Cardiff City

Joel Bagan

Defender · Cardiff City · 25 · Ireland

Season score
40.5
Championship 26/27, 12 matches
Last 5 weeks
36.0
average of weeks with 60+ minutes
Market value
€1.0M
+€350k (+54%) since 26 Nov 2025
Transfermarkt, 12 May 2026
Born
3 Sep 2001
Height
183 cm
Foot
L
Contract until
30 Jun 2030
Wikipedia views
3,794 4 weeks

Every week

1–7 Jul 2025 to 20–26 Oct 2026

10 of 69 weeks with 60+ minutes, averaging 39.1 (minutes-weighted); 0 of them 70 or better.

Form bars show the weekly score: no matchunder 60′under 4545–5555–7070+

Every week as a table
WeekMatchesMinutesScoreExpectedUnderlying
20–26 Oct 202619036.644.236.7
13–19 Oct 2026217236.944.636.9
6–12 Oct 202617852.044.152.0
29 Sep – 5 Oct 202611066.243.666.2
22–28 Sep 20261230.243.430.0
15–21 Sep 202619038.343.538.4
8–14 Sep 2026217926.844.926.8
1–7 Sep 2026219140.847.240.8
25–31 Aug 2026218038.548.038.8
18–24 Aug 202619055.147.655.1
11–17 Aug 202619953.146.653.0
4–10 Aug 202619026.050.027.1

Against expectation

How it's expected

Each week's score beside what the player's earlier matches led to expect. Over the last 10 weeks with 60+ minutes: −7.1 a week below expectation.

20.030.040.050.060.04 Aug18 Aug1 Sep15 Sep13 OctExpected 44.2Score 36.6
Transfermarkt €1.0M +€350k (+54%) since 26 Nov 2025 12 May 2026 · its own valuation, revised a few times a year
Current estimate €920k no change recorded 22 Oct 2026 · BSD, seen when squads refresh
Next summer, if it goes like similar cases €837k–€2.2M +18% median of 40 similar past cases; players the same age +0% Closest cases, what their Transfermarkt value then did in a year: Lilian Raolisoa at 25 (€800k, scoring 40.4) +400%; William Ferry at 25 (€900k, scoring 37.2) +67%; Mithat Pala at 24 (€1.4M, scoring 41.1) +114%.
0€250K€500K€750K€1.0M2026AprJulOct€1.0M€920k
Every value as a table
DateSourceValue
22 Oct 2026Current estimate (BSD)€920k
12 May 2026Transfermarkt€1.0M
26 Nov 2025Transfermarkt€650k

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

What the score is made of

Championship 26/27, 1,079 minutes. Each part as a percentile against 546 top-five-league defender seasons of 900+ minutes since 2025/26: 50 is the middle of them (the dashed ring).

Shooting10Creating95Progressing76Keeping the ball0Defending39Aerial53Finishing39
As a table
PartPercentilePer 90 vs average
Shooting10−0.32
Creating95+0.94
Progressing76+0.26
Keeping the ball0−2.26
Defending39−0.10
Aerial53−0.05
Finishing39−0.06

Attention

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

02.0K4.0K6.0K8.0K28 Oct16 Dec3 Feb24 Mar12 May30 Jun18 Aug6 Oct

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same position, last 12 months: the shape of their play, not its level
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Martin Linnes Molde FK · 35 · cheaper41.0€200k88%Compare
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Recent score: the last six months. Cheaper: valued at less than 60% of Joel Bagan.

Seasons

SeasonCompetitionTeamMatchesMinutesScoreUnderlying
Championship 26/27ChampionshipCardiff City121,07940.540.5
EFL Cup 26/27EFL CupCardiff City218030.831.5
UEFA Nations League 26/27UEFA Nations LeagueIreland21260.260.2

Latest matches

16 since July 2025
DateCompetitionOpponentResultMinGoalsAssistsxGxAScore
24 Oct 2026ChampionshipBirmingham CityW 1–090000.030.0836.6
17 Oct 2026Championshipat MiddlesbroughD 2–29000–0.0039.5
13 Oct 2026ChampionshipWatfordW 5–182000.020.1434.1
10 Oct 2026Championshipat Blackburn RoversL 1–27800–0.0852.0
4 Oct 2026UEFA Nations LeagueIsraelD 1–11000–0.0766.2
27 Sep 2026UEFA Nations Leagueat IsraelW 3–0200––30.2
19 Sep 2026ChampionshipCharlton AthleticW 3–190000.030.9338.3
12 Sep 2026Championshipat Bolton WanderersL 0–18900–0.4738.1
8 Sep 2026ChampionshipStoke CityD 1–190000.040.2715.6
5 Sep 2026Championshipat PortsmouthL 0–2101000.030.1030.1
All 16 matches
DateCompetitionOpponentResultMinGoalsAssistsxGxAScore
24 Oct 2026ChampionshipBirmingham CityW 1–090000.030.0836.6
17 Oct 2026Championshipat MiddlesbroughD 2–29000–0.0039.5
13 Oct 2026ChampionshipWatfordW 5–182000.020.1434.1
10 Oct 2026Championshipat Blackburn RoversL 1–27800–0.0852.0
4 Oct 2026UEFA Nations LeagueIsraelD 1–11000–0.0766.2
27 Sep 2026UEFA Nations Leagueat IsraelW 3–0200––30.2
19 Sep 2026ChampionshipCharlton AthleticW 3–190000.030.9338.3
12 Sep 2026Championshipat Bolton WanderersL 0–18900–0.4738.1
8 Sep 2026ChampionshipStoke CityD 1–190000.040.2715.6
5 Sep 2026Championshipat PortsmouthL 0–2101000.030.1030.1
2 Sep 2026Championshipat Queens Park RangersL 1–29000–0.0352.8
29 Aug 2026ChampionshipSheffield UnitedD 2–290000.070.6241.2
25 Aug 2026EFL CupNorwich CityL 1–29000––35.7
22 Aug 2026Championshipat Derby CountyD 2–29000–0.2955.1
17 Aug 2026ChampionshipWrexhamD 1–19900–0.3053.1
8 Aug 2026EFL CupSwindon TownW 3–29000––26.0