He played 17 games for the Denmark national under-21 team.

Schmeichel was called up

to the Denmark national team for the first time against Iceland on 13 May 2011,[5]
and was part of their squad at UEFA Euro 2012, but did not make his senior debut
until 2013.

Born in Copenhagen,[2] Schmeichel joined Manchester City in September 2002 on a

long-term contract, which covered schoolboy, scholar and professional terms.[6] He
joined League Two side Darlington on a loan deal in January 2006,[7] where he made
his professional first team debut against Peterborough United at the 96.6 TFM Arena
on 14 January 2006. Darlington won the game 2–1, with Schmeichel conceding a goal
to Peterborough striker James Quinn.[8] He gained his first clean sheet three days
later against Grimsby Town. He made two further appearances before returning to
Manchester City.

One month after returning to Manchester City he was loaned out again, this time to
Bury in February,[9] where he made 15 appearances in a three-month loan spell. He
returned to Bury for a further three months the following season.[10]