Kasper Schmeichel
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Schmeichel in 2024 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Kasper Peter Schmeichel | ||
| Date of birth | 5 November 1986 | ||
| Place of birth | Copenhagen, Denmark | ||
| Height | 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Celtic | ||
| Number | 1 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2000–2001 | Estoril | ||
| 2001–2002 | Oure | ||
| 2002–2006 | Manchester City | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2006–2009 | Manchester City | 8 | (0) |
| 2006 | → Darlington (loan) | 4 | (0) |
| 2006 | → Bury (loan) | 29 | (0) |
| 2007 | → Falkirk (loan) | 15 | (0) |
| 2007–2008 | → Cardiff City (loan) | 14 | (0) |
| 2008 | → Coventry City (loan) | 9 | (0) |
| 2009–2010 | Notts County | 43 | (0) |
| 2010–2011 | Leeds United | 37 | (0) |
| 2011–2022 | Leicester City | 414 | (0) |
| 2022–2023 | Nice | 36 | (0) |
| 2023–2024 | Anderlecht | 31 | (0) |
| 2024– | Celtic | 32 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2004–2005 | Denmark U19 | 8 | (0) |
| 2006 | Denmark U20 | 1 | (0) |
| 2007–2008 | Denmark U21 | 17 | (0) |
| 2013– | Denmark | 114 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13:40, 17 May 2025 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 10 June 2025 | |||
Kasper Peter Schmeichel (born 5 November 1986) is a Danish professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Scottish Premiership club Celtic and the Denmark national team.
Schmeichel began his career with Manchester City, but had loan spells with Darlington, Bury and Falkirk before he made his first-team debut. Although Schmeichel appeared to have made the City number 1 shirt 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 2009 meant that Schmeichel fell even further down the pecking order at City, and 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.
Schmeichel joined Leeds United in 2010, but again, his tenure at the club only lasted one season before he was transferred to Leicester City, where he again worked under Eriksson. Schmeichel went on to make 479 competitive appearances for Leicester over 11 years, during the most successful era in the club's history, winning the Championship in 2014, the Premier League in 2016, and both the FA Cup and FA Community Shield in 2021.
After spells with Nice and Anderlecht, Schmeichel returned to Scotland to sign with Celtic in July 2024. In his first season, he won a domestic double, lifting the Scottish League Cup in December 2024 and the Scottish Premiership in April 2025.
Schmeichel played seventeen games for Denmark under-21s. He was called up to the Denmark national team for the first time in 2011, and was part of their squad at UEFA Euro 2012, but did not make his senior debut until 2013. He has since made over 110 international appearances, and represented his country at the 2018 FIFA World Cup, Euro 2020, the 2022 World Cup and Euro 2024.