.jpg/960px-Kasper_Schmeichel_Celtic-20240722_(cropped).jpg)
.jpg){kind=link}
Kasper Schmeichel
b. 1986
Danish association football player
- Born
- 5 Nov 1986 · Copenhagen
Life timeline
Their life from birth to death. On the timeline, world events of the time are shown faintly.
- 5 Nov 1986BornBorn in Copenhagen
- 2004 – 2005TeamDenmark national under-19 football team
- 2005 – 2009TeamManchester City F.C.
- 2006TeamDarlington F.C.
- 2006TeamBury F.C.
- 2006TeamDenmark national under-20 association football team
- 2007 – 2008TeamCardiff City F.C.
- 2007 – 2008TeamDenmark national under-21 football team
- 2007TeamFalkirk F.C.
- 2008TeamCoventry City F.C.
- 2009 – 2010TeamNotts County F.C.
- 2010 – 2011TeamLeeds United F.C.
- 2011 – 2022TeamLeicester City F.C.
- 2013 – 2025TeamDenmark men's national football team
- 2018Took part2018 FIFA World Cup
- 2022 – 2023TeamOGC Nice
- 2023 – 2024TeamR.S.C. Anderlecht
- 2024 – 2026TeamCeltic F.C.
Loading from Wikipedia and Wikidata…
Meanwhile in the world
Major world events during their lifetime (1986 – today).
- 19891989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre
- 1989Fall of the Berlin Wall
- 19901990 FIFA World Cup
- 1991Dissolution of the Soviet Union
- 19941994 FIFA World Cup
- 1994 – 1996First Chechen War
- 19981998 FIFA World Cup
- 2001 – 2021War in Afghanistan
- 2003 – 2011Iraq War
- 20042004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami
- 20062006 FIFA World Cup
- 20082008 Summer Olympics
- 2008Russo-Georgian War
- 20102010 Haiti earthquake
- 2010 – 2012Arab Spring
- 20112011 Norway attacks
- 2011Libyan civil war
- 2011 – 2024Syrian civil war
- 20122012 Summer Olympics
- 20142014 FIFA World Cup
- 2014Russo-Ukrainian war
- 2015Paris Agreement
- 2020COVID-19 pandemic
- 20212020 Summer Olympics
- 2022Russo-Ukrainian war
- 2023Gaza war
- 20242024 Summer Olympics
- 20262026 Iran war
Biography
Kasper Peter Schmeichel (born 5 November 1986) is a Danish former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.
Schmeichel began his career with Manchester City, but had loan spells with Darlington, Bury and Falkirk before he made his first-team debut in 2007; after a short period as starting goalkeeper, he went on further loan spells to Cardiff City and Coventry City. After falling down the pecking order behind Joe Hart and Shay Given, he departed for Notts County in League Two on a permanent deal in 2009, reuniting with former City manager Sven-Göran Eriksson, before signing for Championship side Leeds United a year later.
After one year at Leeds, Schmeichel was signed by fellow Championship side Leicester City in 2011, reuniting again with Eriksson. He 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 the FA Cup and Community Shield in 2021, additionally serving as club captain in his final season before departing in 2022. Following spells across Europe with Nice and Anderlecht, Schmeichel returned to Scotland to sign with Celtic in 2024, reuniting with former Leicester manager Brendan Rodgers. During his time at Celtic, he won a domestic double twice, lifting the Scottish League Cup, Scottish Cup and also the Scottish Premiership twice.
A former Denmark under-21 international, Schmeichel was called up to the senior 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 since made 120 international appearances, and represented his country at the 2018 FIFA World Cup, Euro 2020, the 2022 World Cup and Euro 2024.
Schmeichel announced his retirement from professional football in May 2026.
Text from the Wikipedia article Kasper Schmeichel, CC BY-SA 4.0
About this information
Dates and life events come from this person’s Wikidata entry.
We only show events that the sources give a date for. Anything without a date is left out rather than guessed.