Kasper Schmeichel

Danish association football player

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.

Kasper Schmeichel
Schmeichel playing for Leicester City in 2021
Personal information
Full name Kasper Peter Schmeichel[1]
Date of birth (1986-11-05) 5 November 1986 (age 38)[2]
Place of birth Copenhagen, Denmark
Height 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)[3]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team
Anderlecht
Number 1
Youth career
2000–2001 Estoril[4]
2001–2002 Oure[5]
2002–2006 Manchester City
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006–2009 Manchester City 8 (0)
2006Darlington (loan) 4 (0)
2006Bury (loan) 29 (0)
2007Falkirk (loan) 15 (0)
2007–2008Cardiff City (loan) 14 (0)
2008Coventry 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– Anderlecht 23 (0)
National team
2004–2005 Denmark U19 8 (0)
2006 Denmark U20 1 (0)
2007–2008 Denmark U21 17 (0)
2013– Denmark 100 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23:48, 16 March 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 23 March 2024

Career statistics

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As of match played 16 March 2024[6]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] League cup[b] Europe Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Manchester City 2005–06[7] Premier League 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2006–07[8] Premier League 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2007–08[9] Premier League 7 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
2008–09[10] Premier League 1 0 0 0 1 0 1[c] 0 3 0
Total 8 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 10 0
Darlington (loan) 2005–06[7] League Two 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
Bury (loan) 2005–06[7] League Two 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 0
2006–07[8] League Two 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 0
Total 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 29 0
Falkirk (loan) 2006–07[8] Scottish Premier League 15 0 1 0 1 0 17 0
Cardiff City (loan) 2007–08[9] Championship 14 0 0 0 0 0 14 0
Coventry City (loan) 2007–08[9] Championship 9 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
Notts County 2009–10[11] League Two 43 0 5 0 0 0 1[d] 0 49 0
Leeds United 2010–11[12] Championship 37 0 2 0 1 0 40 0
Leicester City 2011–12[13] Championship 46 0 5 0 1 0 52 0
2012–13[14] Championship 46 0 3 0 2 0 2[e] 0 53 0
2013–14[15] Championship 46 0 1 0 4 0 51 0
2014–15[16] Premier League 24 0 0 0 0 0 24 0
2015–16[17] Premier League 38 0 2 0 0 0 40 0
2016–17[18] Premier League 30 0 2 0 0 0 8[f] 0 1[g] 0 41 0
2017–18[19] Premier League 33 0 2 0 0 0 35 0
2018–19[20] Premier League 38 0 0 0 0 0 38 0
2019–20[21] Premier League 38 0 2 0 4 0 44 0
2020–21[22] Premier League 38 0 4 0 0 0 6[h] 0 48 0
2021–22[23] Premier League 37 0 0 0 1 0 14[i] 0 1[g] 0 53 0
Total 414 0 21 0 12 0 28 0 4 0 479 0
Nice 2022–23[24] Ligue 1 36 0 1 0 9[j] 0 46 0
Anderlecht 2023–24 Belgian Pro League 23 0 1 0 24 0
Career total 632 0 31 0 15 0 38 0 5 0 721 0
  1. Includes Scottish Cup, FA Cup, Coupe de France, Belgian Cup
  2. Includes Scottish League Cup, Football League Cup/EFL Cup
  3. Appearance in UEFA Cup
  4. Appearance in Football League Trophy
  5. Appearances in Championship play-offs
  6. Appearances in UEFA Champions League
  7. 7.0 7.1 Appearance in FA Community Shield
  8. Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  9. Six appearances in UEFA Europa League, eight appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League
  10. Appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League

International

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As of match played 23 March 2024[25]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Denmark 2013 2 0
2014 7 0
2015 9 0
2016 6 0
2017 7 0
2018 12 0
2019 10 0
2020 7 0
2021 18 0
2022 11 0
2023 10 0
2024 1 0
Total 100 0

Honours

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Notts County

Leicester City

Individual

References

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  1. "Updated squads for 2017/18 Premier League confirmed". Premier League. 2 February 2018. Retrieved 11 February 2018.
  2. "FIFA World Cup Russia 2018: List of Players: Denmark" (PDF). FIFA. 15 July 2018. p. 8. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 June 2019.
  3. 3.0 3.1 "Kasper Schmeichel: Overview". Premier League. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
  4. "FPF Player Profile Kasper Schmeichel". Federação Portuguesa de Futebol. 2016. Retrieved 31 December 2016.
  5. Nedza, Jon (2 November 2016). "Kasper Schmeichel: Jeg glemmer aldrig mit ophold på Oure". Dontt (in Danish). Archived from the original on 7 October 2021. Retrieved 22 November 2022.
  6. "Kasper Schmeichel". Soccerbase. Retrieved 13 December 2014.
  7. 7.0 7.1 7.2 "Games played by Kasper Schmeichel in 2005/2006". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 13 December 2014.
  8. 8.0 8.1 8.2 "Games played by Kasper Schmeichel in 2006/2007". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 13 December 2014.
  9. 9.0 9.1 9.2 "Games played by Kasper Schmeichel in 2007/2008". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 13 December 2014.
  10. "Games played by Kasper Schmeichel in 2008/2009". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 13 December 2014.
  11. "Games played by Kasper Schmeichel in 2009/2010". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 13 December 2014.
  12. "Games played by Kasper Schmeichel in 2010/2011". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 13 December 2014.
  13. "Games played by Kasper Schmeichel in 2011/2012". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 13 December 2014.
  14. "Games played by Kasper Schmeichel in 2012/2013". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 13 December 2014.
  15. "Games played by Kasper Schmeichel in 2013/2014". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 13 December 2014.
  16. "Games played by Kasper Schmeichel in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 13 December 2014.
  17. "Games played by Kasper Schmeichel in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 17 August 2015.
  18. "Games played by Kasper Schmeichel in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 14 August 2016.
  19. "Games played by Kasper Schmeichel in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 14 May 2018.
  20. "Games played by Kasper Schmeichel in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 17 March 2019.
  21. "Games played by Kasper Schmeichel in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 13 August 2019.
  22. "Games played by Kasper Schmeichel in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 13 September 2020.
  23. "Games played by Kasper Schmeichel in 2021/2022". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 7 August 2021.
  24. "Games played by Kasper Schmeichel in 2022/2023". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 14 August 2022.
  25. Schmeichel, Kasper at National-Football-Teams.com
  26. "K. Schmeichel: Summary". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
  27. McNulty, Phil (15 May 2021). "Chelsea 0–1 Leicester City". BBC Sport. Retrieved 15 May 2021.
  28. Hafez, Shamoon (7 August 2021). "Leicester City 1–0 Manchester City". BBC Sport. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
  29. "Schmeichel Signs New Leicester City Deal". Leicester City F.C. Retrieved 4 June 2014.
  30. "Schmeichel Named 2017 Danish Footballer of the Year". Leicester City F.C. Retrieved 21 March 2017.
  31. "Schmeichel Named Danish Footballer Of The Year For A Third Time". Leicester City F.C. Retrieved 8 June 2021.
  32. "Schmeichel Wins Danish Footballer Of The Year Award In 2020". Leicester City F.C. Retrieved 8 June 2021.
  33. "Kasper Schmeichel's Named Denmark's Player of the Year". Leicester Mercury. Retrieved 22 March 2016.[permanent dead link]
  34. "The Football League announces its Team of the Decade". The Football League. Retrieved 14 March 2016.
  35. "Rooney is PFA player of the year". BBC Sport. 25 April 2010. Retrieved 23 May 2018.
  36. "Gareth Bale wins PFA Player of Year and Young Player awards". BBC Sport. 28 April 2013. Retrieved 23 May 2018.
  37. "Luis Suarez: Liverpool striker wins PFA Player of the Year award". BBC Sport. 28 April 2014. Retrieved 23 May 2018.
  38. "PFA Fans' Awards". Sky Sports. 30 April 2010. Retrieved 12 April 2023.
  39. "Keeper De Vries wins top accolade". BBC Sport. 3 June 2010. Retrieved 12 September 2021.