“He was the best goalkeeper in the world, and his presence, his personality, were suddenly no longer there.”
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Peter Schmeichel
Peter Bolesław Schmeichel is a Danish former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. During eight seasons at English club Manchester United, he won 15 trophies including five Premier League titles, three FA Cups, and captaining the club to victory in the 1999 UEFA Champions League final to complete the treble. Schmeichel also played for the Denmark national team, with which he won the…
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sports · Danish footballer (born 1963) · association football player · sports commentator · also Peter Schmeichel, Schmeichel
Born 18 November 1963 · Q182314
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2026· 15 entries
“He was eccentric at times, but he is what he is. He spoke his mind, and there”
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“But there were only four who were world class: Cantona, Giggs, Ronaldo and Scholes. And of the four, Cristiano was like an ornament on the top of a Christmas tree.”
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“If someone comes in with £10m, maybe they will - but if someone comes in with £1m, I don”
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“When Peter joined Villa he had a verbal agreement that he would be the club”
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“He still feels as fit as the day he left Manchester United,”
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“The only great English midfielder in my career was Paul Scholes. He has elegance in him. Others were pretenders.”
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Yahoo! Sports: Peter Schmeichel didn’t know who Senne Lammens was when Man Utd first signed him
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Yardbarker: Peter Schmeichel reveals losing fortune to stock machine shark
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2025· 1 entry
Deadline.com: Peter Schmeichel Details Explosive Argument With Alex Ferguson & His Manchester United Exit In New SkyShowtime Documentary
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2024· 2 entries
Deadline.com: ‘Schmeichel’: First Teaser Drops For SkyShowtime Series About Legendary Danish Goalkeeper
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Yahoo! Sports: Peter Schmeichel explains why Ederson is better than Alisson
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2022· 2 entries
Won award: Premier League Hall of Fame (2022).
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Won Premier League Hall of Fame (2022).
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2018· 2 entries
Neville said "When you look back now and you're 43, like I am, there's two things about that
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Schmeichel hosted a series of programmes produced by the state-owned Russian television station RT
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2008· 2 entries
Awarded Danish Sports Hall of Fame (2008).
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Became the host of the European version of the Discovery Channel programme, Dirty Jobs
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2007· 1 entry
Won award: PFA England League Team of the Century (1907 to 2007) (2007).
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2003· 2 entries
Won award: English Football Hall of Fame (2003).
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Schmeichel was inducted into the English Football Hall of Fame in recognition of his impact on the English game
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2002· 4 entries
Won award: UEFA Champions League 10 Seasons Dream Team (1992 to 2002) (2002).
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Played for Manchester City F.C. (2002–2003) — 29 appearances, 0 goals.
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Joined Manchester City in 2002.
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Schmeichel moved to Manchester City on a free transfer
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2001· 5 entries
Won: UEFA Intertoto Cup with Aston Villa (2001).
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Won award: Honorary Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) (2001).
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Joined Aston Villa in 2001.
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Played for Aston Villa F.C. (2001–2002) — 29 appearances, 1 goals.
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Schmeichel won a public poll held by Reuters, in which the majority of the 200,000 participants voted him as the best goalkeeper in history, ahead of Lev Yashin and Gordon Banks
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2000· 3 entries
Won: Primeira Liga with Sporting CP (1999–2000).
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Won: Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira with Sporting CP (2000).
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By Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson as the "bargain of the century
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1999· 6 entries
Won: UEFA Champions League with Manchester United (1998–99).
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Won: Premier League with Manchester United (1998–99).
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Won: FA Cup with Manchester United (1998–99).
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Won award: Danish Football Player of the Year (1999).
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Played for Sporting CP (1999–2001) — 55 appearances, 0 goals.
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Joined Sporting CP in 1999.
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1998· 3 entries
Won award: Most clean sheets in the Premier League (1997–98).
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Won award: UEFA Goalkeeper of the Year (1998).
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Won award: UEFA Club Goalkeeper of the Year (1997–98).
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1997· 2 entries
Won: FA Charity Shield with Manchester United (1997).
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Won: Premier League with Manchester United (1996–97).
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1996· 6 entries
Won Premier League Player of the Season (1996).
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Won award: Most clean sheets in the Premier League (1995–96).
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Won: FA Charity Shield with Manchester United (1996).
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Won: Premier League with Manchester United (1995–96).
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Won award: Premier League Player of the Season (1995–96).
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Won: FA Cup with Manchester United (1995–96).
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1995· 1 entry
Won award: Most clean sheets in the Premier League (1994–95).
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1994· 3 entries
Won: Premier League with Manchester United (1993–94).
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Won: FA Cup with Manchester United (1993–94).
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Won: FA Charity Shield with Manchester United (1994).
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1993· 6 entries
Won award: IFFHS World's Best Goalkeeper (1993).
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Won: Premier League with Manchester United (1992–93).
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Won award: Danish Football Player of the Year (1993).
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Won: FA Charity Shield with Manchester United (1993).
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Won award: PFA Team of the Year (1992–93).
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Won award: UEFA Goalkeeper of the Year (1993).
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1992· 9 entries
Awarded IFFHS World's Best Goalkeeper (1992).
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Won award: IFFHS World's Best Goalkeeper (1992).
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Won award: Det Gyldne Bur (Goalkeeper of the Year in the Danish League) (1992).
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Won: Football League Cup with Manchester United (1991–92).
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Won award: UEFA European Championship Team of the Tournament (1992).
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Won award: UEFA Goalkeeper of the Year (1992).
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Won: UEFA European Championship with Denmark (1992).
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Awarded Best European Goalkeeper (1992).
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And 1993, while the International Federation of Football History & Statistics ranked Schmeichel among the top 10 goalkeepers of the 20th century
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1991· 5 entries
Won the Danish Superliga with Brøndby (1991).
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Won: Danish 1st Division/Danish Superliga with Brøndby (1991).
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Won: European Super Cup with Manchester United (1991).
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Joined Manchester United in 1991.
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Played for Manchester United F.C. (1991–1999) — 292 appearances, 0 goals.
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1990· 4 entries
Won the Danish Superliga with Brøndby (1990).
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Won award: Det Gyldne Bur (Goalkeeper of the Year in the Danish League) (1990).
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Won: Danish 1st Division/Danish Superliga with Brøndby (1990).
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Won award: Danish Football Player of the Year (1990).
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1989· 2 entries
Won the Danish Cup with Brøndby (1988-1989).
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Won: Danish Cup with Brøndby (1988–89).
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1988· 3 entries
Won the Danish Superliga with Brøndby (1988).
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Won award: Det Gyldne Bur (Goalkeeper of the Year in the Danish League) (1988).
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Won: Danish 1st Division/Danish Superliga with Brøndby (1988).
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1987· 6 entries
Won the Danish Superliga with Brøndby (1987).
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Won: Danish 1st Division/Danish Superliga with Brøndby (1987).
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Won award: Det Gyldne Bur (Goalkeeper of the Year in the Danish League) (1987).
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Joined Brøndby in 1987.
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Played for Brøndby IF (1987–1991) — 119 appearances, 2 goals.
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Played for Denmark men's national football team (1987–2001) — 129 appearances, 1 goals.
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1984· 2 entries
Played for Hvidovre IF (1984–1987) — 78 appearances, 6 goals.
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Played for Denmark national under-21 football team (1984–1986) — 8 appearances, 9 goals.
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1981· 1 entry
Played for Gladsaxe-Hero (1981–1984) — 46 appearances, 0 goals.
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1979· 1 entry
To form Gladsaxe-Hero BK, and Schmeichel was presented with the opportunity to play for the Zealand FA's junior representative team
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1963· 1 entry
Born 1963-11-18.
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