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Portrait of Renato Veiga

Renato

Veiga

CBPortugal · Villarreal CF

№ 805714Elite €22M +0.13

Image: FootyLogos

Player dossierLaLiga

RenatoVeiga

CBCentre-BackDefender

Club
Villarreal CF
League
LaLiga
Nationality
Portugal
Age
22
Height
188 cm
Foot
Left
Valued
5 Jun 2026

Reading the valuation

The market values Veiga at €25M. Model A, which never saw Veiga during training, estimates €22M: the market value is 14% above that estimate.

That is a factor of ×1.14. 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 €13M, 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.

▲ +0.13A €22M▲ +0.65B €13M
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
67
Minutes
4,994
Goals
1
Assists
1
Started
54/67
Min / app
75
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 Veiga…

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 €25M

Checking API
EmergingEstablishedEliteWorld Class€2M€10M€30M€100k€1M€100MMarket €25MModel A €22M

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

Renato Veiga's percentiles among defenders: Goals per 90 39th, Assists per 90 36th, Minutes, two years 83rd, Starts 46th, Minutes, last 365 days 95th, European club minutes 84th39thGoals36thAssists83rdMinutes46thStarts95thRecent84thEurope

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.

3,352 this player1,687 defender median95th 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
€1M
Feb 2023
Peak
€25M
Jun 2025
Model target
€25M
Jun 2026
Valuations
12
5 club changes
Jun 2026€25MVillarreal CFValuation the model is trained to reproduce

Jun 2026: €25M, Villarreal CF. Dotted lines mark the €2M, €10M and €30M tier boundaries.

Show as a table
DateMarket valueClub
2023-02-05€1MFC Augsburg
2023-06-22€1MFC Augsburg
2023-10-19€1.5MFC Basel 1893
2023-12-21€2MFC Basel 1893
2024-03-28€3MFC Basel 1893
2024-05-31€3MFC Basel 1893
2024-10-01€8MChelsea FC
2024-12-16€10MChelsea FC
2025-03-25€18MJuventus FC
2025-06-17€25MChelsea FC
2025-12-12€25MVillarreal CF
2026-06-05€25MVillarreal CF

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
+0.129

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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LaLiga509 players · median €4M

Valued above 89% of the 509 LaLiga players.

€100k€1M€10M€100M€25MSee them in the Explorer →

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

Valued above 93% of the 2,065 defenders.

€20k€200k€2M€20M€25MSee them in the Explorer →

Where Veiga 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).