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João

Tomé

RBPortugal · Rio Ave FC

№ 551981Emerging €459k +0.27

Player dossierLiga Portugal

JoãoTomé

RBRight-BackDefender

Club
Rio Ave FC
League
Liga Portugal
Nationality
Portugal
Age
23
Height
185 cm
Foot
Right
Valued
28 May 2026

Reading the valuation

The market values Tomé at €600k. Model A, which never saw Tomé during training, estimates €459k: the market value is 31% above that estimate.

That is a factor of ×1.31. 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 €835k, 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.

▲ +0.27A €459k▼ −0.33B €835k
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
35
Minutes
1,435
Goals
0
Assists
1
Started
15/35
Min / app
41
Cards
4Y 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 Tomé…

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 €600k

Checking API
EmergingEstablishedEliteWorld Class€2M€10M€30M€100k€1M€100MMarket €600kModel A €459k

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

João Tomé's percentiles among defenders: Goals per 90 18th, Assists per 90 64th, Minutes, two years 21st, Starts 4th, Minutes, last 365 days 17th, European club minutes 30th18thGoals64thAssists21stMinutes4thStarts17thRecent30thEurope

Dashed ring: the defender median (50th percentile)

Assists per 90

Club assists per 90 minutes in the same window.

0.06 this player0.04 defender median64th percentile

0.00peer deciles · median line · this player ●0.58

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
€275k
Jun 2022
Peak
€1M
Jun 2024
Model target
€600k
May 2026
Valuations
10
2 club changes
May 2026€600kRio Ave FCValuation the model is trained to reproduce

May 2026: €600k, Rio Ave FC. Dotted lines mark the €2M, €10M and €30M tier boundaries.

Show as a table
DateMarket valueClub
2022-06-27€275kSL Benfica U23
2022-12-28€750kSL Benfica B
2023-06-28€850kSL Benfica B
2023-12-14€800kSL Benfica B
2024-06-20€1MSL Benfica B
2024-12-19€700kRio Ave FC
2025-03-31€500kRio Ave FC
2025-05-30€600kRio Ave FC
2025-12-18€400kRio Ave FC
2026-05-28€600kRio Ave FC

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
+0.269

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 27% of the 423 Liga Portugal players.

€20k€200k€2M€20M€600kSee them in the Explorer →

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

Valued above 22% of the 2,065 defenders.

€20k€200k€2M€20M€600kSee them in the Explorer →

Where Tomé 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).