Hjulmand up for award, Sporting midfielder tipped as favourite | OneFootball

In the race for the title of Denmark's best player in 2025, two footballers playing in Portugal are contenders: Victor Froholdt and Morten Hjulmand. The third competitor is Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg, who plays for Marseille, with the Sporting midfielder being the favorite to win the award.

The footballer from the Alvalade Club - who is expected to miss the next match for the lions - was already named player of the year in Denmark in 2024, and could be honored for the second time, after playing a crucial role in winning the Portuguese League and the Portuguese Cup last season.

At 19 years old, Froholdt is nominated for the first time, thanks to his season start at Porto, with the decisive contribution of the young midfielder, who also became Danish champion in 2024/25, representing Copenhagen, before transferring to the dragons.

The Sporting and Porto players will thus face competition from Hojbjerg, 30 years old, a midfielder for the French team, in the race for the award chosen by the players themselves, with the winner to be announced by the federation at a date yet to be announced.

This season, wearing the Sporting jersey, Morten Hjulmand – valued at 50 million euros – participated in 17 matches: 11 in the Liga Portugal Betclic, four in the Champions League, one in the Portuguese Cup, and another in the Super Cup. In the 1,540 minutes he was on the field, the lions' captain scored two goals and made one assist.

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