Thomas
Delaney
CMDenmark · FC Copenhagen
Player dossierSuperliga
ThomasDelaney
CMCentral MidfieldMidfield
- Club
- FC Copenhagen
- League
- Superliga
- Nationality
- Denmark
- Age
- 34
- Height
- 182 cm
- Foot
- Left
- Valued
- 25 May 2026
Reading the valuation
The market values Delaney at €500k. Model A, which never saw Delaney during training, estimates €211k: the market value is 137% above that estimate.
That is a factor of ×2.37. 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 €300k, 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.
- Apps
- 46
- Minutes
- 2,698
- Goals
- 4
- Assists
- 4
- Started
- 35/46
- Min / app
- 59
- 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 Delaney…
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 €500k
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 1,687 midfielders
Dashed ring: the midfielder median (50th percentile)
European club minutes
Share of minutes played in UEFA club competitions.
17% this player0% midfielder median80th 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
- €100k
- Jun 2009
- Peak
- €27M
- Dec 2018
- Model target
- €500k
- May 2026
- Valuations
- 37
- 7 club changes
May 2026: €500k, FC Copenhagen. Dotted lines mark the €2M, €10M and €30M tier boundaries.
Show as a table
| Date | Market value | Club |
|---|---|---|
| 2009-06-21 | €100k | FC Copenhagen U19 |
| 2009-10-14 | €250k | FC Copenhagen |
| 2010-06-03 | €400k | FC Copenhagen |
| 2010-08-20 | €500k | FC Copenhagen |
| 2011-06-15 | €500k | FC Copenhagen |
| 2011-12-29 | €800k | FC Copenhagen |
| 2012-07-18 | €800k | FC Copenhagen |
| 2013-06-17 | €1M | FC Copenhagen |
| 2014-02-10 | €1.5M | FC Copenhagen |
| 2014-08-31 | €1.5M | FC Copenhagen |
| 2015-02-06 | €1.5M | FC Copenhagen |
| 2015-09-02 | €1.5M | FC Copenhagen |
| 2016-01-21 | €1.5M | FC Copenhagen |
| 2016-08-12 | €2M | FC Copenhagen |
| 2016-12-12 | €3.5M | FC Copenhagen |
| 2017-03-22 | €4.5M | SV Werder Bremen |
| 2017-06-19 | €6M | SV Werder Bremen |
| 2017-12-28 | €7.5M | SV Werder Bremen |
| 2018-06-05 | €12M | SV Werder Bremen |
| 2018-07-16 | €22M | Borussia Dortmund |
| 2018-12-18 | €27M | Borussia Dortmund |
| 2019-06-05 | €27M | Borussia Dortmund |
| 2019-12-17 | €22M | Borussia Dortmund |
| 2020-04-08 | €17.5M | Borussia Dortmund |
| 2021-02-10 | €17.5M | Borussia Dortmund |
| 2021-05-26 | €15M | Borussia Dortmund |
| 2021-10-13 | €9M | Sevilla FC |
| 2021-12-30 | €8M | Sevilla FC |
| 2022-06-03 | €7M | Sevilla FC |
| 2022-11-07 | €3M | Sevilla FC |
| 2023-06-22 | €2M | TSG 1899 Hoffenheim |
| 2023-12-19 | €2.5M | RSC Anderlecht |
| 2024-06-04 | €2.5M | RSC Anderlecht |
| 2024-12-09 | €2M | FC Copenhagen |
| 2025-06-16 | €1.2M | FC Copenhagen |
| 2025-12-15 | €800k | FC Copenhagen |
| 2026-05-25 | €500k | FC Copenhagen |
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
- +0.863
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 →Superliga256 players · median €800k
Valued above 25% of the 256 Superliga players.
See them in the Explorer →Midfielders, all leagues1,687 players · median €2M
Valued above 16% of the 1,687 midfielders.
See them in the Explorer →Where Delaney appears
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Near this valuation closest observed values: same league, then same position
- IzzoGKRanders FC · Superliga€500k
- BruggenCBVejle Boldklub · Superliga€500k
- SalquistCBFC Nordsjaelland · Superliga€500k
- VekicGKVejle Boldklub · Superliga€500k
- MilnerCMBrighton & Hove Albion · midfielders€500k
- MoutinhoCMSC Braga · midfielders€500k
- HöflerDMSC Freiburg · midfielders€500k
- StepanenkoDMKolos Kovalivka · midfielders€500k
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).