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Pepelu

DMSpain · Valencia CF

№ 328480Established €5.2M +0.44

Player dossierLaLiga

Pepelu

DMDefensive MidfieldMidfield

Club
Valencia CF
League
LaLiga
Nationality
Spain
Age
27
Height
186 cm
Foot
Right
Valued
5 Jun 2026

Reading the valuation

The market values Pepelu at €8M. Model A, which never saw Pepelu during training, estimates €5.2M: the market value is 55% above that estimate.

That is a factor of ×1.55. 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 €6.1M, 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.

▲ +0.44A €5.2M▲ +0.26B €6.1M
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
72
Minutes
4,564
Goals
5
Assists
3
Started
51/72
Min / app
63
Cards
11Y 1R

Club matches, two years to the valuation date

The Valuation Journey

What moves Model A

Asking the prediction API to explain Model A for Pepelu…

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 €8M

Checking API
EmergingEstablishedEliteWorld Class€2M€10M€30M€100k€1M€100MMarket €8MModel A €5.2M

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 1,687 midfielders

Pepelu's percentiles among midfielders: Goals per 90 56th, Assists per 90 33rd, Minutes, two years 82nd, Starts 53rd, Minutes, last 365 days 76th, European club minutes 30th56thGoals33rdAssists82ndMinutes53rdStarts76thRecent30thEurope

Dashed ring: the midfielder median (50th percentile)

Minutes, two years

Total club minutes in the two-year window: how much the player was used.

4,564 this player2,607 midfielder median82nd percentile

451peer deciles · median line · this player ●9,624

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
€300k
Aug 2016
Peak
€22M
Jun 2024
Model target
€8M
Jun 2026
Valuations
28
7 club changes
Jun 2026€8MValencia CFValuation the model is trained to reproduce

Jun 2026: €8M, Valencia CF. Dotted lines mark the €2M, €10M and €30M tier boundaries.

Show as a table
DateMarket valueClub
2016-08-01€300kAtlético Levante UD
2016-10-27€250kAtlético Levante UD
2017-02-02€250kAtlético Levante UD
2017-06-05€300kAtlético Levante UD
2018-01-01€300kHércules CF
2018-05-30€300kHércules CF
2019-02-19€300kAtlético Levante UD
2019-06-29€300kAtlético Levante UD
2019-10-11€700kCD Tondela
2019-12-30€1MCD Tondela
2020-04-08€900kCD Tondela
2020-08-17€1.5MLevante UD
2021-01-28€2.5MVitória Guimarães SC
2021-05-21€2.5MVitória Guimarães SC
2021-12-30€2.5MLevante UD
2022-06-03€3MLevante UD
2022-12-29€3MLevante UD
2023-06-14€3MLevante UD
2023-10-13€8MValencia CF
2023-12-22€12MValencia CF
2024-03-21€16MValencia CF
2024-06-07€22MValencia CF
2024-12-27€15MValencia CF
2025-03-21€12MValencia CF
2025-06-09€9MValencia CF
2025-10-02€7.5MValencia CF
2025-12-12€9MValencia CF
2026-06-05€8MValencia CF

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
+0.440

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 →

LaLiga509 players · median €4M

Valued above 68% of the 509 LaLiga players.

€100k€1M€10M€100M€8MSee them in the Explorer →

Midfielders, all leagues1,687 players · median €2M

Valued above 74% of the 1,687 midfielders.

€20k€200k€2M€20M€8MSee them in the Explorer →

Where Pepelu 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).