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Mauro

Júnior

LBBrazil · PSV Eindhoven

№ 323910Elite €27.8M −0.43

Player dossierEredivisie

MauroJúnior

LBLeft-BackDefender

Club
PSV Eindhoven
League
Eredivisie
Nationality
Brazil
Age
27
Height
171 cm
Foot
Left
Valued
28 May 2026

Reading the valuation

The market values Mauro Jr. at €18M. Model A, which never saw Mauro Jr. during training, estimates €27.8M: the market value is 35% below that estimate.

That is a factor of ×1.54. 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 €19.9M, 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.

▼ −0.43A €27.8M▼ −0.10B €19.9M
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
75
Minutes
5,955
Goals
1
Assists
17
Started
67/75
Min / app
79
Cards
7Y 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 Mauro Jr.…

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 €18M

Checking API
EmergingEstablishedEliteWorld Class€2M€10M€30M€100k€1M€100MMarket €18MModel A €27.8M

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

Mauro Júnior's percentiles among defenders: Goals per 90 37th, Assists per 90 98th, Minutes, two years 92nd, Starts 67th, Minutes, last 365 days 89th, European club minutes 90th37thGoals98thAssists92ndMinutes67thStarts89thRecent90thEurope

Dashed ring: the defender median (50th percentile)

Assists per 90

Club assists per 90 minutes in the same window.

0.26 this player0.04 defender median98th percentile

0.00peer deciles · median line · this player ●0.58

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
Jul 2017
Peak
€18M
May 2026
Model target
€18M
May 2026
Valuations
27
3 club changes
May 2026€18MPSV EindhovenValuation the model is trained to reproduce

May 2026: €18M, PSV Eindhoven. Dotted lines mark the €2M, €10M and €30M tier boundaries.

Show as a table
DateMarket valueClub
2017-07-01€100kPSV Eindhoven U21
2017-10-26€750kPSV Eindhoven U21
2018-01-17€750kPSV Eindhoven
2018-03-27€2MPSV Eindhoven
2018-06-12€2MPSV Eindhoven
2018-10-04€4MPSV Eindhoven
2018-12-28€4MPSV Eindhoven
2019-03-13€2.5MPSV Eindhoven
2019-06-12€2MPSV Eindhoven
2019-12-18€2.5MHeracles Almelo
2020-04-08€2.3MHeracles Almelo
2020-08-12€3MPSV Eindhoven
2020-10-14€3MPSV Eindhoven
2021-05-19€3.5MPSV Eindhoven
2021-10-04€3MPSV Eindhoven
2022-01-05€3MPSV Eindhoven
2022-06-08€6MPSV Eindhoven
2022-11-11€6MPSV Eindhoven
2023-06-23€5MPSV Eindhoven
2023-12-15€5MPSV Eindhoven
2024-03-18€7MPSV Eindhoven
2024-05-31€7MPSV Eindhoven
2024-12-17€7MPSV Eindhoven
2025-03-28€12MPSV Eindhoven
2025-05-28€12MPSV Eindhoven
2025-12-02€17MPSV Eindhoven
2026-05-28€18MPSV Eindhoven

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
−0.435

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 →

Eredivisie425 players · median €1M

Valued above 96% of the 425 Eredivisie players.

€75k€500k€3M€20M€18MSee them in the Explorer →

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

Valued above 89% of the 2,065 defenders.

€20k€200k€2M€20M€18MSee them in the Explorer →

Where Mauro Jr. 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).