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Thórir Jóhann

Helgason

CMIceland · US Lecce

№ 488996Emerging €2.4M −0.29

Player dossierSerie A

Thórir JóhannHelgason

CMCentral MidfieldMidfield

Club
US Lecce
League
Serie A
Nationality
Iceland
Age
25
Height
187 cm
Foot
Right
Valued
29 May 2026

Reading the valuation

The market values Helgason at €1.8M. Model A, which never saw Helgason during training, estimates €2.4M: the market value is 25% below that estimate.

That is a factor of ×1.33. 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 €1.5M, 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.

▼ −0.29A €2.4M▲ +0.21B €1.5M
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
31
Minutes
1,398
Goals
0
Assists
4
Started
16/31
Min / app
45
Cards
0Y 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 Helgason…

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 €1.8M

Checking API
EmergingEstablishedEliteWorld Class€2M€10M€30M€100k€1M€100MMarket €1.8MModel A €2.4M

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

Thórir Jóhann Helgason's percentiles among midfielders: Goals per 90 10th, Assists per 90 93rd, Minutes, two years 23rd, Starts 23rd, Minutes, last 365 days 6th, European club minutes 30th10thGoals93rdAssists23rdMinutes23rdStarts6thRecent30thEurope

Dashed ring: the midfielder median (50th percentile)

Assists per 90

Club assists per 90 minutes in the same window.

0.26 this player0.09 midfielder median93rd percentile

0.00peer deciles · median line · this player ●0.74

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
Oct 2019
Peak
€3M
Jun 2025
Model target
€1.8M
May 2026
Valuations
14
3 club changes
May 2026€1.8MUS LecceValuation the model is trained to reproduce

May 2026: €1.8M, US Lecce. Dotted lines mark the €2M, €10M and €30M tier boundaries.

Show as a table
DateMarket valueClub
2019-10-16€50kFH Hafnarfjördur
2020-12-01€125kFH Hafnarfjördur
2021-10-14€400kUS Lecce
2021-12-29€300kUS Lecce
2022-06-06€700kUS Lecce
2022-11-11€900kUS Lecce
2023-06-15€800kUS Lecce
2023-12-15€800kEintracht Braunschweig
2024-06-06€1MEintracht Braunschweig
2024-12-18€800kUS Lecce
2025-03-25€2.5MUS Lecce
2025-06-17€3MUS Lecce
2025-12-23€2.3MUS Lecce
2026-05-29€1.8MUS Lecce

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
−0.288

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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Serie A507 players · median €5.5M

Valued above 18% of the 507 Serie A players.

€100k€750k€5M€30M€1.8MSee them in the Explorer →

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

Valued above 44% of the 1,687 midfielders.

€20k€200k€2M€20M€1.8MSee them in the Explorer →

Where Helgason 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).