Danish Player of the Year
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The Danish Player of the Year award is an annual prize, which has been given to the best Danish
Denmark
Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...

 football (soccer)
Football (soccer)
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...

 player by the Danish Football Player Association since 1963. The winner is decided in a vote amongst the professional Danish footballers.

Jens Petersen
Jens Petersen
Jens Petersen is a retired Danish football player and manager. He was born in Esbjerg. During his playing career he played for Esbjerg fB and Varde IF in Denmark, Aberdeen in Scotland, SK Rapid Wien in Austria, and Racing Mechelen in Belgium...

 was the first player to win the award in 1963. When receiving the award in 1975, Henning Munk Jensen
Henning Munk Jensen
Henning Munk Jensen is a Danish former association football player in the defender position. He most prominently played professionally for Dutch team PSV Eindhoven, as well as 392 games for AaB in Denmark during the 1960s...

 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
European Footballer of the Year
The "", literally translated as "the golden ball" and often referred to as the European Footballer of the Year award, was an annual association football award. It was presented to the player who had been considered to have performed the best over the previous calendar year...

 striker Allan Simonsen
Allan Simonsen
Allan Rodenkam Simonsen is a former Danish footballer and manager. He most prominently played for German team Borussia Mönchengladbach, winning the 1975 and 1979 UEFA Cups, as well as for Barcelona from Spain, winning the 1982 Cup WInners' Cup...

 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
Morten Olsen
Morten Per Olsen is a Danish football manager and former football player. He has been the head coach of the Danish national team since 2000, guiding Denmark to the 2002 FIFA World Cup, 2004 European Championship and 2010 FIFA World Cup...

 was the first player to win the award. Record title holder is Brian Laudrup
Brian Laudrup
Brian Laudrup is a Danish former football player and current football commentator, pundit and analyst on TV3+. Along with former international goalkeeper Lars Høgh, Laudrup manages a football academy for marginalized youth...

, with four "Danish Player of the Year" honours to his name. Brøndby IF
Brøndby IF
Brøndby IF is a Danish professional football club based in Brøndbyvester, Brøndby, on the western outskirts of Copenhagen and is the biggest football club in Denmark with almost 2000 members. The club is also known as Brøndbyernes Idrætsforening, or Brøndby and BIF for short...

 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
    Harald Nielsen
    Harald Ingemann Nielsen is a Danish former football player, who most notably played professionally for Italian club Bologna F.C. where he was the league top scorer in Bologna's 1964 Serie A championship winning season...

    , Frederikshavn
    Frederikshavn
    This article is about a Danish town. For the German town, see Friedrichshafen, and for the Finnish town, see Fredrikshamn .Frederikshavn is a Danish town in Frederikshavn municipality, Region Nordjylland on the northeast coast of the Jutland peninsula in northern Denmark. Its name translates to...

    /Bologna
    Bologna F.C. 1909
    Bologna Football Club 1909, known simply as Bologna, is an Italian Football League club based in Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, formed in 1993. The club are nicknamed the rossoblù because of the red and blue striped shirts they wear. Red and Blue are the official colours of the town.During its history...

  • 1963 Jens Petersen
    Jens Petersen
    Jens Petersen is a retired Danish football player and manager. He was born in Esbjerg. During his playing career he played for Esbjerg fB and Varde IF in Denmark, Aberdeen in Scotland, SK Rapid Wien in Austria, and Racing Mechelen in Belgium...

    , Esbjerg
    Esbjerg fB
    Esbjerg forenede Boldklubber also referred to as Esbjerg fB or simply EfB is a professional Danish football club from the port city of Esbjerg in West Jutland. The club was formed in 1924, as a merger between Esbjerg Boldklub af 1898 and Esbjerg Amatørklub af 1911. The club has training facilities...

  • 1964 Ole Madsen
    Ole Madsen
    Ole Eduard Fischer Madsen is a former international footballer from Denmark. He scored 42 goals in 50 matches for the national team. Danish football fans remember him for scoring on a heel kick against Sweden in 1965. He died at age 71 in 2006.His clubs as a player include BK Stefan, HIK and...

    , HIK
    Hellerup IK
    Hellerup IK or HIK is a Danish sport club from Hellerup, Copenhagen. Their football team currently plays in the Danish 2nd Division East.HIK consists also of a handball and a tennis section.-Current squad:-Achievements:...

  • 1965 Kaj Poulsen
    Kaj Poulsen
    Kaj Kvistgård Poulsen, known as Kaj Poulsen, is a Danish former association footballer in the striker position, who played 141 games and scored 29 goals for Vejle Boldklub. He played five matches for the Denmark national football team, and scored one goal against Wales in a qualification game for...

    , Vejle
  • 1966 Leif Nielsen
    Leif Nielsen
    Leif Bernhard Nielsen is a Danish former football goalkeeper, who was named the 1966 Danish Player of the Year. He played 28 games for the Denmark national football team, and participated in the 1964 European Championship. He played for BK Frem in Denmark...

    , Frem
  • 1967 Johnny Hansen, Vejle
  • 1968 Henning Munk Jensen
    Henning Munk Jensen
    Henning Munk Jensen is a Danish former association football player in the defender position. He most prominently played professionally for Dutch team PSV Eindhoven, as well as 392 games for AaB in Denmark during the 1960s...

    , AaB
  • 1969 Allan Michaelsen
    Allan Michaelsen
    Allan Michaelsen is a Danish former football player and manager.He was voted Danish Football Player of the Year in 1969.He is the father of Jan Michaelsen.-External links:* * *...

    , B 1903
  • 1970 Jan Larsen
    Jan Larsen
    Jan Larsen was a Danish football player, who played 29 games as a defender for the Denmark national football team from 1968 to 1971. He was named 1970 Danish Football Player of the Year. During his career, he played for HB, AB, and Skovshoved IF.-External links:*...

    , AB
    Akademisk Boldklub
    Akademisk Boldklub or AB is a Danish professional football club from Copenhagen,currently playing at the second highest level in Danish domestic football, the 1st Division.-History:...

  • 1971 Birger Pedersen
    Birger Pedersen
    Birger Lindberg Pedersen, known as Birger Pedersen, is a Danish former association footballer in the midfielder position, who played 183 games and scored 41 goals for Danish club Hvidovre IF...

    , Hvidovre
    Hvidovre IF
    Hvidovre IF is a Danish football club, founded on 15 October 1925 in Hvidovre.- Current squad :As of 2011-03-21...

  • 1972 Per Røntved
    Per Røntved
    Per Christian Røntved is a Danish former footballer, who played professionally for German club SV Werder Bremen from 1972 to 1979. He also played for Danish clubs Brønshøj BK, Randers Freja, and Hvidovre IF...

    , Brønshøj
    Brønshøj BK
    Brønshøj Boldklub is a Danish football club, currently playing in the Danish 1st Division.-Current squad:As of November 13, 2011-Famous players:Patrick Tronborg Kent Nielsen...

  • 1973 Hans Aabech
    Hans Aabech
    Hans Vilhelm Aabech is a Danish former football player. He played for a number of clubs, including Hvidovre IF, Kjøbenhavns Boldklub and Lyngby Boldklub in Denmark, Club Brugge and K.V. Oostende in Belgium, and Dutch clubs Twente Enschede and De Graafschap. He played three games for the Denmark...

    , Hvidovre
  • 1974 Niels-Christian Holmstrøm
    Niels-Christian Holmstrøm
    Niels-Christian Holmstrøm is a Danish former football player, manager, chief consultant in Team Danmark and sports director of Danish football club F.C. Copenhagen. Currently he is the chairman of Kjøbenhavns Boldklub and a "special consultant" for F.C...

    , KB
    Kjøbenhavns Boldklub
    Kjøbenhavns Boldklub or KB is a Danish sports club based in Copenhagen. The club was founded April 26, 1876 on the grassy fields in outer Copenhagen which later became Fælledparken. Football and cricket has been played in KB since 1879, making KB the oldest football club on Continental Europe and...

  • 1975 Henning Munk Jensen (2), AaB
  • 1976 Flemming Ahlberg
    Flemming Ahlberg
    Flemming Ahlberg is a Danish former footballer who participated in the 1972 Olympics in Munich.Ahlberg, who later went on to work as an electrician, was voted Danish Player of the Year in 1976. He was also part of the Frem team that won the 1978 Danish Cup after playing three finals in a span of...

    , Frem
  • 1977 Allan Hansen
    Allan Hansen
    Allan Hansen is a Danish former football player who most notably played professionally for German team Hamburger SV, with whom he won the 1983 Fußball-Bundesliga and European Cup trophies...

    , OB
    Odense BK
    Odense Boldklub is a Danish professional football club based in the town of Odense. The club has won three Danish championships and five Danish Cup trophies. OB play in the Danish Superliga and their home field is TRE-FOR Park in Odense on Funen...

  • 1978 Ole Kjær
    Ole Kjær
    Ole Kjær is a Danish former football player, who won the 1978 Danish Player of the Year award. He played as a goalkeeper, and most prominently represented Danish club Esbjerg fB, with whom he won the 1979 Danish Championship...

    , Esbjerg
  • 1979 Jens Jørn Bertelsen
    Jens Jørn Bertelsen
    Jens Jørn Haahr Bertelsen , known as Jens Jørn Bertelsen, is a Danish former association football player in the defensive midfielder position. He played 362 matches and scored 42 goals for Danish club Esbjerg fB, and played for a number of European clubs...

    , Esbjerg
  • 1980 Lars Bastrup
    Lars Bastrup
    Lars Bastrup Jørgensen is a Danish former professional football player, who most prominently played as a striker for Hamburger SV, winning two German Bundesliga titles and the 1983 European Cup with the club...

    , AGF
    Aarhus Gymnastik Forening
    Aarhus Gymnastikforening is one of the oldest sport clubs in Denmark. AGF participates in a variety of activities in both individual and team sports. AGF is best known for its football team which has the longest streak in the Danish top division and also holds the record for most number of cup wins...

  • 1981 Allan Hansen (2), OB
  • 1982 Michael Laudrup
    Michael Laudrup
    Michael Laudrup is a retired Danish footballer, who works as a manager and last coached La Liga side RCD Mallorca. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest players in the history of football. His most prominent run of football came with Spanish club Barcelona, with whom he won four straight La...

    , Brøndby
    Brøndby IF
    Brøndby IF is a Danish professional football club based in Brøndbyvester, Brøndby, on the western outskirts of Copenhagen and is the biggest football club in Denmark with almost 2000 members. The club is also known as Brøndbyernes Idrætsforening, or Brøndby and BIF for short...

  • 1983 Morten Olsen
    Morten Olsen
    Morten Per Olsen is a Danish football manager and former football player. He has been the head coach of the Danish national team since 2000, guiding Denmark to the 2002 FIFA World Cup, 2004 European Championship and 2010 FIFA World Cup...

    , Anderlecht
    R.S.C. Anderlecht
    Royal Sporting Club Anderlecht, usually known as Anderlecht or RSCA , is a Belgian professional football club based in Anderlecht in the Brussels Capital Region. Anderlecht plays in the Belgian Pro League and is the most successful Belgian football team in European competitions as well as in the...

  • 1984 Preben Elkjær
    Preben Elkjær Larsen
    Preben Elkjær Larsen , known as Elkjær, is a retired Danish professional footballer who played as a striker.Amongst others, he played with Hellas Verona in Italy, helping it to the only major title of its history, the 1985 Serie A...

    , Verona
    Hellas Verona F.C.
    Hellas Verona Football Club is a professional Italian association football team, based in Verona, Veneto. The team's colours are yellow and blue and gialloblu is the team's most widely used nickname...

  • 1985 Michael Laudrup (2), Juventus
    Juventus F.C.
    Juventus Football Club S.p.A. , commonly referred to as Juventus and colloquially as Juve , are a professional Italian association football club based in Turin, Piedmont...

  • 1986 Morten Olsen (2), 1. FC Köln
    1. FC Köln
    1. FC Köln is a German association football club based in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia. It was formed in 1948 as a merger of the clubs Kölner Ballspiel-Club 1901 and SpVgg Sülz 07....

  • 1987 John 'Faxe' Jensen
    John Jensen
    John Jensen , nicknamed Faxe, is a former Danish international footballer who is unemployed. He is known for his temper and is often outspoken in interviews. His playing career lasted over a decade, during which he played most famously for Arsenal F.C...

    , Brøndby
  • 1988 Lars Olsen
    Lars Olsen
    Lars Christian Olsen is a Danish former professional association football player and manager, who currently coaches Faroe Islands national team. He started his coaching career with Randers FC in 2003, guiding them to promotion for the Danish Superliga. He led the team to the 2006 Danish Cup...

    , Brøndby
  • 1989 Brian Laudrup
    Brian Laudrup
    Brian Laudrup is a Danish former football player and current football commentator, pundit and analyst on TV3+. Along with former international goalkeeper Lars Høgh, Laudrup manages a football academy for marginalized youth...

    , Brøndby/Bayer Uerdingen
    KFC Uerdingen 05
    KFC Uerdingen 05 is a German association football club in the Uerdingen district of the city of Krefeld, North Rhine-Westphalia. The one time Bundesliga side enjoyed its greatest successes in the 1980s, but most recently has been part of fifth and sixth tier competition.-History:The club was...

  • 1990 Peter Schmeichel
    Peter Schmeichel
    Peter Bolesław Schmeichel MBE is a retired Danish professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper, and was voted the "World's Best Goalkeeper" in 1992 and 1993...

    , Brøndby
  • 1991 Kim Vilfort
    Kim Vilfort
    Kim Vilfort is a former Danish professional football player who is now head talent scout at the Danish football club Brøndby IF...

    , Brøndby
  • 1992 Brian Laudrup (2), Bayern Munich
    FC Bayern Munich
    FC Bayern Munich , is a German sports club based in Munich, Bavaria. It is best known for its professional football team, which is the most successful football club in Germany, having won 22 national titles and 15 cups....

    /Fiorentina
    ACF Fiorentina
    ACF Fiorentina, commonly referred to as simply Fiorentina, is a professional Italian football club from Florence, Tuscany. Founded by a merger in 1926, Fiorentina have played at the top level of Italian football for the majority of their existence; only four clubs have played in more Serie A...

  • 1993 Peter Schmeichel (2), Manchester United
    Manchester United F.C.
    Manchester United Football Club is an English professional football club, based in Old Trafford, Greater Manchester, that plays in the Premier League. Founded as Newton Heath LYR Football Club in 1878, the club changed its name to Manchester United in 1902 and moved to Old Trafford in 1910.The 1958...

  • 1994 Thomas Helveg
    Thomas Helveg
    Thomas Lund Helveg is a former Danish professional Association football player who played as a defensive midfielder and defender for Odense Boldklub in the Danish Superliga, with whom he won the 1989 Danish championship...

    , Udinese
    Udinese Calcio
    Udinese Calcio is an Italian football club based in Udine, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, and currently plays in the Serie A. Founded in 1896, Udinese is the second oldest club in the Serie A, after Genoa....

  • 1995 Brian Laudrup (3), Rangers
    Rangers F.C.
    Rangers Football Club are an association football club based in Glasgow, Scotland, who play in the Scottish Premier League. The club are nicknamed the Gers, Teddy Bears and the Light Blues, and the fans are known to each other as bluenoses...

  • 1996 Allan Nielsen
    Allan Nielsen
    -External links: *...

    , Brøndby/Tottenham Hotspur
    Tottenham Hotspur F.C.
    Tottenham Hotspur Football Club , commonly referred to as Spurs, is an English Premier League football club based in Tottenham, north London. The club's home stadium is White Hart Lane....

  • 1997 Brian Laudrup (4), Rangers
  • 1998 Ebbe Sand
    Ebbe Sand
    Ebbe Sand is a Danish former professional footballer who most notably played as a striker for FC Schalke 04 in Germany. He was the German Bundesliga top scorer in 2001, and he won the German Cup in 2001 and 2002 with Schalke...

    , Brøndby
  • 1999 Peter Schmeichel (3), Manchester United
  • 2000 René Henriksen
    René Henriksen
    René Henriksen is a Danish former professional football player, who played as a defender for Danish club Akademisk Boldklub and Panathinaikos in Greece. Henriksen was capped 66 times for the Danish national team, and he represented his country at two FIFA World Cups and two European Championship...

    , Panathinaikos
    Panathinaikos FC
    Panathinaikos Football Club is a Greek professional football club based in Athens. Founded in 1908, they play in the Super League Greece and are one of the oldest and most successful clubs in Greek football history. They have won 20 Greek Championships and 17 Greek Cups.Panathinaikos is the most...

  • 2001 Ebbe Sand (2), FC Schalke 04
    FC Schalke 04
    Fußball-Club Gelsenkirchen-Schalke 04, commonly known as simply FC Schalke 04 or Schalke , is a German, association-football club originally from the Schalke district of Gelsenkirchen, North Rhine-Westphalia. Schalke has long been one of the most popular football teams in Germany, even though major...

  • 2002 Jon Dahl Tomasson
    Jon Dahl Tomasson
    Jon Dahl Tomasson is a retired Danish footballer and assistant manager at the Dutch football club SBV Excelsior....

    , Feyenoord/Milan
    A.C. Milan
    Associazione Calcio Milan, commonly referred to as A.C. Milan or simply Milan , is a professional Italian football club based in Milan, Lombardy, that plays in the Serie A. Milan was founded in 1899 by English lace-maker Herbert Kilpin and businessman Alfred Edwards among others...

  • 2003 Morten Wieghorst
    Morten Wieghorst
    Morten Wieghorst is a Danish association football manager and former player. He is the manager of the Denmark national under-21 football team and the former manager of FC Nordsjælland in the Danish Superliga whom he guided to the 2010 and 2011 Danish Cup trophy.During his active career, Wieghorst...

    , Brøndby
  • 2004 Jon Dahl Tomasson (2), Milan
  • 2005 Christian Poulsen
    Christian Poulsen
    Christian Bjørnshøj Poulsen is a Danish footballer who plays for Evian in Ligue 1. He has played for a number of European clubs, winning the Danish Superliga championship with F.C...

    , Schalke 04
  • 2006 Christian Poulsen (2), Schalke 04/Sevilla
    Sevilla FC
    Sevilla Fútbol Club S.A.D. is a Spanish professional football club based in Seville, Spain that plays in the Spanish La Liga championship.They are one of the most successful clubs in Spanish football having won a 1 La Liga title, 5 Spanish "Copa del Rey" Cups, 1 Spanish Super Cup and 2 UEFA...

  • 2007 Daniel Agger
    Daniel Agger
    Daniel Munthe Agger is a Danish footballer who plays for Liverpool and the Denmark national football team. He started his senior career at Danish club Brøndby IF in July 2004, with whom he won the 2005 Danish Superliga championship. The Liverpool fans have created a song for him to the tune of...

    , Liverpool F.C.
    Liverpool F.C.
    Liverpool Football Club is an English Premier League football club based in Liverpool, Merseyside. Liverpool has won eighteen League titles, second most in English football, seven FA Cups and a record seven League Cups...

  • 2008 Martin Laursen
    Martin Laursen
    Martin Laursen is a Danish former footballer who played in the centre back position. He played three seasons for Italian club AC Milan, with whom he won the 2003 UEFA Champions League and the 2004 Serie A championship. He also played for Italian clubs Hellas Verona and Parma FC, and was the team...

    , Aston Villa
    Aston Villa F.C.
    Aston Villa Football Club is an English professional association football club based in Witton, Birmingham. The club was founded in 1874 and have played at their current home ground, Villa Park, since 1897. Aston Villa were founder members of The Football League in 1888. They were also founder...

  • 2009 Simon Kjær
    Simon Kjær
    Simon Thorup Kjær is a Danish professional football player, who plays as a centre back for Roma. He was named 2007 Danish under-19 talent of the year and 2009 Danish Talent of the Year, and has played 20 games for the Denmark national football team.-FC Midtjylland:Born in Horsens, Kjær started...

    , Palermo
    U.S. Città di Palermo
    Unione Sportiva Città di Palermo is an Italian football club from Palermo, Sicily which currently plays in Serie A, the top level of Italian football. Formed in 1900 as Anglo Panormitan Athletic and Football Club, the club had various names before assuming its final form in 1987 and is currently...

  • 2010 William Kvist
    William Kvist
    William Kvist Jørgensen is a Danish footballer, who plays for the German Bundesliga club VfB Stuttgart and the Danish national team. He can be used in most defensive and midfield positions but his favorite position is the central midfield...

    , F.C. Copenhagen
    F.C. Copenhagen
    F.C. Copenhagen is a professional Danish football club in Copenhagen, Denmark. It is part of the Parken Sport & Entertainment....


  • Danish Football Association's award

    Since 2006 has Danish Football Association, in association with the TV-station TV2
    TV 2 (Denmark)
    TV 2 is a publicly owned television station in Denmark based in Odense. The station began broadcasting on 1 October 1988, thereby ending the television monopoly previously exercised by the Danmarks Radio ....

    , 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
      Christian Poulsen
      Christian Bjørnshøj Poulsen is a Danish footballer who plays for Evian in Ligue 1. He has played for a number of European clubs, winning the Danish Superliga championship with F.C...

      , Schalke 04/Sevilla
      Sevilla FC
      Sevilla Fútbol Club S.A.D. is a Spanish professional football club based in Seville, Spain that plays in the Spanish La Liga championship.They are one of the most successful clubs in Spanish football having won a 1 La Liga title, 5 Spanish "Copa del Rey" Cups, 1 Spanish Super Cup and 2 UEFA...

    • 2007 Dennis Rommedahl
      Dennis Rommedahl
      Dennis Rommedahl is a Danish footballer, who currently plays as a right winger for Brøndby IF. He has played 112 matches and scored 21 goals for the Danish national side. Rommedahl was selected for the Danish squads at the 2002 World Cup, Euro 2004 and the 2010 World Cup...

      , Ajax
    • 2008 Martin Laursen
      Martin Laursen
      Martin Laursen is a Danish former footballer who played in the centre back position. He played three seasons for Italian club AC Milan, with whom he won the 2003 UEFA Champions League and the 2004 Serie A championship. He also played for Italian clubs Hellas Verona and Parma FC, and was the team...

      , Aston Villa
      Aston Villa F.C.
      Aston Villa Football Club is an English professional association football club based in Witton, Birmingham. The club was founded in 1874 and have played at their current home ground, Villa Park, since 1897. Aston Villa were founder members of The Football League in 1888. They were also founder...

    • 2009 Nicklas Bendtner
      Nicklas Bendtner
      Nicklas Bendtner , is a Danish international footballer who plays for Sunderland on loan from Arsenal as a striker...

      , Arsenal
      Arsenal F.C.
      Arsenal Football Club is a professional English Premier League football club based in North London. One of the most successful clubs in English football, it has won 13 First Division and Premier League titles and 10 FA Cups...

    • 2010 Dennis Rommedahl
      Dennis Rommedahl
      Dennis Rommedahl is a Danish footballer, who currently plays as a right winger for Brøndby IF. He has played 112 matches and scored 21 goals for the Danish national side. Rommedahl was selected for the Danish squads at the 2002 World Cup, Euro 2004 and the 2010 World Cup...

      , Ajax/Olympiacos
    • 2011 Christian Eriksen
      Christian Eriksen
      Christian Dannemann Eriksen is a Danish professional football player, currently playing as an attacking midfielder for Dutch side Ajax...

      , Ajax

    Young Players of the Year

    Sponsored by Arla Foods
    Arla Foods
    Arla Foods is a Swedish-Danish cooperative based in Århus, Denmark, and the largest producer of dairy products in Scandinavia. Arla Foods was formed as the result of a merger between the Swedish dairy cooperative Arla and the Danish dairy company MD Foods on 17 April 2000.Arla Foods is the seventh...

    , the awards were initially known as Mælkens talentpriser (the milk's talent awards) in order to promote the line of dairy product
    Dairy product
    Dairy products are generally defined as foods produced from cow's or domestic buffalo's milk. They are usually high-energy-yielding food products. A production plant for such processing is called a dairy or a dairy factory. Raw milk for processing comes mainly from cows, and, to a lesser extent,...

    s of the company then known as "MD Foods". DBU found new sponsor DONG
    DONG Energy
    -History:The Danish state company Dansk Naturgas A/S was founded in 1972 to manage resources in the Danish sector of the North Sea. After some years, the company was renamed to Dansk Olie og Naturgas A/S . At the beginning of 2000s, DONG started to extend itself into the electricity market by...

     (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.http://www.dbu.dk/page.aspx?id=318http://www.dbu.dk/news/newsShow.aspx?id=235766http://www.dbu.dk/news/newsShow.aspx?id=242463
    Year U/21 U/19 U/17
    1987 *Johnny Mølby
    Johnny Mølby
    Johnny Mølby is a Danish former professional football player who played 16 matches for the Denmark national football team, and was a part of the team which won the Euro 1992, even though he did not play a single match at the tournament...

    , Vejle 
    Anders Maibom, B 1909  Diego Tur
    Diego Tur
    Diego Tur is a former Danish professional footballer, who played most of his career as a central defender for F.C. Copenhagen, between 1992 and 2002. He played 18 games for various Danish youth national teams, and was awarded Danish under-17 Player of the Year in 1987...

    , B 1903
    1988 *Henrik Risom
    Henrik Risom
    - Biography :Henrik Risom ended his professional career in 2002 - a career that started in Vejle Boldklub and brought him to Lyngby Boldklub, Dynamo Dresden, Odense Boldklub, Silkeborg IF, Vejle Boldklub, Stoke City and AGF....

    , Vejle
    Jens Madsen, Brøndby
    Brøndby IF
    Brøndby IF is a Danish professional football club based in Brøndbyvester, Brøndby, on the western outskirts of Copenhagen and is the biggest football club in Denmark with almost 2000 members. The club is also known as Brøndbyernes Idrætsforening, or Brøndby and BIF for short...

     
    Ronnie Ekelund
    Ronnie Ekelund
    Ronnie Michael Ekelund is a Danish football player in the forward position, who played professionally in both Europe and the United States...

    , Brøndby
    1989 *Brian Steen Nielsen
    Brian Steen Nielsen
    Brian Steen Nielsen is a former Danish professional footballer from Denmark, who most notably played 66 matches as a defensive midfielder for the Denmark national team between 1990 and 2002, scoring three goals...

    , Vejle
    *Jacob Laursen
    Jacob Laursen
    Jacob Thaysen-Laursen is a Danish retired professional football player, who played as a defender. He most notably played for English club Derby County and won the Danish Superliga championship with Silkeborg IF and F.C. Copenhagen...

    , Vejle
    Jeppe Tengbjerg
    Jeppe Tengbjerg
    Jeppe Tengbjerg is a Danish football manager and former football player. In his playing career, Tengbjerg represented a number of Danish clubs, as well as Dutch clubs SC Cambuur and Excelsior Rotterdam....

    , KB
    Kjøbenhavns Boldklub
    Kjøbenhavns Boldklub or KB is a Danish sports club based in Copenhagen. The club was founded April 26, 1876 on the grassy fields in outer Copenhagen which later became Fælledparken. Football and cricket has been played in KB since 1879, making KB the oldest football club on Continental Europe and...

    1990 Steen Nedergaard
    Steen Nedergaard
    Steen Nedergaard is a Danish former professional footballer who played in the full-back position.Nedergaard spent the majority of his career in Denmark with Odense BK. He won 14 caps for the Danish under-21 national team, and was lauded as 1990 Danish under-21 Player of the Year...

    , Odense
    Odense BK
    Odense Boldklub is a Danish professional football club based in the town of Odense. The club has won three Danish championships and five Danish Cup trophies. OB play in the Danish Superliga and their home field is TRE-FOR Park in Odense on Funen...

    *Martin
    Martin Johansen
    Martin Bro Johansen is a Danish former football player. He played usually as a midfielder but could also play as a forward. During his career he played for FC Copenhagen, B 1903 and most notably Coventry City in the FA Premier League.Johansen appeared once for the Danish national team in his career...

     & *Michael Johansen
    Michael Johansen
    Michael Bro Johansen is a Danish former professional football player, who most notably played as a midfielder for English club Bolton Wanderers. He played two games for the Danish national team in 2000 and 2002, and was an unused substitute at the 1992 Summer Olympics...

     KB
    Kenni Sommer, Silkeborg
    Silkeborg IF
    Silkeborg IF is a Danish professional football club based in the city of Silkeborg, in the middle of Jutland. Silkeborg IF plays in the Danish Superliga. The club was founded in 1917 and they first reach the highest level of football in Denmark in 1987, at that time called 1st division today known...

    1991 *Miklos Molnar
    Miklos Molnar
    Miklos Jon Molnar , nicknamed "Danish Dynamite", is a Danish former professional football player who played as a striker for a number of Danish and foreign clubs. He was the top goalscorer of the 1989 and 1997 Danish championships, and won the 2000 MLS Cup with American team Kansas City Wizards...

    , Servette
    Servette FC
    Servette FC is a Swiss football club, based in Geneva currently playing in the Swiss Super League. They were playing in the Swiss Challenge League, the second highest tier of Swiss football having been relegated from the Swiss Super League at the end of 2004/05 season...

     
    Christian Duus, Silkeborg Jesper Søgaard, Vejle
    1992 *Jakob Kjeldbjerg
    Jakob Kjeldbjerg
    Jakob Kjeldbjerg Jensen is a Danish former footballer who played as a central defender. Kjeldbjerg won 14 caps and scored one goal for the Danish national team, and represented Denmark at the 1992 Summer Olympics.-Biography:...

    , Silkeborg
    Thomas Jensen, AaB
    AaB Football
    AaB Fodbold, also referred to as Aalborg BK or AaB, is a professional football team of Danish sports conglomerate Aalborg Boldspilklub, located in Aalborg. They play in the Danish Superliga and have won three Danish Superliga championships and two Danish Cup trophies.AaB became the first Danish...

     
    Simon Karkov, Esbjerg
    Esbjerg fB
    Esbjerg forenede Boldklubber also referred to as Esbjerg fB or simply EfB is a professional Danish football club from the port city of Esbjerg in West Jutland. The club was formed in 1924, as a merger between Esbjerg Boldklub af 1898 and Esbjerg Amatørklub af 1911. The club has training facilities...

    1993 *Jesper Kristensen
    Jesper Kristensen
    Jesper Kristensen is a Danish former football player, who played 129 games for Danish team Brøndby IF in the midfielder position. He played four games for the Denmark national football team, with whom he won the 1995 King Fahd Cup.Born in Esbjerg, Kristensen started his career with lower league...

    , Brøndby
    Brøndby IF
    Brøndby IF is a Danish professional football club based in Brøndbyvester, Brøndby, on the western outskirts of Copenhagen and is the biggest football club in Denmark with almost 2000 members. The club is also known as Brøndbyernes Idrætsforening, or Brøndby and BIF for short...

     
    *Ulrik Laursen
    Ulrik Laursen
    Ulrik Rosenløv Laursen is a Danish former professional football player who ended his career playing for F.C. Copenhagen in the Danish Superliga. Laursen was predominantly used in the central defense, but was also competent as a left back.-Career:He began his career at Odense Boldklub, where his...

    , Odense
    Michael Kremer, Brøndby
    Brøndby IF
    Brøndby IF is a Danish professional football club based in Brøndbyvester, Brøndby, on the western outskirts of Copenhagen and is the biggest football club in Denmark with almost 2000 members. The club is also known as Brøndbyernes Idrætsforening, or Brøndby and BIF for short...

    1994 *Thomas Rytter
    Thomas Rytter
    Thomas Rytter Jakobsen is a retired Danish footballer who played as a right-back. In 2001 he won the Danish Superliga championship with F.C. Copenhagen, and most prominently played for Spanish club Sevilla and German club Wolfsburg...

    , Lyngby 
    *Jon Dahl Tomasson
    Jon Dahl Tomasson
    Jon Dahl Tomasson is a retired Danish footballer and assistant manager at the Dutch football club SBV Excelsior....

    , Køge
    Køge BK
    Køge Boldklub is a Danish football club from Køge, Zealand, they currently compete in the Sjællandsserie.-History:In 1954, the club became the first outside Copenhagen to win the Danish Championship....

     
    Carsten Lektonen, Odense
    1995 *Niclas Jensen
    Niclas Jensen
    Niclas Christian Monberg Jensen is a former Danish professional football player and current football agent. He played as a left back, and most notably won three Danish Superliga championships with F.C. Copenhagen...

    , Lyngby
    *Jesper Grønkjær
    Jesper Grønkjær
    Jesper Grønkjær is a former Danish professional football player. A pacey winger, he was able to play on the right or left wing and as a second striker. Grønkjær played a total 400 league games for a number of European clubs, most notably winning the 1999 Dutch Cup with Ajax Amsterdam and playing...

    , AaB
    Dan Anton Johansen
    Dan Anton Johansen
    Dan Anton Johansen is a Danish professional footballer currently playing for Hvidovre IF. Johansen started his career with Danish team Brøndby IF in 1999, with whom he won the 2002 and 2005 Danish Superliga championships...

    , Brøndby
    1996 *Martin Jørgensen
    Martin Jørgensen
    Lars Martin Jørgensen , more commonly known as Martin Jørgensen, is a Danish professional football player, who currently plays for Danish club AGF Aarhus. Jørgensen has played 101 matches and scored 12 goals for the Denmark national football team. He is the only player that has represented Denmark...

    , AGF Aarhus
    Stefan K. Hansen, Copenhagen
    F.C. Copenhagen
    F.C. Copenhagen is a professional Danish football club in Copenhagen, Denmark. It is part of the Parken Sport & Entertainment....

     
    *Kasper Bøgelund
    Kasper Bøgelund
    Kasper Bøgelund Nielsen is a Danish footballer. He currently plays as a right back for AaB in the Danish Superliga...

    , Odense
    1997 *Ole Tobiasen
    Ole Tobiasen
    Ole Tobiasen is a Danish former footballer, who played professionally for a number of clubs in Denmark, the Netherlands, and Norway. He most prominently won the Dutch Eredivisie championship with Ajax and the Danish Superliga championship with F.C. Copenhagen. He played in the right back and...

    , Ajax 
    *Lars Jacobsen
    Lars Jacobsen
    Lars Christian Jacobsen, , and raised in Odense on Funen, is a Danish footballer. He currently plays for F.C. Copenhagen.-Odense Boldklub:Jacobsen started his career with local top-flight team Odense Boldklub...

    , Odense
    Jesper Håkansson
    Jesper Håkansson
    Jesper Håkansson is a Danish footballer who plays as a midfielder or a forward for Danish 1st Division club FC Roskilde.-Club career:...

    , Frem
    1998 Mikkel Jensen, Brøndby *Peter Løvenkrands
    Peter Løvenkrands
    Peter Rosenkrands Løvenkrands is a Danish footballer who plays for Newcastle United in the Premier League, and for the Danish national team. He is a striker who can also play as a left winger and is known for his pace....

    , AB
    Tom Christensen, AGF Aarhus
    1999 Christian Magleby
    Christian Magleby
    Christian Magleby is a Danish former professional association football player, who played as a midfielder. He played a combined 162 games and scored 13 goals for Lyngby Boldklub, FC Midtjylland, and Viborg FF in the Danish Superliga championship from 1997 to 2005...

    , Lyngby
    *Hjalte Bo Nørregaard, Copenhagen Claus Pedersen, Odense
    2000 *Martin Albrechtsen
    Martin Albrechtsen
    Martin Albrechtsen is a Danish professional football player, currently playing for the Danish superliga team FC Midtjylland. He can play in any position across the back four and has played four games for the Danish national team...

    , AB
    Allan Olesen
    Allan Arenfeldt Olesen
    Allan Arenfeldt Olesen is a Danish professional football player in the defender position, who plays for IFK Mariehamn in the Veikkausliiga. He has played for a number of Danish clubs and won the 2002 Danish Superliga championship with Brøndby IF...

    , Brøndby
    Martin Bergvold
    Martin Bergvold
    Martin Bergvold is a Danish professional football player, who plays as a midfielder for F.C. Copenhagen in the Danish Superliga...

    , KB
    2001 *Christian Poulsen
    Christian Poulsen
    Christian Bjørnshøj Poulsen is a Danish footballer who plays for Evian in Ligue 1. He has played for a number of European clubs, winning the Danish Superliga championship with F.C...

    , Copenhagen
    *Rasmus Würtz
    Rasmus Würtz
    Rasmus Østergaard Würtz is a Danish footballer who plays in midfield for AaB in the Danish Superliga. He won the 2009 Superliga championship with F.C. Copenhagen...

    , Skive
    Skive IK
    Skive IK is a Danish football club currently playing in the Danish 1st Division. They play at Skive Stadion in Skive in Jutland, which has a capacity of 10,000.- Current squad :- External links :...

     
    *Kasper Lorentzen
    Kasper Lorentzen
    Kasper Wellemberg Lorentzen is a Danish professional footballer, playing as a midfielder or forward for Randers FC in the Danish First Division...

    , Brøndby
    2002 *Jan Kristiansen
    Jan Kristiansen
    Jan Kristiansen is a Danish footballer who plays as a midfielder for Brøndby IF. Kristiansen has played 11 matches for the Denmark national football team....

    , Esbjerg
    Jeppe Curth
    Jeppe Curth
    Jeppe Lund Curth is a Danish footballer, who plays for Aalborg Boldspilklub in the Danish Superliga. He has played 43 matches and scored 15 goals for various Danish youth national teams, most recently the Danish national under-21 team....

    , Feyenoord
    *Michael Jakobsen, B 93
    2003 *Stephan Andersen
    Stephan Andersen
    Stephan Maigaard Andersen is a Danish professional football player, who plays as a goalkeeper for Évian in the Ligue 1...

    , AB
    *Morten "Duncan" Rasmussen, AGF Aarhus Lasse Qvist
    Lasse Qvist
    Lasse Qvist is a Danish professional football player, who plays as a striker for Nordvest FC. He is the son of former Denmark international goalkeeper Ole Qvist.-Biography:...

    , Lyngby
    2004 *Thomas Kahlenberg
    Thomas Kahlenberg
    Thomas Kahlenberg is a Danish footballer, who plays as an attacking midfielder for German team Wolfsburg. He started his career with Brøndby IF, winning two Danish Superliga championship, and played four seasons at French club AJ Auxerre...

    , Brøndby
    Søren Christensen
    Søren Christensen
    Søren Christensen is a Danish professional football midfielder, who currently plays for the Danish Superliga side FC Nordsjælland.-External links:*** at Danmarks Radio...

    , Nykøbing FA
    *Nicklas Bendtner
    Nicklas Bendtner
    Nicklas Bendtner , is a Danish international footballer who plays for Sunderland on loan from Arsenal as a striker...

    , Arsenal
    Arsenal F.C.
    Arsenal Football Club is a professional English Premier League football club based in North London. One of the most successful clubs in English football, it has won 13 First Division and Premier League titles and 10 FA Cups...

    2005 *Daniel Agger
    Daniel Agger
    Daniel Munthe Agger is a Danish footballer who plays for Liverpool and the Denmark national football team. He started his senior career at Danish club Brøndby IF in July 2004, with whom he won the 2005 Danish Superliga championship. The Liverpool fans have created a song for him to the tune of...

    , Liverpool
    Liverpool F.C.
    Liverpool Football Club is an English Premier League football club based in Liverpool, Merseyside. Liverpool has won eighteen League titles, second most in English football, seven FA Cups and a record seven League Cups...

    Magnus Troest
    Magnus Troest
    Magnus Troest is a Danish professional football player, who plays as a defender for Varese in the Italian Serie B, on loan from Genoa. His major skills are his physical strength,and his heading ability. Magnus is the younger brother of SønderjyskE player Jonas Troest.-Biography:Troest started...

    , Midtjylland
    FC Midtjylland
    FC Midtjylland is a professional Danish football team from Herning and Ikast. The team is a result of a merger between Ikast FS and Herning Fremad...

    Rasmus Christiansen, Lyngby
    2006 *Niki Zimling
    Niki Zimling
    Niki Dige Zimling is a Danish professional football player, who currently plays as a midfielder for Club Brugge K.V. in the Belgian Pro League...

    , Esbjerg
    *Mike Jensen
    Mike Jensen (footballer)
    Mike Lindemann Jensen is an Danish footballer who currently plays as a midfielder for Brøndby IF in the Danish Superliga....

    , Brøndby
    Mads Albæk
    Mads Albæk
    Mads Winther Albæk is a Danish footballer who plays as a midfielder for Danish club FC Midtjylland and the Danish national under-21 team.- Club career :...

    , Midtjylland
    2007 Kasper Schmeichel
    Kasper Schmeichel
    Kasper Peter Schmeichel is a Danish professional football goalkeeper, and son of Peter Schmeichel. He plays in the Npower Championship for Leicester City. He played 17 games for the Denmark under-21 national team...

    , Manchester City
    Manchester City F.C.
    Manchester City Football Club is an English Premier League football club based in Manchester. Founded in 1880 as St. Mark's , they became Ardwick Association Football Club in 1887 and Manchester City in 1894...

    *Simon Kjær
    Simon Kjær
    Simon Thorup Kjær is a Danish professional football player, who plays as a centre back for Roma. He was named 2007 Danish under-19 talent of the year and 2009 Danish Talent of the Year, and has played 20 games for the Denmark national football team.-FC Midtjylland:Born in Horsens, Kjær started...

    , Midtjylland
    Nikola Saric
    Nikola Saric
    Nikola Sarić is a Danish professional footballer, currently playing for HNK Hajduk Split in the Croatian First League. Sarić is a member of the national youth sides of Denmark.-Herfølge:...

    , Herfølge
    2008 *Michael Lumb, AGF Aarhus *Mathias "Zanka" Jørgensen
    Mathias Jørgensen
    Mathias Jattah-Njie "Zanka" Jørgensen is a Danish footballer who plays as a central defender for F.C. Copenhagen in the Danish Superliga. He was recently named as captain for F.C. Copenhagen.-Biography:...

    , Copenhagen
    *Christian Eriksen
    Christian Eriksen
    Christian Dannemann Eriksen is a Danish professional football player, currently playing as an attacking midfielder for Dutch side Ajax...

    , OB
    2009 *Anders Randrup
    Anders Randrup
    Anders Degn Randrup is a Danish footballer. He currently plays as a right back for Danish Superliga side Brøndby IF and the Danish national team....

    , Brøndby
    Thomas Delaney
    Thomas Delaney
    Thomas Joseph Delaney is a Danish footballer of Irish-American descent, who plays as a midfielder for Danish Superliga side F.C. Copenhagen.-Career:...

    , Copenhagen
    Niels Bisp Rasmussen
    Niels Bisp
    Niels Bisp Rasmussen is a Danish professional football defender, who currently plays for the Danish 1st Division side Vejle Boldklub.- Career :...

    , Vejle
    2010 Jonas Lössl
    Jonas Lössl
    Jonas Lössl is a Danish professional association football player in the goalkeeper position, who plays for FC Midtjylland. He made his Danish Superliga debut in March 2010. He has played 14 games for various Danish national youth teams, including seven games for the Denmark under-21 national...

    , Midtjylland
    Jannik Vestergaard
    Jannik Vestergaard
    Jannik Vestergaard is a Danish professional footballer who plays for TSG 1899 Hoffenheim, as a defender.- Birth and Family :...

    , Hoffenheim
    Kenneth Zohore
    Kenneth Zohore
    Kenneth Dahrup Zohore is a Danish / Ivorian footballer who plays as a striker for F.C. Copenhagen of the Danish Superliga.-Personal life:Kenneth Zohore is born into a family of great football talent...

    , Copenhagen


    (*) Players who have played at least one match for the senior national team
    Denmark national football team
    The Denmark national football team represents Denmark in association football and is controlled by the Danish Football Association , the governing body for the football clubs which are organized under DBU...

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