Stephan Zagadou

17 yrs · Centre-back · France
Le Havre AC · Ligue 1 · Foot: right · Height: 186 cm
Risk: Very HighConfidence: LowSample: LowDevelopment: Very HighContract: Data unavailable
Market value
€4.0M
Updated 6 days ago
Estimated acquisition
€3.5M – €17.8M
Estimated · 20–80% range
Model value
€312k – €3.2M
Performance-implied · estimated
Projected (24m)
€2.3M – €16.8M
Resale range · estimated
Potential value gap
-€17.5M – -€264k
Model value − acquisition

Value picture

Where the market, the likely price and the model estimates sit.

Estimated acquisition€3.5M – €17.8M
Model value (performance-implied)€312k – €3.2M
Projected value (24 months)€2.3M – €16.8M
Dashed line: current market value (€4.0M). Bars are 20–80% model ranges; tick = median.

The model rates Stephan Zagadou's performance-implied value at EUR 0.3M-3.2M, below the estimated acquisition range of EUR 3.5M-17.8M. Its 24-month market value projection is EUR 2.3M-16.8M. Confidence is low: no event-level data (xG, progressive actions) is available from the current free source, and injury history is unavailable.

Acquisition note: Contract end date unavailable: range widened by 15% each side.

Bargain Index: not assigned

What drives the score. Not a black box: each component and its level.

Insufficient sample (< 900 league minutes)

PerformanceBelow average34.8th pct among DEF peers (age-neutral)
AgeVery favorable17.7 years
Acquisition costVery unfavorableest. €10.0M vs market €4.0M
Expected appreciationVery high+96% over ~2 years (model)
Value gapVery negativeweak predictor on its own
DevelopmentVery Highbreakout probability 64%
League translationBig-five leagueleague coefficient 0.88
Tactical fitNot evaluatedRequires event/role data not available from the current free source.
RiskVery High
Data confidenceLow

Bargain Index = percentile (among all evaluated players) of expected 2-year value relative to estimated cost. See methodology and backtests.

Market value history

Market value ≠ transfer fee ≠ acquisition cost.

Highest recorded: €4.0M

Profile vs positional peers

Percentiles among 1269 evaluated DEF players with 900+ minutes.

Performance (last season, league)

Minutes
498 (16% of available)
Goals + assists / 90
0.18
Context-adjusted G+A / 90
0.18
xG, xA, progression
Data unavailable
Defensive actions
Data unavailable
Performance percentile
35 (Below average)

Adjusted = shrunk toward positional baseline for small samples, corrected for team dominance over opponents, expressed relative to positional peers in the same league.

Context

League strength
0.88 (rank 5)
Team strength (Elo)
1361
Opponent strength
1569
Possession, role
Data unavailable

League strength 1.00 = average club of the big-five leagues. Elo includes continental matches.

Potential

Development
Very High
Trajectory
insufficient
Breakout probability
64%
Resale range (24m)
€2.3M – €16.8M

Historical comparables (8): median 2-year value change +15% (IQR -28% to +50%).

Risk profile

Overall: Very High

  • ▲Small sample: 498 league minutes last season.
  • ▲Projection range among the widest 10% of evaluated players.
  • ⚠No continental-competition minutes last season.
  • ⚠Played under 40% of available league minutes (injury data unavailable, cause unknown).
  • ⓘContract end date unavailable (or stale in source).
  • ⓘInjury history unavailable from current data source.

League translation

What happened to players who moved from this league to the big-five leagues (observed, not a forecast).

Already playing in a big-five league.

Output is relative to positional peers in each league. Movers are a selected group (clubs buy players who fit), so treat this as context, not a guarantee.

Season-by-season (domestic league)

Context-adjusted values are model outputs.

SeasonClubLeaguePosAppsMinMin shareGAG+A/90Adj. G+A/90Opp. EloTeam EloLeague str.
2025/26Le Havre ACLigue 1CB849816%100.180.18156913610.88

Historical comparables

Most similar profiles 2+ years ago (same position group) and what happened next. Chosen by similarity only — failures included.

Player (then)AgeValue then~2y laterOutcome
Kaiky
Laliga · 2024
20€2.0M€2.0Mflat
Saïdou Sow
Ligue 1 · 2022
20€4.0M€2.5Mfell
Jean-Clair Todibo
Ligue 1 · 2019
20€8.0M€12.0Mrose
Reece Oxford
Bundesliga · 2019
21€4.0M€3.0Mfell
Linus Gechter
Bundesliga · 2022
18€4.5M€1.8Mfell
Diego Laxalt
Serie A · 2014
21€3.0M€4.5Mrose
Marc Oliver Kempf
Bundesliga · 2015
20€3.0M€4.0Mrose
Nicolas Cozza
Ligue 1 · 2018
19€1.0M€3.6Mrose

Transfer history

Fees as reported by the source; undisclosed fees shown as unknown, never estimated.

DateFromToFeeMV at time
1 Jul 2025Le Havre U19Le Havre ACUnknownData unavailable
1 Jul 2024Le Havre U17Le Havre U19UnknownData unavailable
1 Jul 2023Créteil YouthLe Havre U17Free / loanData unavailable

MoneyballAI identifies statistical opportunities from available data. A player flagged as a potential bargain is not guaranteed to succeed, to transfer, to rise in value, or to generate resale profit. Market values, fees and contracts come from third-party sources; ranges are model estimates with stated confidence.