Kasper Schmeichel is the son of legendary Denmark and Manchester United goalkeeper Petr Schmeichel. Schmeichel Jr. followed in his father's footsteps, linking his life with professional football. Acting as a goalkeeper, Kasper was able to achieve significant success in his career, but the current goalkeeper of the Danish national team has not yet been able to win the main football trophies of our time.
The son of the legend of the Danish national team of the nineties, Kasper Schmeichel is a native of Copenhagen, born on November 5, 1986. Despite the successes of his father, Peter Schmeichel, Kasper did not immediately develop a love for football. At the age of four, the Schmeichel family moved to England, but until the age of seven, Kasper himself was not interested in football. Only at the age of seven did Schmeichel Jr. begin to play football at the level of amateur children. The boy chased the ball on the street with his peers, but for a long time did not enter the specialized football section. Even at the time when Kasper Schmeichel was a student at a sports college, he entered the field to play football only for his faculty.
Initially, Kasper preferred to act in the role of an attacking player - he was a striker. For the first time, Schmeichel Jr. had to get into the gate by chance. He attended the 10th anniversary game for Denmark at the Euro. In that friendly match, the Danes' goal was defended by his father Peter. During the meeting, I had to look for a replacement for the great Peter, but there was no player of such a role. Therefore, the place at the gate was taken by the son of an outstanding goalkeeper. This moment became life-changing for Casper. From that day on, Schmeichel Jr. began his sports career as a goalkeeper.
The beginning of the career of Kasper Schmeichel
The first youth football club for Kasper Schmeichel was the Portuguese team Estoril Praia. The young goalkeeper joined this team in 2000. In Portugal, the son of the legend spent only one season, after which he left for England at the Manchester City sports school. From 2003 to 2009 he was a member of the "townspeople", but he entered the field in official matches very rarely. Until 2007, he played for the youth team, in which he did not always get into the main team. This led to the fact that Kasper's sports biography includes several cases of a player's transfer to different clubs on loan. Casper played for the teams of the lower English leagues, in addition, he left for Scotland to defend the colors of FC Falkirk.
In September 2007, Kasper managed to return to the main team of Manchester City and for the first time entered the field in the first team. In total, Schmeichel Jr. played eight games for the “townspeople” in official matches, conceding seven goals. Despite the lack of playing practice, Kasper worked hard and hard in training. His work on himself soon bore fruit. Gradually, he became an increasingly experienced and reliable goalkeeper, who was in demand in several English clubs. Until 2011, his career includes appearances for Cardiff City, Coventry City, Notts County and Leeds United. Schmeichel was able to reach the level of a European-class goalkeeper in his new team, Leicester City, with which he signed a contract in 2011.
Kasper Schmeichel's career at Leicester
Kasper Schmeichel's career flourished at Leicester. From a goalkeeper who played in the lower divisions of the English Championship, the son of a legend turned into the first number of the national team. After the first season at Leicester, Schmeichel was able to attract the attention of the coach of the Danish national team. Already in 2012, Kasper was announced for the Danes at the EURO in Poland and Ukraine.
Kasper Schmeichel's first club success came in the 2013-2014 season, when he won the English Championship with Leicester and made his way to the Premier League. Two years later, Kasper has won the most significant trophy of his career to date. His talent, goalkeeper reaction, creativity on the football field, which did not interfere with the reliability of the goal defense, contributed to the sensational victory of Leicester in the English Premier League. With his performance, Casper made a significant contribution to the historic success of the team, which for the first time became the Champion of England at the highest level. This success for the goalkeeper and the club happened in the 2015-2016 season.
Kasper Schmeichel defends Leicester's colors to this day. With the team, he has already played in the UEFA Champions League matches and even was a participant in the playoffs of the most prestigious club competition in the Old World. Since 2011, Kasper has played almost three hundred matches for Leicester. The goalkeeper was recognized as the best player in the team at the end of the season in the Premier League, both according to a poll among fans and thanks to the opinion of the players themselves.
Kasper Schmeichel's career with Denmark
Like his famous father, Kasper has grown to become the first goalkeeper of his national team. He made his debut for the Danes in the official match on February 6, 2013 against the national team of Macedonia. In that meeting, Schmeichel could not keep his goal intact. Denmark's national team lost with a crushing score of 0: 3. The most important tournament in Kasper's career was his first FIFA World Cup in 2018. The Danish national team arrived at the tournament in Russia with an experienced goalkeeper at the gate. For several matches of the tournament, Kasper was able to show his level, thanks to which the Danes made it to the 1/8 finals of the World Cup. In the first elimination match at the 2018 World Championship, the Danes lost only to the future finalists Croats in a penalty shootout. Schmeichel himself saved two penalty kicks and saved his team once after hitting from the penalty spot in extra playing time. Thanks to such sporting feats of the goalkeeper, Kasper was recognized as the best player of that match.
Kasper Schmeichel is a worthy family man. He is married. Together with his wife Stina, Gildenbrand is raising two children: a girl Isabella and a boy Max. It is known that Kasper, together with his family, takes part in charity work. In 2012, Kasper and Stina became the founders of a charitable foundation to help women from African countries.
