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Portrait of Felix Nmecha

Felix

Nmecha

CMGermany · Borussia Dortmund

№ 406640World Class €26.3M +0.64

Image: FootyLogos

Player dossierBundesliga

FelixNmecha

CMCentral MidfieldMidfield

Club
Borussia Dortmund
League
Bundesliga
Nationality
Germany
Age
25
Height
190 cm
Foot
Right
Valued
27 May 2026

Reading the valuation

The market values Nmecha at €50M. Model A, which never saw Nmecha during training, estimates €26.3M: the market value is 90% above that estimate.

That is a factor of ×1.90. 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 €21.7M, 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.

▲ +0.64A €26.3M▲ +0.83B €21.7M
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
83
Minutes
5,652
Goals
11
Assists
6
Started
66/83
Min / app
68
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 Nmecha…

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 €50M

Checking API
EmergingEstablishedEliteWorld Class€2M€10M€30M€100k€1M€100MMarket €50MModel A €26.3M

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

Felix Nmecha's percentiles among midfielders: Goals per 90 78th, Assists per 90 51st, Minutes, two years 92nd, Starts 69th, Minutes, last 365 days 97th, European club minutes 95th78thGoals51stAssists92ndMinutes69thStarts97thRecent95thEurope

Dashed ring: the midfielder median (50th percentile)

Minutes, last 365 days

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

3,402 this player1,541 midfielder median97th percentile

0peer deciles · median line · this player ●4,800

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
€500k
Dec 2019
Peak
€50M
Mar 2026
Model target
€50M
May 2026
Valuations
17
2 club changes
May 2026€50MBorussia DortmundValuation the model is trained to reproduce

May 2026: €50M, Borussia Dortmund. Dotted lines mark the €2M, €10M and €30M tier boundaries.

Show as a table
DateMarket valueClub
2019-12-10€500kManchester City U23
2020-04-08€450kManchester City U23
2021-12-22€700kVfL Wolfsburg
2022-03-24€1MVfL Wolfsburg
2022-06-09€2MVfL Wolfsburg
2022-11-09€3MVfL Wolfsburg
2023-03-29€8MVfL Wolfsburg
2023-06-22€15MVfL Wolfsburg
2023-10-18€25MBorussia Dortmund
2023-12-14€25MBorussia Dortmund
2024-05-29€20MBorussia Dortmund
2024-12-20€28MBorussia Dortmund
2025-06-05€28MBorussia Dortmund
2025-10-14€35MBorussia Dortmund
2025-12-19€45MBorussia Dortmund
2026-03-20€50MBorussia Dortmund
2026-05-27€50MBorussia Dortmund

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
+0.643

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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Bundesliga451 players · median €5M

Valued above 97% of the 451 Bundesliga players.

€300k€2M€15M€100M€50MSee them in the Explorer →

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

Valued above 97% of the 1,687 midfielders.

€20k€200k€2M€20M€50MSee them in the Explorer →

Where Nmecha 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).