Danish Football Player of the Year

The Danish Player of the Year award is an annual prize, which has been given to the best Danish football (soccer) player by the Danish Football Player Association since 1963. The winner is decided in a vote amongst the professional Danish footballers.

Jens Petersen was the first player to win the award in 1963. When receiving the award in 1975, Henning Munk Jensen became the first player to win the prize for a second time. Up until 1978, the Danish Football Association's rule of amateurism meant only players in the domestic league could win the prize. Even after the emergence of paid football in Denmark in 1978, no players in foreign clubs were eligible for the award - in part, the reason why 1977 European Footballer of the Year striker Allan Simonsen didn't win the award, as he played overseas from 1972 to 1983. When the award was finally opened to all Danish players in 1983, national team captain Morten Olsen was the first player to win the award. Record title holder is Brian Laudrup, with four "Danish Player of the Year" honours to his name. Brøndby IF is the football club with most players selected for the award: In total, the honour was given on eight occasions to a player who played that year at Brøndby.

Winners

1961 Harald Nielsen, Frederikshavn/Bologna 1963 Jens Petersen, Esbjerg 1964 Ole Madsen, HIK 1965 Kaj Poulsen, Vejle 1966 Leif Nielsen, Frem 1967 Johnny Hansen, Vejle 1968 Henning Munk Jensen, AaB 1969 Allan Michaelsen, B 1903 1970 Jan Larsen, AB 1971 Birger Pedersen, Hvidovre 1972 Per Røntved, Brønshøj 1973 Hans Aabech, Hvidovre 1974 Niels-Christian Holmstrøm, KB 1975 Henning Munk Jensen (2), AaB 1976 Flemming Ahlberg, Frem 1977 Allan Hansen, OB 1978 Ole Kjær, Esbjerg 1979 Jens Jørn Bertelsen, Esbjerg 1980 Lars Bastrup, AGF 1981 Allan Hansen (2), OB 1982 Michael Laudrup, Brøndby 1983 Morten Olsen, Anderlecht 1984 Preben Elkjær, Verona 1985 Michael Laudrup (2), Juventus

1986 Morten Olsen (2), Köln 1987 John 'Faxe' Jensen, Brøndby 1988 Lars Olsen, Brøndby 1989 Brian Laudrup, Brøndby/Bayer Uerdingen 1990 Peter Schmeichel, Brøndby 1991 Kim Vilfort, Brøndby 1992 Brian Laudrup (2), Bayern Munich/Fiorentina 1993 Peter Schmeichel (2), Manchester United 1994 Thomas Helveg, Udinese 1995 Brian Laudrup (3), Rangers 1996 Allan Nielsen, Brøndby/Tottenham Hotspur 1997 Brian Laudrup (4), Rangers 1998 Ebbe Sand, Brøndby 1999 Peter Schmeichel (3), Manchester United 2000 René Henriksen, Panathinaikos 2001 Ebbe Sand (2), FC Schalke 04 2002 Jon Dahl Tomasson, Feyenoord/Milan 2003 Morten Wieghorst, Brøndby 2004 Jon Dahl Tomasson (2), Milan 2005 Christian Poulsen, Schalke 04 2006 Christian Poulsen (2), Schalke 04/Sevilla 2007 Daniel Agger, Liverpool F.C. 2008 Martin Laursen, Aston Villa 2009 Simon Kjær, Palermo 2010 William Kvist, F.C. Copenhagen

Danish Football Association's award

Since 2006 has Danish Football Association, in association with the TV-station TV2, also awarded the best football player in Denmark. The winner of the award is announced at the annual award show called Dansk Fodbold Award.

The past winners of DBUs "Danish player of the year".

2006 Christian Poulsen, Schalke 04/Sevilla 2007 Dennis Rommedahl, Ajax 2008 Martin Laursen, Aston Villa 2009 Nicklas Bendtner, Arsenal 2010 Dennis Rommedahl, Ajax/Olympiacos 2011 Christian Eriksen, Ajax

Young Players of the Year

Sponsored by Arla Foods, the awards were initially known as Mælkens talentpriser (the milk's talent awards) in order to promote the line of dairy products of the company then known as "MD Foods". DBU found new sponsor DONG (later DONG Energy), an oil company, in 2004 but Arla went on to sponsor the prize which was renamed Arla's talentpriser (Arla's talent awards) in 2005.[1][2][3]

Year	U/21	U/19	U/17
1987	*Johnny Mølby, Vejle	Anders Maibom, B 1909	Diego Tur, B 1903
1988	*Henrik Risom, Vejle	Jens Madsen, Brøndby	Ronnie Ekelund, Brøndby
1989	*Brian Steen Nielsen, Vejle	*Jacob Laursen, Vejle	Jeppe Tengbjerg, KB
1990	Steen Nedergaard, Odense	*Martin & *Michael Johansen KB	Kenni Sommer, Silkeborg
1991	*Miklos Molnar, Servette	Christian Duus, Silkeborg	Jesper Søgaard, Vejle
1992	*Jakob Kjeldbjerg, Silkeborg	Thomas Jensen, AaB	Simon Karkov, Esbjerg
1993	*Jesper Kristensen, Brøndby	*Ulrik Laursen, Odense	Michael Kremer, Brøndby
1994	*Thomas Rytter, Lyngby	*Jon Dahl Tomasson, Køge	Carsten Lektonen, Odense
1995	*Niclas Jensen, Lyngby	*Jesper Grønkjær, AaB	Dan Anton Johansen, Brøndby
1996	*Martin Jørgensen, AGF Aarhus	Stefan K. Hansen, Copenhagen	*Kasper Bøgelund, Odense
1997	*Ole Tobiasen, Ajax	*Lars Jacobsen, Odense	Jesper Håkansson, Frem
1998	Mikkel Jensen, Brøndby	*Peter Løvenkrands, AB	Tom Christensen, AGF Aarhus
1999	Christian Magleby, Lyngby	*Hjalte Bo Nørregaard, Copenhagen	Claus Pedersen, Odense
2000	*Martin Albrechtsen, AB	Allan Olesen, Brøndby	Martin Bergvold, KB
2001	*Christian Poulsen, Copenhagen	*Rasmus Würtz, Skive	*Kasper Lorentzen, Brøndby
2002	*Jan Kristiansen, Esbjerg	Jeppe Curth, Feyenoord	*Michael Jakobsen, B 93
2003	*Stephan Andersen, AB	*Morten "Duncan" Rasmussen, AGF Aarhus	Lasse Qvist, Lyngby
2004	*Thomas Kahlenberg, Brøndby	Søren Christensen, Nykøbing FA	*Nicklas Bendtner, Arsenal
2005	*Daniel Agger, Liverpool	Magnus Troest, Midtjylland	Rasmus Christiansen, Lyngby
2006	*Niki Zimling, Esbjerg	*Mike Jensen, Brøndby	Mads Albæk, Midtjylland
2007	Kasper Schmeichel, Manchester City	*Simon Kjær, Midtjylland	Nikola Saric, Herfølge
2008	*Michael Lumb, AGF Aarhus	*Mathias "Zanka" Jørgensen, Copenhagen	*Christian Eriksen, OB
2009	*Anders Randrup, Brøndby	Thomas Delaney, Copenhagen	Niels Bisp Rasmussen, Vejle
2010	Jonas Lössl, Midtjylland	Jannik Vestergaard, Hoffenheim	Kenneth Zohore, Copenhagen

(*) Players who have played at least one match for the senior national team.

External links

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