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Portrait of Roland Sallai

Roland

Sallai

RBHungary · Galatasaray

№ 332798Elite €10.2M +0.32

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Player dossierSüper Lig

RolandSallai

RBRight-BackDefender

Club
Galatasaray
League
Süper Lig
Nationality
Hungary
Age
29
Height
183 cm
Foot
Right
Valued
21 May 2026

Reading the valuation

The market values Sallai at €14M. Model A, which never saw Sallai during training, estimates €10.2M: the market value is 38% above that estimate.

That is a factor of ×1.38. 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 €9.9M, 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.

▲ +0.32A €10.2M▲ +0.35B €9.9M
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
73
Minutes
5,144
Goals
5
Assists
6
Started
56/73
Min / app
70
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 Sallai…

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 €14M

Checking API
EmergingEstablishedEliteWorld Class€2M€10M€30M€100k€1M€100MMarket €14MModel A €10.2M

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 2,065 defenders

Roland Sallai's percentiles among defenders: Goals per 90 82nd, Assists per 90 79th, Minutes, two years 85th, Starts 38th, Minutes, last 365 days 94th, European club minutes 85th82ndGoals79thAssists85thMinutes38thStarts94thRecent85thEurope

Dashed ring: the defender median (50th percentile)

Minutes, last 365 days

Club minutes in the final year of the window: recent involvement, or the absence of it.

3,265 this player1,687 defender median94th percentile

0peer deciles · median line · this player ●4,941

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
Sept 2014
Peak
€16M
Jul 2021
Model target
€14M
May 2026
Valuations
36
5 club changes
May 2026€14MGalatasarayValuation the model is trained to reproduce

May 2026: €14M, Galatasaray. Dotted lines mark the €2M, €10M and €30M tier boundaries.

Show as a table
DateMarket valueClub
2014-09-26€100kPuskás Akadémia FC
2015-02-03€100kPuskás Akadémia FC
2015-07-21€150kPuskás Akadémia FC
2015-11-27€250kPuskás Akadémia FC
2016-06-01€450kPuskás Akadémia FC
2017-01-02€1MUS Palermo
2017-06-08€1MUS Palermo
2017-07-31€1MPuskás Akadémia FC
2017-11-13€1.3MAPOEL Nicosia
2018-04-26€2MAPOEL Nicosia
2018-10-22€4.5MSC Freiburg
2018-12-18€4.5MSC Freiburg
2019-06-05€4.5MSC Freiburg
2019-12-17€4.5MSC Freiburg
2020-04-08€3.5MSC Freiburg
2020-11-26€5MSC Freiburg
2021-02-10€9MSC Freiburg
2021-06-01€13MSC Freiburg
2021-07-15€16MSC Freiburg
2021-12-22€12MSC Freiburg
2022-03-24€10MSC Freiburg
2022-06-09€12MSC Freiburg
2022-11-09€12MSC Freiburg
2023-03-29€10MSC Freiburg
2023-06-22€10MSC Freiburg
2023-10-18€12MSC Freiburg
2023-12-14€12MSC Freiburg
2024-03-27€15MSC Freiburg
2024-05-29€15MSC Freiburg
2024-10-04€14MGalatasaray
2024-12-23€13MGalatasaray
2025-03-20€11MGalatasaray
2025-06-18€10MGalatasaray
2025-12-17€10MGalatasaray
2026-03-05€12MGalatasaray
2026-05-21€14MGalatasaray

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
+0.319

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

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Süper Lig428 players · median €1.2M

Valued above 94% of the 428 Süper Lig players.

€50k€300k€2M€15M€14MSee them in the Explorer →

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

Valued above 86% of the 2,065 defenders.

€20k€200k€2M€20M€14MSee them in the Explorer →

Where Sallai 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).