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Portrait of Lazar Samardžić

Lazar

Samardžić

AMSerbia · Atalanta BC

№ 528833Elite €13.3M +0.18

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Player dossierSerie A

LazarSamardžić

AMAttacking MidfieldMidfield

Club
Atalanta BC
League
Serie A
Nationality
Serbia
Age
24
Height
184 cm
Foot
Left
Valued
29 May 2026

Reading the valuation

The market values Samardžić at €16M. Model A, which never saw Samardžić during training, estimates €13.3M: the market value is 20% above that estimate.

That is a factor of ×1.20. 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 €16.1M, 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.

▲ +0.18A €13.3M▼ 0.00B €16.1M
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
81
Minutes
3,061
Goals
11
Assists
6
Started
25/81
Min / app
38
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 Samardžić…

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 €16M

Checking API
EmergingEstablishedEliteWorld Class€2M€10M€30M€100k€1M€100MMarket €16MModel A €13.3M

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 1,687 midfielders

Lazar Samardžić's percentiles among midfielders: Goals per 90 95th, Assists per 90 78th, Minutes, two years 58th, Starts 5th, Minutes, last 365 days 46th, European club minutes 83rd95thGoals78thAssists58thMinutes5thStarts46thRecent83rdEurope

Dashed ring: the midfielder median (50th percentile)

Goals per 90

Club goals per 90 minutes played in the two years to the valuation date.

0.32 this player0.08 midfielder median95th percentile

0.00peer deciles · median line · this player ●0.93

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
€300k
Dec 2019
Peak
€20M
Oct 2023
Model target
€16M
May 2026
Valuations
19
3 club changes
May 2026€16MAtalanta BCValuation the model is trained to reproduce

May 2026: €16M, Atalanta BC. Dotted lines mark the €2M, €10M and €30M tier boundaries.

Show as a table
DateMarket valueClub
2019-12-02€300kHertha BSC U19
2020-04-06€500kHertha BSC U19
2020-07-08€1.5MHertha BSC U19
2020-11-26€3MRB Leipzig
2021-02-10€3MRB Leipzig
2021-06-09€3MRB Leipzig
2021-12-28€3MUdinese Calcio
2022-06-07€3.5MUdinese Calcio
2022-11-11€4.5MUdinese Calcio
2023-03-21€7.5MUdinese Calcio
2023-06-15€14MUdinese Calcio
2023-10-11€20MUdinese Calcio
2023-12-20€20MUdinese Calcio
2024-06-05€20MUdinese Calcio
2024-12-18€20MAtalanta BC
2025-06-17€17MAtalanta BC
2025-12-23€15MAtalanta BC
2026-03-24€17MAtalanta BC
2026-05-29€16MAtalanta BC

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
+0.183

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 79% of the 507 Serie A players.

€100k€750k€5M€30M€16MSee them in the Explorer →

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

Valued above 86% of the 1,687 midfielders.

€20k€200k€2M€20M€16MSee them in the Explorer →

Where Samardžić 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).