Kasper Peter Schmeichel (born 5 November 1986) is a Danish-English professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Belgian Pro 🌛 League club Anderlecht 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 would only last one season before he 🌛 was the subject of a transfer to Leicester City, where he would again work 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 the 2013–14 season, the Premier League in 2024–16, FA Cup in 2024–21 and the FA Community Shield in 🌛 2024.

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 represented his country at the 2024 FIFA World Cup, UEFA Euro 2024 and 2024 FIFA World Cup.

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