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Stefan

Bell

CBGermany · 1.FSV Mainz 05

№ 82350Emerging €542k +0.10

Player dossierBundesliga

StefanBell

CBCentre-BackDefender

Club
1.FSV Mainz 05
League
Bundesliga
Nationality
Germany
Age
34
Height
192 cm
Foot
Right
Valued
27 May 2026

Reading the valuation

The market values Bell at €600k. Model A, which never saw Bell during training, estimates €542k: the market value is 11% above that estimate.

That is a factor of ×1.11. 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 €391k, 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.

▲ +0.10A €542k▲ +0.43B €391k
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
41
Minutes
2,775
Goals
3
Assists
3
Started
31/41
Min / app
68
Cards
9Y 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 Bell…

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 €600k

Checking API
EmergingEstablishedEliteWorld Class€2M€10M€30M€100k€1M€100MMarket €600kModel A €542k

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

Stefan Bell's percentiles among defenders: Goals per 90 86th, Assists per 90 76th, Minutes, two years 49th, Starts 36th, Minutes, last 365 days 36th, European club minutes 68th86thGoals76thAssists49thMinutes36thStarts36thRecent68thEurope

Dashed ring: the defender median (50th percentile)

Goals per 90

Club goals per 90 minutes played in the two years to the valuation date.

0.10 this player0.03 defender median86th percentile

0.00peer deciles · median line · this player ●0.41

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
Jul 2010
Peak
€6M
Jul 2016
Model target
€600k
May 2026
Valuations
37
3 club changes
May 2026€600k1.FSV Mainz 05Valuation the model is trained to reproduce

May 2026: €600k, 1.FSV Mainz 05. Dotted lines mark the €2M, €10M and €30M tier boundaries.

Show as a table
DateMarket valueClub
2010-07-04€150k1.FSV Mainz 05
2010-07-07€1M1.FSV Mainz 05
2010-08-28€1.5MTSV 1860 Munich
2011-01-12€1.5MTSV 1860 Munich
2011-06-04€1.5MTSV 1860 Munich
2011-10-18€1.3MEintracht Frankfurt
2012-01-16€1M1.FSV Mainz 05
2012-06-29€800k1.FSV Mainz 05
2013-01-13€500k1.FSV Mainz 05
2013-06-30€600k1.FSV Mainz 05
2014-02-12€1.5M1.FSV Mainz 05
2014-07-10€3.5M1.FSV Mainz 05
2015-02-04€3.5M1.FSV Mainz 05
2015-07-01€4M1.FSV Mainz 05
2016-02-15€5M1.FSV Mainz 05
2016-07-22€6M1.FSV Mainz 05
2017-02-07€6M1.FSV Mainz 05
2017-06-19€6M1.FSV Mainz 05
2017-12-28€6M1.FSV Mainz 05
2018-06-05€6M1.FSV Mainz 05
2018-12-18€6M1.FSV Mainz 05
2019-06-05€3.5M1.FSV Mainz 05
2019-12-17€3.5M1.FSV Mainz 05
2020-03-11€1.8M1.FSV Mainz 05
2020-04-08€1.4M1.FSV Mainz 05
2021-02-10€1.4M1.FSV Mainz 05
2021-06-09€2M1.FSV Mainz 05
2021-12-22€2.5M1.FSV Mainz 05
2022-06-09€2.5M1.FSV Mainz 05
2022-11-09€2.5M1.FSV Mainz 05
2023-06-22€2M1.FSV Mainz 05
2023-12-14€1M1.FSV Mainz 05
2024-05-29€800k1.FSV Mainz 05
2024-12-20€800k1.FSV Mainz 05
2025-06-05€800k1.FSV Mainz 05
2025-12-19€600k1.FSV Mainz 05
2026-05-27€600k1.FSV Mainz 05

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
+0.102

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 →

Bundesliga451 players · median €5M

Valued above 2% of the 451 Bundesliga players.

€300k€2M€15M€100M€600kSee them in the Explorer →

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

Valued above 22% of the 2,065 defenders.

€20k€200k€2M€20M€600kSee them in the Explorer →

Where Bell 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).