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Olivier

Aertssen

RBNetherlands · PEC Zwolle

№ 720791Emerging €869k −0.29

Player dossierEredivisie

OlivierAertssen

RBRight-BackDefender

Club
PEC Zwolle
League
Eredivisie
Nationality
Netherlands
Age
21
Height
185 cm
Foot
Right
Valued
28 May 2026

Reading the valuation

The market values Aertssen at €650k. Model A, which never saw Aertssen during training, estimates €869k: the market value is 25% below that estimate.

That is a factor of ×1.34. 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 €2.6M, 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.

▼ −0.29A €869k▼ −1.38B €2.6M
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
51
Minutes
3,264
Goals
1
Assists
2
Started
36/51
Min / app
64
Cards
2Y 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 Aertssen…

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 €650k

Checking API
EmergingEstablishedEliteWorld Class€2M€10M€30M€100k€1M€100MMarket €650kModel A €869k

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

Olivier Aertssen's percentiles among defenders: Goals per 90 46th, Assists per 90 60th, Minutes, two years 58th, Starts 28th, Minutes, last 365 days 63rd, European club minutes 30th46thGoals60thAssists58thMinutes28thStarts63rdRecent30thEurope

Dashed ring: the defender median (50th percentile)

Minutes, last 365 days

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

2,026 this player1,687 defender median63rd percentile

0peer deciles · median line · this player ●4,941

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
€350k
Oct 2022
Peak
€800k
Apr 2023
Model target
€650k
May 2026
Valuations
10
1 club change
May 2026€650kPEC ZwolleValuation the model is trained to reproduce

May 2026: €650k, PEC Zwolle. Dotted lines mark the €2M, €10M and €30M tier boundaries.

Show as a table
DateMarket valueClub
2022-10-12€350kAjax Amsterdam U21
2023-04-03€800kAjax Amsterdam U21
2023-07-04€800kAjax Amsterdam U21
2024-01-08€600kAjax Amsterdam U21
2024-06-10€600kAjax Amsterdam U21
2024-12-17€600kPEC Zwolle
2025-05-28€750kPEC Zwolle
2025-12-02€750kPEC Zwolle
2026-03-11€650kPEC Zwolle
2026-05-28€650kPEC Zwolle

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
−0.290

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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Eredivisie425 players · median €1M

Valued above 32% of the 425 Eredivisie players.

€75k€500k€3M€20M€650kSee them in the Explorer →

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

Valued above 25% of the 2,065 defenders.

€20k€200k€2M€20M€650kSee them in the Explorer →

Where Aertssen 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).