After 11 years at Leicester having paid his dues through the leagues, Kasper Schmeichel has left English football. But Johnny Nic reckons we’ll see him again…
Who’s this then?
Kasper Peter Schmeichel is a 35-year-old 6’2” Danish goalkeeper who has just left Leicester City after 11 years at the club and 16 years in English football, to move to Nice, France.
The son of the famous Manchester United goalkeeper, his career got started at Manchester City as a youth-team player in 2002. In 2006 he was loaned out to Darlington and then to Bury. The next couple of seasons he went to Falkirk, Cardiff and Coventry City, which is certainly paying your dues.
In 2009 Manchester City finally let him go after playing just 10 games for them. His destination was Notts County who were having something of a financial spasm which, of course, attracted Sven Goran Eriksson as manager. Kasper was given a million-pound contract – in League Two! He kept 24 clean sheets in 43 league games and won the league title.
Naturally, the financial splurge couldn’t last and they released him from his contract and rather nobly surrendered any wages owed to him. Leeds United came in and took him to the Championship but it was an unhappy season and he didn’t settle.
Leicester City came in for him in 2011 who were managed by…yes…it was Sven again. Good old Svennis, no gravy boat was too deep for him. In his first season, Kasper was made the club’s Player of the Year and Players’ Player of the Year. Result.
He played three seasons in the Championship before winning promotion to the top flight in 2014. In total he played 479 games for the Foxes and became a club legend for the consistency of his performances.
Of course, he was a Premier League winner in 2015-16 in that incredible and unlikely season. And an FA Cup winner in 2020-21.
Meanwhile he was playing international football since 2013 racking up 84 caps being awarded Danish Football Player of the Year in 2016, 2017, 2019 and 2020.
But this summer, with a year left on his contract, he decided to move on to France for a new challenge, perhaps sensing that change was underway at Leicester, that Brendan will be off soon enough and that the club looks destined to struggle, taking a three-year deal at Nice.
He leaves with everyone’s good wishes and a fantastic reputation.
11 seasons… made so special by the people behind the scenes, those on the pitch alongside me and by the fans.
Your support has been amazing and…
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