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Zanka

CBDenmark · FC Copenhagen

№ 52059Emerging €187k +0.07

Player dossierSuperliga

Zanka

CBCentre-BackDefender

Club
FC Copenhagen
League
Superliga
Nationality
Denmark
Age
36
Height
189 cm
Foot
Right
Valued
25 May 2026

Reading the valuation

The market values Zanka at €200k. Model A, which never saw Zanka during training, estimates €187k: the market value is 7% above that estimate.

That is a factor of ×1.07. 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 €383k, 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.

▲ +0.07A €187k▼ −0.65B €383k
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
2,228
Goals
0
Assists
2
Started
25/26
Min / app
86
Cards
5Y 1R

Club matches, two years to the valuation date

The Valuation Journey

What moves Model A

Asking the prediction API to explain Model A for Zanka…

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 €200k

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EmergingEstablishedEliteWorld Class€2M€10M€30M€100k€1M€100MMarket €200kModel A €187k

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

Zanka's percentiles among defenders: Goals per 90 18th, Assists per 90 72nd, Minutes, two years 38th, Starts 87th, Minutes, last 365 days 5th, European club minutes 94th18thGoals72ndAssists38thMinutes87thStarts5thRecent94thEurope

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
€500k
Aug 2007
Peak
€5M
May 2018
Model target
€200k
May 2026
Valuations
42
11 club changes
May 2026€200kFC CopenhagenValuation the model is trained to reproduce

May 2026: €200k, FC Copenhagen. Dotted lines mark the €2M, €10M and €30M tier boundaries.

Show as a table
DateMarket valueClub
2007-08-09€500kFC Copenhagen
2008-01-17€600kFC Copenhagen
2008-08-21€1MFC Copenhagen
2008-12-10€1.8MFC Copenhagen
2009-12-08€1.8MFC Copenhagen
2010-06-03€2MFC Copenhagen
2011-01-25€2.5MFC Copenhagen
2011-06-15€2.8MFC Copenhagen
2012-03-30€2.5MFC Copenhagen
2013-05-28€2MPSV Eindhoven
2014-02-11€1.5MPSV Eindhoven
2014-08-31€1.5MFC Copenhagen
2015-02-06€1.3MFC Copenhagen
2015-09-02€1MFC Copenhagen
2016-01-21€1MFC Copenhagen
2016-08-12€1MFC Copenhagen
2016-12-12€1.5MFC Copenhagen
2017-03-27€2MFC Copenhagen
2017-06-21€2.5MFC Copenhagen
2018-01-02€3.5MHuddersfield Town
2018-05-28€5MHuddersfield Town
2018-12-19€5MHuddersfield Town
2019-06-13€5MHuddersfield Town
2019-10-04€3.5MFenerbahce
2020-01-03€3MFenerbahce
2020-04-08€2.4MFortuna Düsseldorf
2020-08-04€2MFenerbahce
2020-12-23€2MFC Copenhagen
2021-05-26€1.5MFC Copenhagen
2021-12-23€1.5MBrentford FC
2022-06-15€1.2MBrentford FC
2022-09-15€1.5MBrentford FC
2022-11-03€1.5MBrentford FC
2023-06-20€1.5MBrentford FC
2023-12-19€1MBrentford FC
2024-05-27€1MBrentford FC
2024-12-11€800kRSC Anderlecht
2025-04-17€600kLos Angeles Galaxy
2025-06-05€500kLos Angeles Galaxy
2025-09-12€400kLos Angeles Galaxy
2025-12-11€300kLos Angeles Galaxy
2026-05-25€200kFC Copenhagen

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
+0.067

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 →

Superliga256 players · median €800k

Valued above 7% of the 256 Superliga players.

€20k€150k€1M€7.5M€200kSee them in the Explorer →

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

Valued above 5% of the 2,065 defenders.

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

Where Zanka 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).