Liga Portugal: Victor Froholdt wins Player of the Year and Young Player of the Year awards

[p]The awards were decided exclusively by votes from coaches and captains of the top division and were handed out this Saturday, right after the final whistle of the [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/fc-porto-S2NmScGp/santa-clara-YmQyLBJf/?mid=vcpi6FQp"]Porto victory over Santa Clara[/a] at the Dragão.[/p][h2]The undisputed engine of the champions[/h2][p]Signed in the summer 2025 transfer window, the number 8 immediately established himself as the most indispensable piece in Francesco Farioli's tactical setup. Showing remarkable consistency, [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/froholdt-victor/MT3X8wqn/"]Froholdt[/a] featured in all 34 league matches (starting 31 of them), becoming the [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/fc-porto/S2NmScGp/"]FC Porto[/a] outfield player with the most minutes played in the competition (2,875).[/p][p]In the race for the top Player of the Year award, the Danish international received 43% of the votes, comfortably beating Sporting's duo of [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/suarez-luis/fV4fAvB8/"]Luis Suárez[/a] (29.5%) and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/trincao/vmYemyQS/"]Francisco Trincão[/a] (15%).[/p][image alt="Froholdt's stats this season" id="32a07963-4282-4b04-bcff-641ec74159de" credit-line="Opta" guid="9956e05f-a94e-47c6-8e77-5c1617c1ac90" original-width="768" original-height="576" /][h2]Absolute dominance among the under-21s[/h2][p]The young Nordic's impact was even more overwhelming in the Young Player of the Year category, where he claimed an impressive 49.5% of the votes. The podium in this category was completed by Benfica's [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/schjelderup-andreas/SEp0z7ho/"]Andreas Schjelderup[/a], who finished second with 24.5%, and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/sa-gustavo/IuwioQCH/"]Gustavo Sá[/a], Famalicão's creative midfielder, who rounded up the top three with 15.5% of the votes.[/p][p]At just 20 years old and after a stunning debut season, Froholdt has written his name into the golden gallery of Portuguese football, capping off a memorable year for the [i]azul e branco[/i] universe.[/p][embed guid="f7e51020-c379-491c-baf7-b48291d3baaa" url="https://x.com/FCPorto/status/2055700053797310575" social-type="twitter" /]