Kasper Peter Schmeichel (Danish pronunciation: [ˈkʰæspɐ ˈsmɑjˀkl̩]; born 5 November

1986) is a Danish professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Premier

League club Leicester City and the Denmark national team. He is the son of former
Manchester United and Danish international goalkeeper Peter Schmeichel.

Schmeichel began his career with Manchester City, but he had loan spells with
Darlington, Bury and Falkirk before he made his Manchester City debut. Although
Schmeichel appeared to have made the City number 1 jersey 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
January 2009 meant that Schmeichel fell even further down the pecking order at
City, and in August 2009, 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. He joined Leeds United in May 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
has gone on to play over 300 competitive games for Leicester, winning the
Championship in the 2013–14 season and the Premier League in 2015–16.