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Jefferson

Encada

RBGuinea-Bissau · CF Estrela Amadora

№ 448468Emerging €663k −0.51

Player dossierLiga Portugal

JeffersonEncada

RBRight-BackDefender

Club
CF Estrela Amadora
League
Liga Portugal
Nationality
Guinea-Bissau
Age
28
Height
188 cm
Foot
Right
Valued
28 May 2026

Reading the valuation

The market values Encada at €400k. Model A, which never saw Encada during training, estimates €663k: the market value is 40% below that estimate.

That is a factor of ×1.66. 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 €1.1M, 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.

▼ −0.51A €663k▼ −0.97B €1.1M
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
26
Minutes
1,544
Goals
0
Assists
2
Started
17/26
Min / app
59
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 Encada…

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 €400k

Checking API
EmergingEstablishedEliteWorld Class€2M€10M€30M€100k€1M€100MMarket €400kModel A €663k

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

Jefferson Encada's percentiles among defenders: Goals per 90 18th, Assists per 90 81st, Minutes, two years 24th, Starts 21st, Minutes, last 365 days 46th, European club minutes 30th18thGoals81stAssists24thMinutes21stStarts46thRecent30thEurope

Dashed ring: the defender median (50th percentile)

Assists per 90

Club assists per 90 minutes in the same window.

0.12 this player0.04 defender median81st 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
€150k
Feb 2019
Peak
€400k
Dec 2025
Model target
€400k
May 2026
Valuations
15
3 club changes
May 2026€400kCF Estrela AmadoraValuation the model is trained to reproduce

May 2026: €400k, CF Estrela Amadora. Dotted lines mark the €2M, €10M and €30M tier boundaries.

Show as a table
DateMarket valueClub
2019-02-12€150kVitória Guimarães SC B
2019-06-29€100kVitória Guimarães SC B
2020-11-02€125kLeixões SC
2021-06-29€225kLeixões SC
2022-01-07€200kLeixões SC
2022-09-15€250kPharco FC
2023-02-24€300kPharco FC
2023-06-29€300kPharco FC
2024-01-11€300kPharco FC
2024-04-24€200kPharco FC
2024-10-03€200kPharco FC
2025-02-14€175kPharco FC
2025-06-13€150kPharco FC
2025-12-18€400kCF Estrela Amadora
2026-05-28€400kCF Estrela Amadora

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
−0.505

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 →

Liga Portugal423 players · median €1M

Valued above 12% of the 423 Liga Portugal players.

€20k€200k€2M€20M€400kSee them in the Explorer →

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

Valued above 14% of the 2,065 defenders.

€20k€200k€2M€20M€400kSee them in the Explorer →

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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).