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Portrait of Boulaye Dia

Boulaye

Dia

CFSenegal · SS Lazio

№ 626913Established €9.7M −0.66

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Player dossierSerie A

BoulayeDia

CFCentre-ForwardAttack

Club
SS Lazio
League
Serie A
Nationality
Senegal
Age
29
Height
180 cm
Foot
Right
Valued
29 May 2026

Reading the valuation

The market values Dia at €5M. Model A, which never saw Dia during training, estimates €9.7M: the market value is 49% below that estimate.

That is a factor of ×1.94. 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 €8.7M, 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 €9.7M▼ −0.56B €8.7M
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
78
Minutes
4,247
Goals
16
Assists
6
Started
50/78
Min / app
54
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 Dia…

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 €5M

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EmergingEstablishedEliteWorld Class€2M€10M€30M€100k€1M€100MMarket €5MModel A €9.7M

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

Boulaye Dia's percentiles among attackers: Goals per 90 65th, Assists per 90 42nd, Minutes, two years 84th, Starts 58th, Minutes, last 365 days 50th, European club minutes 76th65thGoals42ndAssists84thMinutes58thStarts50thRecent76thEurope

Dashed ring: the attacker median (50th percentile)

Minutes, two years

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

4,247 this player2,242 attacker median84th percentile

450peer deciles · median line · this player ●8,788

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
€2M
Jun 2019
Peak
€25M
Jun 2023
Model target
€5M
May 2026
Valuations
24
3 club changes
May 2026€5MSS LazioValuation the model is trained to reproduce

May 2026: €5M, SS Lazio. Dotted lines mark the €2M, €10M and €30M tier boundaries.

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DateMarket valueClub
2019-06-03€2MStade Reims
2019-09-27€3.5MStade Reims
2019-12-19€5.5MStade Reims
2020-04-08€4.5MStade Reims
2020-08-03€6MStade Reims
2020-10-15€8MStade Reims
2021-01-07€12MStade Reims
2021-04-09€14MStade Reims
2021-06-04€14MStade Reims
2021-12-30€14MVillarreal CF
2022-06-03€12MVillarreal CF
2022-11-11€12MUS Salernitana 1919
2023-03-21€14MUS Salernitana 1919
2023-06-15€25MUS Salernitana 1919
2023-10-11€22MUS Salernitana 1919
2023-12-20€18MUS Salernitana 1919
2024-03-12€13MUS Salernitana 1919
2024-06-05€10MUS Salernitana 1919
2024-10-18€15MSS Lazio
2024-12-18€15MSS Lazio
2025-06-17€15MSS Lazio
2025-12-23€10MSS Lazio
2026-03-24€7MSS Lazio
2026-05-29€5MSS Lazio

Audit context group-level, not about this player

Audit group
non-UEFA
Population gap, Model A
+0.093 95% CI +0.063 to +0.124
This player, market vs held-out A
−0.664

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 45% of the 507 Serie A players.

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

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

Valued above 64% of the 1,583 attackers.

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

Where Dia 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).