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Joel

Silva

CMPortugal · CD Nacional

№ 929573Emerging €822k −0.72

Player dossierLiga Portugal

JoelSilva

CMCentral MidfieldMidfield

Club
CD Nacional
League
Liga Portugal
Nationality
Portugal
Age
23
Height
185 cm
Foot
Left
Valued
28 May 2026

Reading the valuation

The market values Silva at €400k. Model A, which never saw Silva during training, estimates €822k: the market value is 51% below that estimate.

That is a factor of ×2.05. 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 €1.4M, 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.

▼ −0.72A €822k▼ −1.25B €1.4M
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
48
Minutes
2,779
Goals
2
Assists
2
Started
31/48
Min / app
58
Cards
5Y 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 Silva…

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 €400k

Checking API
EmergingEstablishedEliteWorld Class€2M€10M€30M€100k€1M€100MMarket €400kModel A €822k

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 1,687 midfielders

Joel Silva's percentiles among midfielders: Goals per 90 41st, Assists per 90 36th, Minutes, two years 53rd, Starts 41st, Minutes, last 365 days 8th, European club minutes 30th41stGoals36thAssists53rdMinutes41stStarts8thRecent30thEurope

Dashed ring: the midfielder median (50th percentile)

Minutes, two years

Total club minutes in the two-year window: how much the player was used.

2,779 this player2,607 midfielder median53rd percentile

451peer deciles · median line · this player ●9,624

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
Sept 2022
Peak
€800k
May 2025
Model target
€400k
May 2026
Valuations
9
1 club change
May 2026€400kCD NacionalValuation the model is trained to reproduce

May 2026: €400k, CD Nacional. Dotted lines mark the €2M, €10M and €30M tier boundaries.

Show as a table
DateMarket valueClub
2022-09-16€100kBoavista FC
2022-11-01€100kBoavista FC
2023-06-16€200kBoavista FC
2023-12-27€200kBoavista FC
2024-06-06€300kBoavista FC
2024-12-19€600kBoavista FC
2025-05-30€800kBoavista FC
2025-12-18€400kCD Nacional
2026-05-28€400kCD Nacional

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
−0.720

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 →

Liga Portugal423 players · median €1M

Valued above 12% of the 423 Liga Portugal players.

€20k€200k€2M€20M€400kSee them in the Explorer →

Midfielders, all leagues1,687 players · median €2M

Valued above 12% of the 1,687 midfielders.

€20k€200k€2M€20M€400kSee them in the Explorer →

Where Silva 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).