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Mithat

Pala

RBTürkiye · Caykur Rizespor

№ 703720Established €2.1M +0.33

Player dossierSüper Lig

MithatPala

RBRight-BackDefender

Club
Caykur Rizespor
League
Süper Lig
Nationality
Türkiye
Age
25
Height
172 cm
Foot
Right
Valued
21 May 2026

Reading the valuation

The market values Pala at €3M. Model A, which never saw Pala during training, estimates €2.1M: the market value is 40% above that estimate.

That is a factor of ×1.40. 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 €4.1M, 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.

▲ +0.33A €2.1M▼ −0.31B €4.1M
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
64
Minutes
3,850
Goals
2
Assists
1
Started
42/64
Min / app
60
Cards
8Y 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 Pala…

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 €2.1M

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 2,065 defenders

Mithat Pala's percentiles among defenders: Goals per 90 61st, Assists per 90 40th, Minutes, two years 67th, Starts 22nd, Minutes, last 365 days 65th, European club minutes 30th61stGoals40thAssists67thMinutes22ndStarts65thRecent30thEurope

Dashed ring: the defender median (50th percentile)

Minutes, two years

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

3,850 this player2,860 defender median67th 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
€150k
Aug 2020
Peak
€3M
May 2026
Model target
€3M
May 2026
Valuations
21
2 club changes
May 2026€3MCaykur RizesporValuation the model is trained to reproduce

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

Show as a table
DateMarket valueClub
2020-08-04€150kCaykur Rizespor
2020-12-23€150kCaykur Rizespor
2021-03-16€150kCaykur Rizespor
2021-05-21€150kCaykur Rizespor
2022-02-14€175kAfyonspor
2022-06-20€225kAfyonspor
2022-11-15€250kCaykur Rizespor
2023-04-03€350kCaykur Rizespor
2023-06-23€550kCaykur Rizespor
2023-09-27€900kCaykur Rizespor
2023-12-21€900kCaykur Rizespor
2024-03-15€1.1MCaykur Rizespor
2024-05-31€1MCaykur Rizespor
2024-10-04€900kCaykur Rizespor
2024-12-23€1.2MCaykur Rizespor
2025-03-20€1.3MCaykur Rizespor
2025-06-18€1.4MCaykur Rizespor
2025-10-01€1.5MCaykur Rizespor
2025-12-17€1.5MCaykur Rizespor
2026-03-05€1.8MCaykur Rizespor
2026-05-21€3MCaykur Rizespor

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
+0.334

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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Süper Lig428 players · median €1.2M

Valued above 73% of the 428 Süper Lig 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 Pala 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).