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João

Valido

GKPortugal · FC Arouca

№ 532900Emerging €535k −0.29

Player dossierLiga Portugal

JoãoValido

GKGoalkeeperGoalkeeper

Club
FC Arouca
League
Liga Portugal
Nationality
Portugal
Age
26
Height
185 cm
Foot
Right
Valued
28 May 2026

Reading the valuation

The market values Valido at €400k. Model A, which never saw Valido during training, estimates €535k: the market value is 25% below that estimate.

That is a factor of ×1.34. 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 €619k, 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.

▼ −0.29A €535k▼ −0.44B €619k
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
14
Minutes
1,260
Started
14/14
Min / app
90
Cards
0Y 0R

Club matches, two years to the valuation date

The Valuation Journey

What moves Model A

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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

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EmergingEstablishedEliteWorld Class€2M€10M€30M€100k€1M€100MMarket €400kModel A €535k

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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 485 goalkeepers

João Valido's percentiles among goalkeepers: Minutes, two years 24th, Starts 62nd, Minutes, last 365 days 31st, European club minutes 32nd24thMinutes62ndStarts31stRecent32ndEurope

Dashed ring: the goalkeeper median (50th percentile)

Starts

Share of appearances started rather than entered from the bench.

100% this player100% goalkeeper median62nd percentile

70%peer deciles · median line · this player ●100%

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
€100k
Oct 2019
Peak
€600k
Sept 2025
Model target
€400k
May 2026
Valuations
14
1 club change
May 2026€400kFC AroucaValuation the model is trained to reproduce

May 2026: €400k, FC Arouca. Dotted lines mark the €2M, €10M and €30M tier boundaries.

Show as a table
DateMarket valueClub
2019-10-11€100kVitória Setúbal FC
2019-12-30€100kVitória Setúbal FC
2020-08-17€100kVitória Setúbal FC
2021-06-29€350kVitória Setúbal FC
2022-09-16€100kFC Arouca
2022-11-01€100kFC Arouca
2023-06-16€250kFC Arouca
2023-12-27€250kFC Arouca
2024-06-06€200kFC Arouca
2024-12-19€200kFC Arouca
2025-05-30€300kFC Arouca
2025-09-30€600kFC Arouca
2025-12-18€500kFC Arouca
2026-05-28€400kFC Arouca

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
−0.291

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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Liga Portugal423 players · median €1M

Valued above 12% of the 423 Liga Portugal players.

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

Goalkeepers, all leagues485 players · median €1M

Valued above 21% of the 485 goalkeepers.

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

Where Valido 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).