Christopher
Nwaeze
CBNigeria · Zorya Lugansk
Player dossierPremier Liha
ChristopherNwaeze
CBCentre-BackDefender
- Club
- Zorya Lugansk
- League
- Premier Liha
- Nationality
- Nigeria
- Age
- 23
- Height
- 185 cm
- Foot
- Right
- Valued
- 2 Jun 2026
Premier LihaReading the valuation
The market values Nwaeze at €200k. Model A, which never saw Nwaeze during training, estimates €710k: the market value is 72% below that estimate.
That is a factor of ×3.55. 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 €1.8M, 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.
- Apps
- 12
- Minutes
- 874
- Goals
- 1
- Assists
- 0
- Started
- 10/12
- Min / app
- 73
- 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 Nwaeze…
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 €200k
Checking APIAsking 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
Dashed ring: the defender median (50th percentile)
European club minutes
Share of minutes played in UEFA club competitions.
62% this player0% defender median100th percentile
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
- €50k
- Mar 2024
- Peak
- €300k
- Dec 2024
- Model target
- €200k
- Jun 2026
- Valuations
- 7
- 2 club changes
Jun 2026: €200k, Zorya Lugansk. Dotted lines mark the €2M, €10M and €30M tier boundaries.
Show as a table
| Date | Market value | Club |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-03-18 | €50k | Zorya Lugansk |
| 2024-06-06 | €50k | Zorya Lugansk |
| 2024-09-12 | €200k | Zorya Lugansk |
| 2024-12-17 | €300k | Zorya Lugansk |
| 2025-05-23 | €300k | FC Milsami Orhei |
| 2025-12-01 | €250k | FC Milsami Orhei |
| 2026-06-02 | €200k | Zorya Lugansk |
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
- −1.266
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
All players in the Terminal →Premier Liha414 players · median €400k
Valued above 10% of the 414 Premier Liha players.
See them in the Explorer →Defenders, all leagues2,065 players · median €2M
Valued above 5% of the 2,065 defenders.
See them in the Explorer →Where Nwaeze appears
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Near this valuation closest observed values: same league, then same position
- ChurkoAMMetalist 1925 Kharkiv · Premier Liha€200k
- TsurikovLBKolos Kovalivka · Premier Liha€200k
- TaranukhaCFKolos Kovalivka · Premier Liha€200k
- ShabanovCBMetalist 1925 Kharkiv · Premier Liha€200k
- CaroleLBKayserispor · defenders€200k
- ZankaCBFC Copenhagen · defenders€200k
- BambaCBAngers SCO · defenders€200k
- ColemanRBEverton FC · defenders€200k
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).