In Denmark the surname Schmeichel is synonymous with “goalkeeper”. 12 years after the last game played by dad Peterthe young man Kasper He made his debut with the Scandinavian national team on 6 March 2013, during a friendly match against Macedonia. Not an unforgettable match, given that a 3-0 defeat occurred, but the international career of the son of art was not affected.
From October of that same year until today, Schmeichel jr. he missed less than twenty games, all due to physical problems or “experiments” by the coach on duty. The latest to be called into question was Frederik Ronnow of Union Berlin; no one, however, has managed to take the place away from the 35-year-old, who plays for Glasgow Celtic after two brief periods at Nice and Anderlecht.
Of course, dad Peter remains from another planet, having spent eight seasons at Sir Alex Ferguson’s Manchester United, with whom he won the Champions League. He was also part of the team that surprisingly won the European Championship in 1992. All in all, things didn’t go so badly for Kasper: with Ranieri’s Leicester he won the Premier League and is now on the verge of overtaking his father in terms of number of appearances with Denmark: there are 107, 14 less than the 121 of the legendary Peter. The goal is to overcome it, perhaps defending the selection posts at the 2026 World Cup.