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Alex Paulsen

Alex Paulsen

Goalkeeper · Motherwell · 24 · New Zealand

388 on the breakout watchlist Compare with others

Season score
52.5
Premiership 26/27, 9 matches
Last 5 weeks
50.5
average of weeks with 60+ minutes
Market value
€500k
−€250k (−33%) since 8 Dec 2025
Transfermarkt, 4 Jun 2026

Photo: JaumeBG, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Born
4 Jul 2002
Height
184 cm
Foot
R
Contract until
31 May 2027
Wikipedia views
3,204 4 weeks

Wikipedia Wikidata Transfermarkt

Every week

1–7 Jul 2025 to 20–26 Oct 2026

8 of 69 weeks with 60+ minutes, averaging 51.9 (minutes-weighted); 0 of them 70 or better.

no matchunder 60′under 4545–5555–7070+

Every week as a table
WeekMatchesMinutesScoreExpectedUnderlying
13–19 Oct 202619637.252.137.2
6–12 Oct 202619069.250.769.2
15–21 Sep 2026218043.051.143.0
1–7 Sep 2026218460.650.560.6
25–31 Aug 2026218545.651.245.6
18–24 Aug 202619055.351.455.3
4–10 Aug 202619450.951.550.9
28 Jul – 3 Aug 202619060.850.060.8

Against expectation

How it's expected

Each week's score beside what the player's earlier matches led to expect. Over the last 8 weeks with 60+ minutes: level with expectation (+0.9 a week).

30.040.050.060.070.028 Jul4 Aug18 Aug25 Aug1 Sep15 Sep6 Oct13 OctExpected 52.1Score 37.2
388

On the breakout watchlist

A 17% chance of breaking out within a year, on how players like them went before. Underlying 51.9 over 1,009 minutes in the last year, down 0.9 over the last 10 weeks. Valued €500k against €7.0M expected. See the list

Market value

Where these come from
Transfermarkt €500k −€250k (−33%) since 8 Dec 2025 4 Jun 2026 · its own valuation, revised a few times a year
Current estimate €520k no change recorded 22 Oct 2026 · BSD, seen when squads refresh
Next summer, if it goes like similar cases €500k–€1.6M +50% median of 40 similar past cases; players the same age +7% Closest cases, what their Transfermarkt value then did in a year: Jovan Manev at 23 (€450k, scoring 50.0) −22%; Sidoine Fogning at 23 (€500k, scoring 49.7) −60%; Marco Moreno at 23 (€600k, scoring 51.3) +17%.
0€200K€400K€600K€800K20192020202120222023202420252026€500k€520k
Every value as a table
DateSourceValue
22 Oct 2026Current estimate (BSD)€520k
4 Jun 2026Transfermarkt€500k
8 Dec 2025Transfermarkt€750k
3 Jun 2025Transfermarkt€750k
9 Jan 2025Transfermarkt€600k
28 May 2024Transfermarkt€450k
8 Jan 2024Transfermarkt€350k
5 Apr 2023Transfermarkt€150k
6 May 2022Transfermarkt€150k
1 Oct 2021Transfermarkt€100k
9 Jan 2020Transfermarkt€25k
15 May 2019Transfermarkt€50k
5 Jan 2019Transfermarkt€50k
1 Oct 2018Transfermarkt€25k

Two different estimates, so each is its own line and each change is measured within its own line.

Moves

All transfers
DateMoveFee
30 Jun 2026Lechia Gdansk BournemouthFree or loan
25 Aug 2025Bournemouth Lechia GdanskFree or loan
30 Jun 2025Auckland FC BournemouthFree or loan
9 Aug 2024Bournemouth Auckland FCFree or loan
1 Jul 2024Wellington Bournemouth€2.3M
13 Sep 2021Lower Hutt City WellingtonFree or loan

What the score is made of

Premiership 26/27: each part per 90 minutes against the average goalkeeper in the top five leagues (0), in standard deviations.

  • Shot stopping +0.33
  • Claiming +0.16
  • Sweeping −0.13
  • Distribution +0.47

Attention

English Wikipedia views per week, the article and its redirects, last 52 weeks.

02.5K5.0K7.5K10K28 Oct16 Dec3 Feb24 Mar12 May30 Jun18 Aug6 Oct

Plays most like

same position, last 12 months: the shape of their play, not its level
PlayerRecent scoreValue nowLikeness
Alex Paulsen Motherwell · 2451.9€500k-Infinity%Compare
Scott Bain Falkirk FC · 34 · cheaper52.1€100kNaN%Compare
Jack James Walton Dundee United · 2847.3€600kNaN%Compare
Beau Reus Heart of Midlothian · 2447.8€1.5MNaN%Compare
Ivor Pandur Rangers · 2654.3€5.5MNaN%Compare
Raphael Sallinger Hibernian · 3053.5€450kNaN%Compare

Recent score: the last six months. Cheaper: valued at less than 60% of Alex Paulsen.

Seasons

SeasonCompetitionTeamMatchesMinutesScoreUnderlying
Premiership 26/27Scottish PremiershipMotherwell982952.552.5
UEFA Conference League 26/27Conference LeagueMotherwell218049.149.1

Latest matches

11 since July 2025
DateCompetitionOpponentResultMinGoalsAssistsxGxAScore
17 Oct 2026Scottish Premiershipat KilmarnockL 2–39600–0.0037.2
11 Oct 2026Scottish PremiershipCelticL 0–29000–0.0069.2
19 Sep 2026Scottish Premiershipat Dundee FCL 1–29000–0.0158.1
15 Sep 2026Scottish PremiershipAberdeenL 0–49000–0.0027.8
5 Sep 2026Scottish Premiershipat RangersL 0–19400–0.0068.5
2 Sep 2026Scottish PremiershipDundee UnitedW 3–09000–0.0052.3
30 Aug 2026Scottish Premiershipat St. MirrenD 3–39500–0.0048.1
27 Aug 2026Conference Leagueat SC FreiburgL 1–49000––43.0
20 Aug 2026Conference LeagueSC FreiburgL 1–39000––55.3
9 Aug 2026Scottish PremiershipFalkirk FCD 0–09400–0.0050.9
All 11 matches
DateCompetitionOpponentResultMinGoalsAssistsxGxAScore
17 Oct 2026Scottish Premiershipat KilmarnockL 2–39600–0.0037.2
11 Oct 2026Scottish PremiershipCelticL 0–29000–0.0069.2
19 Sep 2026Scottish Premiershipat Dundee FCL 1–29000–0.0158.1
15 Sep 2026Scottish PremiershipAberdeenL 0–49000–0.0027.8
5 Sep 2026Scottish Premiershipat RangersL 0–19400–0.0068.5
2 Sep 2026Scottish PremiershipDundee UnitedW 3–09000–0.0052.3
30 Aug 2026Scottish Premiershipat St. MirrenD 3–39500–0.0048.1
27 Aug 2026Conference Leagueat SC FreiburgL 1–49000––43.0
20 Aug 2026Conference LeagueSC FreiburgL 1–39000––55.3
9 Aug 2026Scottish PremiershipFalkirk FCD 0–09400–0.0050.9
2 Aug 2026Scottish Premiershipat HibernianW 2–19000–0.0060.8