Inside a valuation: German Ignatov
From the model's €2.2M starting point to €646k, one input at a time, and where that lands against an observed €600k.
Built from Published SHAP output for the served Model A (reports/explainability); the player was in its training data.10 chapters
Observed €600kModel A €646k (served, in-sample)Premier Liga · Centre-Back
German
Ignatov
Chapter 01: The valuation
German Ignatov: 20, centre-back in Premier Liga. Transfermarkt's valuation is €600k, in the Emerging tier. This story follows how Model A arrives at its own figure, one input at a time.
Chapter 02: Where every estimate starts
Before it looks at this player, Model A sits at €2.2M: its average output across the players it was trained on. Every player's journey starts here. Each input then multiplies the estimate up or down.
Chapter 03: League
League (Premier Liga, Russia) lowers the estimate ×0.62: from €2.2M to €1.3M.
Across all modelled players this input moves Model A's estimate by ×1.96 on average, in one direction or the other. Here it moves it less than usual.
Chapter 04: Age
Age (20.8 yrs) raises the estimate ×1.62: from €1.3M to €2.2M.
Across all modelled players this input moves Model A's estimate by ×1.60 on average, in one direction or the other. Here it moves it more than usual.
Chapter 05: Minutes (last 365 days)
Minutes (last 365 days) (621) lowers the estimate ×0.73: from €2.2M to €1.6M.
Across all modelled players this input moves Model A's estimate by ×1.19 on average, in one direction or the other. Here it moves it more than usual.
Chapter 06: Appearances
Appearances (29) lowers the estimate ×0.76: from €1.6M to €1.2M.
Across all modelled players this input moves Model A's estimate by ×1.28 on average, in one direction or the other. Here it moves it more than usual.
Chapter 07: Club points per game
Club points per game (1.10) lowers the estimate ×0.77: from €1.2M to €921k.
Across all modelled players this input moves Model A's estimate by ×1.38 on average, in one direction or the other. Here it moves it less than usual.
Chapter 08: Everything else
The remaining 15 inputs are individually small. Together they lower the estimate ×0.70, to €646k.
Chapter 09: The estimate
After all 20 inputs, Model A says €646k. Transfermarkt says €600k. The residual, log(observed) − log(estimate), is −0.074: the observed value is below the estimate, so the model over-predicts by ×1.08.
The served model was trained on this player, so this is an in-sample figure; on unseen players a typical miss is ×1.50.
Chapter 10: What this is not
SHAP describes the model's arithmetic for these inputs. It is not a price, a scouting judgement or a statement about what causes value, and the order of the steps is by size, not sequence.
The same record, with Model B and the player's traits, is in the dossier.
Every Model A valuation starts at €2.2M, the model's average output over the players it was trained on (log 14.592).