{"id":93106,"date":"2026-05-27T11:06:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-27T11:06:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/93106\/"},"modified":"2026-05-27T11:06:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-27T11:06:09","slug":"denmark-and-former-leicester-goalkeeper-kasper-schmeichel-retiring-because-of-shoulder-injury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/93106\/","title":{"rendered":"Denmark and former Leicester goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel retiring because of shoulder injury"},"content":{"rendered":"

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) \u2014 Denmark and Celtic<\/a> goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel, who was part of the Premier League-winning team with Leicester in 2016 in one of soccer\u2019s biggest shocks<\/a>, has announced his retirement from soccer because of a serious shoulder injury.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen my contract with Celtic expires in June, my career as an active footballer stops,\u201d Schmeichel said in an interview with TV2 in Denmark broadcast Wednesday. \u201cI think this is the right time now to announce that I have played my last professional football match.\u201d<\/p>\n

The 39-year-old Schmeichel has been sidelined since February.<\/p>\n

Schmeichel \u2013 the son of former Manchester United great Peter Schmeichel \u2013 revealed in March he required two surgeries but that he wanted to try to salvage his career.<\/p>\n

The former Manchester City, Leeds, Nice and Anderlecht keeper, who played at the 2018 and 2022 World Cups, said \u201cit\u2019s not how I would have wanted my career to end.\u201d<\/p>\n

Schmeichel\u2019s last appearance for Denmark was in its World Cup qualification defeat against Scotland in November.<\/p>\n

DBU, Danish soccer\u2019s governing body, posted on X: \u201cFrom debut in Skopje to World Cup debut against Peru, big saves against some of the world\u2019s best nations, a Euro semifinal at Wembley and much more. 13 years. 120 matches for the National Team. Thanks for unforgettable moments, Kasper.\u201d<\/p>\n

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AP soccer: https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/soccer<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) \u2014 Denmark and Celtic goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel, who was part of the Premier League-winning team…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":93107,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2],"tags":[35915,27,26,16068,6288,38806,16008,24316,751,133,135],"class_list":["post-93106","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-denmark","tag-athlete-injuries","tag-danmark","tag-denmark","tag-kasper-schmeichel","tag-leeds","tag-leeds-united","tag-manchester-united-fc","tag-peter-schmeichel","tag-premier-league","tag-soccer","tag-sports"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@dk\/116646221414536661","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93106","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=93106"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93106\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/93107"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=93106"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=93106"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=93106"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}