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Kasper Schmeichel
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Personal information
Full name: Kasper Peter Schmeichel
Date of birth: 5 November 1986 (1986-11-05) (age 38)
Place of birth:    Copenhagen, Flag of Denmark Denmark
Height: 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Playing position: Goalkeeper
Club information
Current club Flag of Scotland Celtic
Number: 1
Youth clubs
2002–2004 Flag of England Manchester City
Senior clubs
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2004–2009
2006
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2007
2007–2008
2008
2009–2010
2010–2011
2011–2022
2022–2023
2023–2024
2024–
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Flag of EnglandDarlington (loan)
Flag of EnglandBury (loan)
Flag of ScotlandFalkirk (loan)
Flag of EnglandCardiff City (loan)
Flag of EnglandCoventry City (loan)
Flag of England Notts County
Flag of England Leeds United
Flag of England Leicester City
Flag of France Nice
Flag of Belgium Anderlecht
Flag of Scotland Celtic
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2013–
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Kasper Peter Schmeichel (born 5 November 1986) is a Danish professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Scottish Premiership club Celtic and serves as the captain for the Denmark national team. He is the son of former Manchester United and Danish international goalkeeper Peter Schmeichel.

Schmeichel began his career with Manchester City, but he had loan spells with Darlington, Bury and Falkirk before he made his City debut. Although Schmeichel appeared to have made the City number 1 jersey his own at the start of the 2007–08 season, the emergence of Joe Hart resulted in Schmeichel being loaned to Cardiff City. The signing of Republic of Ireland international Shay Given in January 2009 meant that Schmeichel fell even further down the pecking order at City, and in August 2009, he was allowed to link up with former manager Sven-Göran Eriksson at Notts County. He spent only one season with the Magpies as, while it was a very successful one for the club and the player himself, changes to the club's financial position made his departure necessary and his contract was terminated by mutual consent. He joined Leeds United in May 2010, but again, his tenure at the club would only last one season before he was the subject of a transfer to Leicester City, where he would again work under Sven-Göran Eriksson.

Schmeichel went on to make 479 competitive appearances for Leicester over 11 years, during the most successful era in the club's history. He won the Championship in the 2013–14 season, the Premier League in 2015–16, FA Cup in 2020–21 and the FA Community Shield in 2021 with Leicester.

Schmeichel played seventeen games for the Denmark national under-21 team. He was called up to the Denmark national team for the first time against Iceland on 13 May 2011, and was part of their squad at UEFA Euro 2012, but did not make his senior debut until 2013. He represented his country at the 2018 FIFA World Cup and UEFA Euro 2020.

Honours[]

Club[]

Notts County

Leicester City

Individual

  • Danish Football Player of the Year: 2016, 2017, 2020
  • Danish Football Association's award: 2015
  • The Football League Team of the Decade
  • PFA Team of the Year: 2009–10 League Two, 2012–13 Championship, 2013–14 Championship
  • Football League Two Player of the Month: October 2009
  • Football League Two Golden Glove: 2009–10
  • PFA League Two Fans' Player of the Year: 2009–10
  • Leicester City Player of the Season: 2011–12, 2016 –17
  • Leicester City Player's Player of the Season: 2011–12, 2016 –17
  • Leicester City Supporters' Club Player of the Season: 2011–12
  • Leicester City Champagne Moment of the Season: 2012–13

External links[]

Celtic FC
Celtic F.C. squad - 2024–25

Barkas · Jullien · Taylor · Starfelt · Scales · Bitton · Giakoumakis · Furuhashi · 10 Ajeti · 11 Abada · 12 Soro · 14 Turnbull · 15 Hart · 16 McCarthy · 17 Jota · 18 Rogic · 19 Johnston · 20 Carter-Vickers · 21 Ideguchi · 23 Bolingoli · 26 Urhoghide · 29 Bain · 38 Maeda · 41 Hatate · 42 McGregor (c) · 47 Murray · 49 Forrest · 54 Montgomery · 56 Ralston · 57 Welsh · 65 Hazard · 77 Dembélé · 88 Juranović · – Kenny ·

Manager:  Flag of Northern Ireland Brendan Rodgers
Celtic FC
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Denmark – UEFA Euro 2012 – Group stage

1. Andersen 2. C. Poulsen 3. Kjær 4. Agger (c) 5. S. Poulsen 6. Jacobsen 7. Kvist 8. Eriksen 9. Krohn-Dehli 10. Rommedahl 11. Bendtner 12. Bjelland 13. Okore 14. Schöne 15. Silberbauer 16. Lindegaard 17. Pedersen 18. Wass 19. J. Poulsen 20. Kahlenberg 21. Zimling 22. Schmeichel 23. Mikkelsen Manager:  Flag of Denmark Morten Olsen

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Denmark – 2018 FIFA World Cup – Round of 16

1. Schmeichel 2. Krohn-Dehli 3. Vestergaard 4. Kjær (c) 5. Knudsen 6. Christensen 7. Kvist 8. Delaney 9. N. Jørgensen 10. Eriksen 11. Braithwaite 12. Dolberg 13. M. Jørgensen 14. Dalsgaard 15. Fischer 16. Lössl 17. Stryger Larsen 18. Lerager 19. Schöne 20. Poulsen 21. Cornelius 22. Rønnow 23. Sisto Manager:  Flag of Norway Åge Hareide

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Denmark – UEFA Euro 2020 – Semi-finals

1. Lössl 2. Rønnow 3. Schmeichel (c) 4. Andersen 5. Boilesen 6. Christensen 7. Jørgensen 8. Kjær 9. Mæhle 10. Stryger Larsen 11. Vestergaard 12. Christiansen 13. Delaney 14. Eriksen 15. Højbjerg 16. Jensen 17. Nørgaard 18. Wass 19. Braithwaite 20. Cornelius 21. Damsgaard 22. Dolberg 23. Poulsen 24. R. Skov 25. Skov Olsen 26. Wind Manager:  Flag of Denmark Kasper Hjulmand

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Denmark – 2022 FIFA World Cup – Group stage

1. Schmeichel 2. Andersen 3. Nelsson 4. Kjær (c) 5. Mæhle 6. A. Christensen 7. Jensen 8. Delaney 9. Braithwaite 10. Eriksen 11. Skov Olsen 12. Dolberg 13. Kristensen 14. Damsgaard 15. Nørgaard 16. O. Christensen 17. Stryger Larsen 18. Wass 19. Wind 20. Poulsen 21. Cornelius 22. Rønnow 23. Højbjerg 24. R. Skov 25. Lindstrøm 26. Bah Manager:  Flag of Denmark Kasper Hjulmand

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Denmark – UEFA Euro 2024 – Round of 16

1. Schmeichel 2. Andersen 3. Vestergaard 4. Kjær (c) 5. Mæhle 6. Christensen 7. Jensen 8. Delaney 9. Højlund 10. Eriksen 11. Skov Olsen 12. Dolberg 13. Jørgensen 14. Damsgaard 15. Nørgaard 16. Hermansen 17. Kristiansen 18. Bah 19. Wind 20. Poulsen 21. M. Hjulmand 22. Rønnow 23. Højbjerg 24. Dreyer 25. Kristensen 26. Bruun Larsen
Manager:  Flag of Denmark Kasper Hjulmand

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