Simon Kjær nominated for Denmark's Football Player of the Year 2021

Simon Kjær has been nominated for Denmark's Football Player of the Year 2021. The other nominees are Piere-Emile Hojbjerg and Joakim Mæhle.

The Male Football Player of the Year is chosen in a collaboration between the Players' Association and DBU and will be announced during DR's large sports gala show in Herning, Denmark, on 8 January 2022.

Update: Due to Covid the Sport 2021 gala will not be held in Herning on 8 January 2022. According to DR they are "working hard for an alternative". On January 4, the Danish Channel DR announced: "Sport 2021 will be broadcast on DR1 and DRTV on Friday 21 January at 9.30 pm instead of - as originally planned - on Saturday 8 January."

Hej @simonkjaer1989👋🏼

De danske fodboldspillere har nomineret dig til Årets Mandlige Fodboldspiller 2021.

Stort tillykke med nomineringen🙌🏼

Det er de danske fodboldspillere i ind- og udland, der afgør, hvem der skal løbe med den største, individuelle pris i dansk fodbold. pic.twitter.com/yIUuOCyxCX
— Spillerforeningen (@Spillerforening) November 23, 2021