €1.5M | FC Copenhagen |
| 2026-05-25 | €900k | FC Copenhagen |
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
- +0.280
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 →Superliga256 players · median €800k
Valued above 54% of the 256 Superliga players.
See them in the Explorer →Defenders, all leagues2,065 players · median €2M
Valued above 33% of the 2,065 defenders.
See them in the Explorer →Where Meling appears
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Near this valuation closest observed values: same league, then same position
- KlaiberRBBröndby IF · Superliga€900k
- MüllerGKAalborg BK · Superliga€900k
- QamiliRWSönderjyske Fodbold · Superliga€900k
- BundgaardLBViborg FF · Superliga€900k
- BartraCBReal Betis Balompié · defenders€900k
- CabreraCBRCD Espanyol Barcelona · defenders€900k
- BiraghiLBTorino FC · defenders€900k
- FoulquierRBValencia CF · defenders€900k
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).