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

As the first leg of the Europa League quarter-final against Nottingham Forest entered its final 30 minutes, Victor Froholdt had already reached the impressive mark of 52 matches — and close to 4,000 minutes — this season, for club and country. It is a remarkable record for a midfielder who is only 20 years old and is enjoying the breakout season of his career, 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 the Czech Republic, losing on penalties.

This season, Froholdt has made 43 appearances for the Dragons, one for Copenhagen before moving 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 matches left, the second leg of the European tie against Nottingham next Thursday, and the clash with Sporting at the Dragão, which will decide the finalist for the Portuguese Cup. That makes eight guaranteed matches, but if the blue and whites go all the way in both knockout competitions, there would be four more — three in the Europa League up to the final in Istanbul and one at Jamor.

To put the achievement into perspective, Diogo Costa, the FC Porto player with the most minutes (3,735), although with one fewer match than Froholdt (42), has played 48 matches in total for club and country. Bednarek, meanwhile, the second most-used player (3,428 minutes), has made 47 appearances overall, with Poland, like Denmark, also reaching the World Cup qualifying play-off.

Francesco Farioli has tried to manage the young Dane carefully. At the end of the year, Froholdt showed some signs of fatigue, but he came back with intensity and energy — traits that define his style of play. His physical attributes are one of his main strengths, in a player who even operated as a… winger at Copenhagen. Even so, of his 43 matches for the blue and whites, only seven have come as a 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 on the market. In February, the CIES Football Observatory ranked 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 was placed at €62.9 million — impressive figures for a player who only arrived at FC Porto this year.

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