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Deniz Gül

Porto·Forward

Scoring skill

0.13Goals per 90 minutes above replacement
00.02 – 0.26 · 90% credible interval0.60
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What the number means: if Deniz Gül plays 90 minutes at a neutral venue against an average Liga defence, the model expects 0.13 more goals than if that place were taken by a replacement-level player — the kind of signing any club can make for free. Goals are capped (winsorized) before the estimate, so one four-goal afternoon is not read as permanent skill.

The model puts 90% probability on the true value lying between 0.02 and 0.26. Fewer minutes, wider interval.

Minutes
1,642
Matches
43
Goals
6
Actual goals/90
0.33
xG skill per 90
0.22
P(above replacement)
98%

Season by season

Goals go up and down; the skill estimate barely moves. That is by design: the model only admits a change in skill when the data demand one, and across three Liga Portugal seasons they never have.

SeasonMinutesGoalsSkill (with margin)
2024-254621
0.13
2025-261,1805
0.13

Did he improve? Can't say

Between 2024-25 and 2025-26 the estimate moved +0.003 — but the margin of error on that difference is ±0.105, many times larger. In other words: indistinguishable from zero. A big goal season is usually natural variation, not new skill.

Recent appearances

2026-05-16Santa Clara (home)56' · started—
2026-05-10AVS (away)90' · started1 goal
2026-05-02Alverca (home)90' · started—
2026-04-26Estrela (away)61' · started2 goals
2026-04-19Tondela (home)88' · started—
2026-04-12Estoril (away)70' · started—
2026-04-04Famalicão (home)29' · sub—
2026-03-22Sp. Braga (away)55' · started—

Match-by-match data (SofaScore). The rating is the provider's, not the model's — the model only uses goals, minutes and opponent.

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Bayesian player model fitted on 28,735 individual appearances since 2023-24, with a 600-minute minimum to qualify. Club = the player's most recent club in the data (2023-24 to 2025-26); recent transfers may not be reflected.