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Valentin

Paltsev

CBRussia · FC Krasnodar

№ 615650Established €5.8M −0.66

Player dossierPremier Liga

ValentinPaltsev

CBCentre-BackDefender

Club
FC Krasnodar
League
Premier Liga
Nationality
Russia
Age
24
Height
181 cm
Foot
Right
Valued
26 May 2026

Reading the valuation

The market values Paltsev at €3M. Model A, which never saw Paltsev during training, estimates €5.8M: the market value is 48% below that estimate.

That is a factor of ×1.93. Model A's typical held-out miss is ×1.50 either way, so this gap is larger than its usual error.

Without league and club, Model B estimates €3.7M, 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.

▼ −0.66A €5.8M▼ −0.20B €3.7M
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
70
Minutes
5,163
Goals
1
Assists
1
Started
55/70
Min / app
74
Cards
12Y 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 Paltsev…

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 €3M

Checking API
EmergingEstablishedEliteWorld Class€2M€10M€30M€100k€1M€100MMarket €3MModel A €5.8M

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

Valentin Paltsev's percentiles among defenders: Goals per 90 38th, Assists per 90 36th, Minutes, two years 86th, Starts 41st, Minutes, last 365 days 66th, European club minutes 30th38thGoals36thAssists86thMinutes41stStarts66thRecent30thEurope

Dashed ring: the defender median (50th percentile)

Minutes, two years

Total club minutes in the two-year window: how much the player was used.

5,163 this player2,860 defender median86th percentile

451peer deciles · median line · this player ●9,111

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
€75k
Dec 2020
Peak
€3M
Sept 2025
Model target
€3M
May 2026
Valuations
14
3 club changes
May 2026€3MFC KrasnodarValuation the model is trained to reproduce

May 2026: €3M, FC Krasnodar. Dotted lines mark the €2M, €10M and €30M tier boundaries.

Show as a table
DateMarket valueClub
2020-12-29€75kVolna Kovernino
2021-06-28€150kVolna Kovernino
2021-12-03€200kVolna Kovernino
2022-05-30€250kKamAZ Naberezhnye Chelny
2022-12-08€350kKamAZ Naberezhnye Chelny
2023-06-19€400kKamAZ Naberezhnye Chelny
2023-11-30€500kKamAZ Naberezhnye Chelny
2024-06-14€600kKamAZ Naberezhnye Chelny
2024-09-18€1.2MDinamo Makhachkala
2024-12-12€2MDinamo Makhachkala
2025-06-04€2.5MDinamo Makhachkala
2025-09-18€3MFC Krasnodar
2025-12-16€3MFC Krasnodar
2026-05-26€3MFC Krasnodar

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
−0.656

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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Premier Liga412 players · median €1M

Valued above 77% of the 412 Premier Liga players.

€50k€300k€2M€15M€3MSee them in the Explorer →

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

Valued above 59% of the 2,065 defenders.

€20k€200k€2M€20M€3MSee them in the Explorer →

Where Paltsev 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).