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Leicester City goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel has won the Danish Footballer of the Year award.

Schmeichel has won the award for the third time, taking him to within one of the record.

Tottenham Hotspur midfielder Christian Eriksen and former Rangers forward Brian Laudrup currently hold the record with four wins.

Schmeichel's previous two wins came back-to-back in 2016 after lifting the Premier League title with City, and again the following year.

Eriksen won the award for a fourth time last year after playing a key role in Denmark's World Cup campaign in Russia, as well as impressing for Tottenham both in the Premier League and Champions League.

This year, Schmeichel has beaten Eriksen to the award, as well as other impressive Danish talents such as Chelsea's Andreas Christensen, Atalanta's Simon Kjaer, Borussia Dortmund's Thomas Delaney and Leipzig's Yussuf Poulsen among others.

"What an amazing feeling it is to be named the Danish footballer of the year," Schmeichel tweeted this afternoon along with a picture from the award ceremony.

"It’s an honour to receive an award like this with all the talented players we’ve got in this country"

It appears Schmeichel was given time off to accept the award on Saturday with Danny Ward starting City's 2-0 FA Cup win over Wigan Athletic and Eldin Jakupovic named on the bench.