#38 in the leagueof the top 40

Yan Maranhão

Moreirense·Forward

Scoring skill

0.15Goals per 90 minutes above replacement
00.030.31 · 90% credible interval0.71
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What the number means: if Yan Maranhão plays 90 minutes at a neutral venue against an average Liga defence, the model expects 0.15 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 0.03 and 0.31. Fewer minutes, wider interval.

Attacking contribution

+0.18goals and assists per 90 minutes above replacement

#35 of 40 published

0.000.04 – 0.36 · 90% credible interval0.72
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The same structure as the finishing metric, but adding goals and assists together. It sees what the goals-only metric could not: who creates.

Few minutes pull the estimate toward replacement level and widen the interval.

Minutes
1,020
Matches
30
Goals
4
Actual goals/90
0.35
xG skill per 90
0.25
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)
2024-252653
0.16
2025-267401
0.15
2026-27150
0.15

Did he improve? Can't say

Between 2025-26 and 2026-27 the estimate moved +0.007 — but the margin of error on that difference is ±0.125, 19 times larger. In other words: indistinguishable from zero. A big goal season is usually natural variation, not new skill.

Recent appearances

2026-08-09Sp. Braga (home)15' · sub
2026-05-16AVS (home)76' · started
2026-05-11Tondela (away)18' · sub
2026-05-02Estrela (home)45' · sub
2026-04-25Benfica (away)11' · sub
2026-04-20Estoril (home)27' · sub
2026-04-10Famalicão (away)15' · sub
2026-02-21Sporting (home)70' · 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 29,019 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 2026-27); recent transfers may not be reflected.