KASPER SCHMEICHEL

'Kasper Peter Schmeichel' (born November 5, 1986 in Copenhagen, Denmark) is a Danish goalkeeper who plays for Manchester City. He is the son of former player Peter Schmeichel, who finished his career with Manchester City.

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Career

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Career

Schmeichel joined Manchester City in 2002 on a long term contract, on a deal which deals with schoolboy, scholar and professional terms.^[1] Schmeichel joined League Two side Darlington on loan in January 2006,^[2] where he made his professional first team debut against Peterborough United at the 96.6 TFM Arena on January 14, 2006. Darlington won the game 2-1, with Schmeichel conceding a goal to Peterborough striker James Quinn.^[3] He gained his first clean sheet three days later against Grimsby Town. He made two further appearances before returning to Manchester City. One month later he was loaned out again, this time to Bury in February,^[4] where he made 15 appearances in a three month loan spell. He returned to Bury for a further three months the following season.^[5]
Schmeichel joined Scottish Premier League side Falkirk on loan from January 2007 until the end of the 2006-07 season.^[6] He was named man of the match against Rangers on February 18 2007. Schmeichel revealed in May he would have liked his loan at Falkirk extended and Falkirk expressed an interest in signing him.^[7][8]
Schmeichel made his Manchester City debut against West Ham United in August 2007.^[9] He played against City's rivals Manchester United on the 19 August 2007 and kept a clean sheet in City's 1-0 home win.^[10] Having played all four of Manchester City's games in the Premier League so far in the 2007-08 season, he has conceded only 1 goal.^[11] Schmeichel saved a penalty from Arsenal's Robin van Persie on 25th August 2007, despite City losing 1-0 to Arsenal.
On August 23 2007 it was reported in the ''Daily Mirror'' that England are investigating Kasper Schmeichel's international status, to see if there is any chance of him forsaking Denmark for Steve McClaren's England side.^[12] But Schmeichel has stated that he will only play for Denmark.^[13] On August 27 2007 it was reported in CNN, that he had been nominated as the goalkeeper of the week in F.A. Premier League.

References

1. Schmeichel's son joins Man City
2. Schmeichel joins Quakers on loan
3. Darlington 2-1 Peterborough
4. Bury sign Man City's Schmeichel
5. Schmeichel returns to Gigg Lane
6. Schmeichel gets Falkirk loan move
7. Schmeichel keen on Falkirk stay
8. Falkirk target Schmeichel switch
9. West Ham 0-2 Man City
10. Man City 1-0 Man Utd
11. Kasper Schmeichel
12. FA woo Kasper
13. England kan glemme alt om Schmeichel

External links

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★ Profile at GFDb.com

★ Danish national team profile

★ Manchester City F.C. profile