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Koki

Machida

CBJapan · TSG 1899 Hoffenheim

№ 415035Established €4.3M +0.34

Player dossierBundesliga

KokiMachida

CBCentre-BackDefender

Club
TSG 1899 Hoffenheim
League
Bundesliga
Nationality
Japan
Age
28
Height
190 cm
Foot
Left
Valued
27 May 2026

Reading the valuation

The market values Machida at €6M. Model A, which never saw Machida during training, estimates €4.3M: the market value is 40% above that estimate.

That is a factor of ×1.40. 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 €4.8M, 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.

▲ +0.34A €4.3M▲ +0.22B €4.8M
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
38
Minutes
2,947
Goals
0
Assists
0
Started
34/38
Min / app
78
Cards
8Y 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 Machida…

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 €6M

Checking API
EmergingEstablishedEliteWorld Class€2M€10M€30M€100k€1M€100MMarket €6MModel A €4.3M

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 2,065 defenders

Koki Machida's percentiles among defenders: Goals per 90 18th, Assists per 90 17th, Minutes, two years 52nd, Starts 68th, Minutes, last 365 days 5th, European club minutes 94th18thGoals17thAssists52ndMinutes68thStarts5thRecent94thEurope

Dashed ring: the defender median (50th percentile)

European club minutes

Share of minutes played in UEFA club competitions.

28% this player0% defender median94th percentile

0%peer deciles · median line · this player ●85%

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
€50k
Feb 2016
Peak
€11M
Jun 2025
Model target
€6M
May 2026
Valuations
23
2 club changes
May 2026€6MTSG 1899 HoffenheimValuation the model is trained to reproduce

May 2026: €6M, TSG 1899 Hoffenheim. Dotted lines mark the €2M, €10M and €30M tier boundaries.

Show as a table
DateMarket valueClub
2016-02-25€50kKashima Antlers
2017-03-25€75kKashima Antlers
2018-01-05€75kKashima Antlers
2019-01-05€200kKashima Antlers
2019-06-27€300kKashima Antlers
2019-12-28€700kKashima Antlers
2020-04-08€550kKashima Antlers
2021-01-29€700kKashima Antlers
2021-06-29€850kKashima Antlers
2022-01-14€1MUnion Saint-Gilloise
2022-04-12€1MUnion Saint-Gilloise
2022-05-26€1.5MUnion Saint-Gilloise
2022-11-04€1.5MUnion Saint-Gilloise
2023-06-09€2MUnion Saint-Gilloise
2023-10-23€3MUnion Saint-Gilloise
2023-12-19€6MUnion Saint-Gilloise
2024-03-22€8MUnion Saint-Gilloise
2024-06-04€10MUnion Saint-Gilloise
2024-12-11€10MUnion Saint-Gilloise
2025-06-12€11MUnion Saint-Gilloise
2025-10-14€7MTSG 1899 Hoffenheim
2025-12-19€7MTSG 1899 Hoffenheim
2026-05-27€6MTSG 1899 Hoffenheim

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
+0.335

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 53% of the 451 Bundesliga players.

€300k€2M€15M€100M€6MSee them in the Explorer →

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

Valued above 73% of the 2,065 defenders.

€20k€200k€2M€20M€6MSee them in the Explorer →

Where Machida 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).