Peter Schmeichel
POSITION :-Goalkeeper
DATE OF BIRTH:- 18.11.68
PLACE OF BIRTH:- Gladsaxe, Denmark
DATE SIGNED:-12.8.91
FROM:-Brondby
HEIGHT :-6' 4"
WEIGHT:-16st 0lb
Danish international goalkeeper, who starred for his side when
they took the 1992 European Championship. Schmeichel, 32, born in
Gladsaxe joined from Brondby for £550,000 in August 1991. He
kept 26 clean sheets in 43 games last season but was absent when
United were hammered 4-0 in Barcelona in the Champions League,
axed as Alex Ferguson juggled with the foreigners rule. During
his run last season he didn't concede a goal for 1,135 minutes.
United failed to win their third successive Carling Premiership
title last season and many observers point to the eight
mid-season league matches the great Dane missed as the most
important factor, perhaps more important than the ban on Eric
Cantona. United drafted in Gary Walsh and won just four times,
also going out of the Champions League. Schmeichel ruptured a
disc in his back and thought that his career may be over after
suffering an ankle injury the season before, which almost kept
him out of their FA Cup final with Chelsea. In March 1994
Schmeichel played his 93rd successive game for United, overtaking
Alex Stepney's previous record.
Schmeichel started his career as a striker at Gladsaxe and proved
he has still has an eye for goal this season, scoring with a
header from a corner in the UEFA Cup v Rotor Volvograd on
September 26. His goal saved United's unbeaten European record at
Old Trafford, which stretches back 55 matches to 1956, but he
could not stop them going out of the cup, on away goals.
When not playing football Schmeichel, a volatile player, prefers
music. He is learning to play the piano and also enjoys the
drums, flute and guitar. His father is a professional pianist in
Denmark and his mother and sisters also play. He says: "I'm
so involved in soccer, I find music relaxing. When I get home I
want to throw the boots away and enjoy something else."
Peter performed brilliantly for United in the second half of the
1995-96 season, and was, many people believe, the reason that
United were able to complete the 'double'.
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