Name

Peter Boleslaw Schmeichel

Date of Birth

18.11.1963 (Gladsaxe, Denmark)

Height

1.93m

Position

Goalkeeper

Nationality

Denmark

4 x Danish League : 1987, 1988, 1990, 1991
1 x Danish Cup : 1988-1989
1 x Portuguese League : 1999-2000
1 x Portuguese Cup : 2001-2002
5 x English League : 1992-1993, 1993-1994, 1995-1996,
1996-1997, 1998-1999
3 x FA Cup : 1993-1994, 1995-1996, 1998-1999
1 x European Cup : 1998-1999
1 x European Championship : 1992
 

Season

Team

Games

Conceded

Clean Sheets

Position

1984

Hvidovre

20

-

-

11th

1985

Hvidovre

28

-

-

14th

1986

Hvidovre (2)

30

-

-

-

1987

Brondby

23

-

-

1st

1988

Brondby

26

-

-

1st

1989

Brondby

26

-

-

2nd

1990

Brondby

26

-

-

1st

1991

Brondby

18

-

-

1st

1991-1992

Man United

40

-

-

2nd

1992-1993

Man United

42

-

-

1st

1993-1994

Man United

40

-

-

1st

1994-1995

Man United

32

-

-

2nd

1995-1996

Man United

36

-

-

1st

1996-1997

Man United

36

-

-

1st

1997-1998

Man United

32

-

-

2nd

1998-1999

Man United

34

-

-

1st

1999-2000

Sporting

28

-

-

1st

2000-2001

Sporting

22

-

-

3rd

2001-2002

Aston Villa

29

-

-

8th

2002-2003

Man City

29

-

-

9th

 

Hvidovre

90

-

-

-

 

Brondby

122

-

-

-

 

Man United

292

130

-

0.45 GCPG

 

Sporting Lisbon

61

-

-

-

 

Aston Villa

65

-

-

-

 

European Cup

47

52

16

1.11 GCPG

 

UEFA Cup

19

17

12

0.89 GCPG

 

Denmark

129

112

56

0.87 GCPG

 

Totals

825

-

-

-

 

 

 

 

 

 
Schmeichel's performances in Denmark's unlikely European Championship success in
1992 made him a household name. He saved a penalty from Marco Van Basten in
the semi-finals and pulled off a string of outstanding saves in the final. He went on
to become one of key players in Man United's all conquering team and left the club
after winning the European Cup in 1999.

Commanding in the air, an excellent shot stopper and outstanding in one on one
confrontations, Schmeichel was, along with Gianluca Pagliuca, the best goalkeeper
of the 1990s.

Schmeichel has scored 9 league goals, 6 for Hvidovre in 1985, 2 for Hvidovre in 1987
and 1 for Aston Villa in the 2001-2002 season. In an international friendly against
Belgium on 3 June 2000, Schmeichel scored a penalty. The match finished 2-2.