Peter Schmeichel

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Peter Schmeichel
Personal information
Full name:	Peter Bolesław Schmeichel
Date of birth:	18 November 1963 (1963-11-18)
Place of birth:	Gladsaxe, Denmark
Height:	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Playing position:	Goalkeeper
Youth clubs
1972–1975 1975–1981	Høje-Gladsaxe Gladsaxe-Hero
Senior clubs
Years	Club	App (Gls)
1981–1984 1984–1987 1987–1991 1991–1999 1999–2001 2001–2002 2002–2003 Total	Gladsaxe-Hero Hvidovre Brøndby Manchester United Sporting CP Aston Villa Manchester City	046 00(0) 078 00(6) 119 00(2) 292 00(1) 050 00(0) 029 00(1) 029 00(0) 643 00(9)
National team
1987–2001	Denmark	129 00(1)

Peter Bolesław Schmeichel MBE (born 18 November 1963) is a Danish former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper, and was voted the IFFHS World's Best Goalkeeper in 1992 and 1993. He is best remembered for his most successful years at English club Manchester United, whom he captained to the 1999 UEFA Champions League to complete the Treble, and for winning UEFA Euro 1992 with Denmark.

External links

• Peter Schmeichel profile at Soccerbase
• Danish national team profile
• Peter Schmeichel at IMDb

Denmark – 1988 UEFA European Championship – Group stage

1. Rasmussen 2. Sivebæk 3. Busk 4. M. Olsen (c) 5. Nielsen 6. Lerby 7. Helt 8. Frimann 9. Heintze 10. Elkjær 11. Laudrup 12. L. Olsen 13. Jensen 14. J. Olsen 15. Povlsen 16. Schmeichel 17. Berggreen 18. Eriksen 19. Kristensen 20. Vilfort Manager:   Sepp Piontek

Denmark – 1992 UEFA European Championship –

1. Schmeichel 2. Sivebæk 3. K. Nielsen 4. Olsen (c) 5. Andersen 6. Christofte 7. Jensen 8. Mølby 9. Povlsen 10. Elstrup 11. Laudrup 12. Piechnik 13. Larsen 14. Frank 15. Christensen 16. Krogh 17. Christiansen 18. Vilfort 19. P. Nielsen 20. Bruun Manager:   Richard Møller Nielsen

Denmark – 1996 UEFA European Championship –

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Denmark – 1998 FIFA World Cup –

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Denmark – 2000 UEFA European Championship –

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