Froholdt hits 52 games and could end the season on 60 | OneFootball

As the first leg of the Europa League quarter-finals against Nottingham Forest entered the final 30 minutes, Victor Froholdt had already reached the impressive mark of 52 games — and close to 4,000 minutes — this season, for club and country. It is a remarkable record for a midfielder aged just 20, who is enjoying the season of his full breakthrough, both at FC Porto and with the Danish national team, where he became a starter in the decisive stage of qualification for the 2026 World Cup. The Nordic side eventually fell in the play-off against Czechia, in a penalty shootout.

This season, Froholdt has made 43 appearances for the Dragons, one for Copenhagen before his move to the Dragão, and eight for the national team. In theory, he could finish the season with at least 60 official matches under his belt. FC Porto still have six league games left, the second leg of the European tie with Nottingham next Thursday, and the clash with Sporting at the Dragão, which will decide the finalist for the Portuguese Cup. That means eight guaranteed matches, but if the blue and whites go all the way in both knockout competitions, there will be four more — three in the Europa League up to the final in Istanbul and one at Jamor.

To understand the scale of the feat, Diogo Costa, the FC Porto player with the most minutes (3,735), although with one fewer match than Froholdt (42), totals 48 games for club and country. Bednarek, the second most used player (3,428 minutes), has 47 matches in total, and Poland, like Denmark, also reached the World Cup qualifying play-off.

Francesco Farioli has tried to manage the young Dane cautiously. At the end of the year, Froholdt showed some signs of fatigue, but he came back with intensity and energy — traits that define his playing style. The physical side of his game is one of his main weapons, in a player who even played as a... winger at Copenhagen. Even so, of his 43 matches for the blue and whites, only seven came as a used substitute, the most recent against Nottingham. His pace and strength have also contributed to FC Porto’s attacking output, with the midfielder scoring six goals this season.

It is therefore no surprise that Froholdt is attracting attention in the transfer market. In February, the CIES Football Observatory listed the Dane and Rodrigo Mora among the midfielders outside Europe’s top five leagues with the highest estimated transfer value. Froholdt was valued at €69 million, while Mora came in at €62.9 million — impressive figures for a player who only arrived at FC Porto this year.

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