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Portrait of Germán Valera

Germán

Valera

LWSpain · Elche CF

№ 548188Established €8.1M −0.31

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Player dossierLaLiga

GermánValera

LWLeft WingerAttack

Club
Elche CF
League
LaLiga
Nationality
Spain
Age
24
Height
170 cm
Foot
Left
Valued
5 Jun 2026

Reading the valuation

The market values Valera at €6M. Model A, which never saw Valera during training, estimates €8.1M: the market value is 26% below that estimate.

That is a factor of ×1.36. 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 €4.2M, 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.

▼ −0.31A €8.1M▲ +0.35B €4.2M
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
49
Minutes
3,249
Goals
4
Assists
5
Started
37/49
Min / app
66
Cards
5Y 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 Valera…

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 €6M

Checking API
EmergingEstablishedEliteWorld Class€2M€10M€30M€100k€1M€100MMarket €6MModel A €8.1M

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 1,583 attackers

Germán Valera's percentiles among attackers: Goals per 90 16th, Assists per 90 47th, Minutes, two years 70th, Starts 77th, Minutes, last 365 days 94th, European club minutes 28th16thGoals47thAssists70thMinutes77thStarts94thRecent28thEurope

Dashed ring: the attacker median (50th percentile)

Minutes, last 365 days

Club minutes in the final year of the window: recent involvement, or the absence of it.

2,892 this player1,301 attacker median94th percentile

0peer deciles · median line · this player ●4,703

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
€200k
Sept 2019
Peak
€6M
Mar 2026
Model target
€6M
Jun 2026
Valuations
19
7 club changes
Jun 2026€6MElche CFValuation the model is trained to reproduce

Jun 2026: €6M, Elche CF. Dotted lines mark the €2M, €10M and €30M tier boundaries.

Show as a table
DateMarket valueClub
2019-09-10€200kAtlético Madrid U19
2020-02-11€2MAtlético Madrid U19
2020-04-08€1.8MAtlético Madrid U19
2020-10-08€1.8MAtlético Madrileño
2021-01-08€1.8MAtlético Madrileño
2021-03-19€2.5MCD Tenerife
2021-06-24€2.5MCD Tenerife
2021-12-27€1.5MReal Sociedad B
2022-06-29€1.5MReal Sociedad B
2022-12-29€1.5MFC Andorra
2023-06-14€1.5MFC Andorra
2023-10-13€2MReal Zaragoza
2023-12-20€2MReal Zaragoza
2024-06-24€2MReal Zaragoza
2024-12-27€1.5MValencia CF
2025-06-24€1.5MElche CF
2025-12-12€5MElche CF
2026-03-16€6MElche CF
2026-06-05€6MElche CF

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
−0.305

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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LaLiga509 players · median €4M

Valued above 61% of the 509 LaLiga players.

€100k€1M€10M€100M€6MSee them in the Explorer →

Attackers, all leagues1,583 players · median €2.5M

Valued above 68% of the 1,583 attackers.

€20k€300k€5M€75M€6MSee them in the Explorer →

Where Valera 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).