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Portrait of Maxim De Cuyper

Maxim De

Cuyper

LBBelgium · Brighton & Hove Albion

№ 429915Elite €19.7M +0.11

Image: FootyLogos

Player dossierPremier League

Maxim DeCuyper

LBLeft-BackDefender

Club
Brighton & Hove Albion
League
Premier League
Nationality
Belgium
Age
25
Height
182 cm
Foot
Left
Valued
3 Jun 2026

Reading the valuation

The market values Cuyper at €22M. Model A, which never saw Cuyper during training, estimates €19.7M: the market value is 12% above that estimate.

That is a factor of ×1.12. 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 €18.5M, 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.

▲ +0.11A €19.7M▲ +0.17B €18.5M
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
70
Minutes
4,773
Goals
5
Assists
8
Started
54/70
Min / app
68
Cards
6Y 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 Cuyper…

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 €22M

Checking API
EmergingEstablishedEliteWorld Class€2M€10M€30M€100k€1M€100MMarket €22MModel A €19.7M

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

Maxim De Cuyper's percentiles among defenders: Goals per 90 85th, Assists per 90 89th, Minutes, two years 80th, Starts 39th, Minutes, last 365 days 44th, European club minutes 88th85thGoals89thAssists80thMinutes39thStarts44thRecent88thEurope

Dashed ring: the defender median (50th percentile)

Assists per 90

Club assists per 90 minutes in the same window.

0.15 this player0.04 defender median89th 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
€400k
Mar 2020
Peak
€22M
Dec 2025
Model target
€22M
Jun 2026
Valuations
21
3 club changes
Jun 2026€22MBrighton & Hove AlbionValuation the model is trained to reproduce

Jun 2026: €22M, Brighton & Hove Albion. Dotted lines mark the €2M, €10M and €30M tier boundaries.

Show as a table
DateMarket valueClub
2020-03-30€400kClub Brugge KV
2020-04-08€350kClub Brugge KV
2020-10-16€600kClub Brugge KV
2021-06-07€600kClub Brugge KV
2021-10-13€600kKVC Westerlo
2022-01-13€600kKVC Westerlo
2022-04-19€900kKVC Westerlo
2022-09-07€1.2MKVC Westerlo
2022-11-04€2.5MKVC Westerlo
2023-03-22€4.5MKVC Westerlo
2023-06-09€5MKVC Westerlo
2023-10-23€8MClub Brugge KV
2023-12-19€8MClub Brugge KV
2024-06-04€9MClub Brugge KV
2024-10-02€12MClub Brugge KV
2024-12-11€12MClub Brugge KV
2025-03-26€16MClub Brugge KV
2025-06-12€16MClub Brugge KV
2025-10-17€20MBrighton & Hove Albion
2025-12-09€22MBrighton & Hove Albion
2026-06-03€22MBrighton & Hove Albion

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
+0.112

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 →

Premier League555 players · median €18M

Valued above 59% of the 555 Premier League players.

€150k€1M€7.5M€50M€22MSee them in the Explorer →

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

Valued above 92% of the 2,065 defenders.

€20k€200k€2M€20M€22MSee them in the Explorer →

Where Cuyper 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).