Victor Froholdt named Footballer of the Year in Denmark | OneFootball

Victor Froholdt was named Footballer of the Year 2025 by the Danish Football Association, the most prestigious recognition awarded by that organization. Two weeks after being honored as the winner of the Talent of the Year award, the 19-year-old midfielder becomes only the second player to receive both honors simultaneously, following in the footsteps of Simon Kjær, who achieved this in 2009.

The number 8 of FC Porto reaches this milestone at the end of a remarkable season, both individually and collectively. In the first months of 2025, Froholdt won the Danish Championship and Cup, made his debut for the national team, and transferred to Invicta, where he quickly established himself as a key player in the starting eleven of Francesco Farioli, also being recognized by the Liga Portugal coaches as Young Player, Midfielder, and Player of the Month in August.

With two goals and four assists in the first 22 matches of the season – during which the team won 19, drew two, and lost only one – the midfielder, signed from FC Copenhagen, was highlighted as the most influential player in the league in victories over Gil Vicente (0-2), FC Arouca (0-4), FC Famalicão (0-1), and CD Tondela (0-2), in addition to being among the finalists for the Golden Boy award.

After the votes were counted, Victor Froholdt was the top choice among Danish footballers and surpassed Morten Hjulmand (Sporting CP) and Pierre-Emile Højbjerg (Olympique de Marseille) in the race for the 2025 Footballer of the Year title, succeeding Morten Hjulmand (2024), Andreas Christensen (2023), Pierre-Emile Højbjerg (2022), Simon Kjær (2021), and Kasper Schmeichel (2020) on the honors list.

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