Peter Schmeichel
Danish association football player (Wikidata description)
- Nationality
- Denmark
- Born
- 18 November 1963
- Position
- Goalkeeper
- Preferred foot
- Not verified
- Senior career
- 1981–2003
Clubs Gladsaxe-Hero · Hvidovre IF · Brøndby IF · Manchester United F.C. · Sporting CP · Aston Villa F.C. · Manchester City F.C.
Career statistics
Club figures here are senior domestic-league matches unless marked otherwise; international figures are full senior caps. Youth, reserve, Olympic, friendly and unofficial matches are excluded from totals. Totals are summed from the individual sourced records below. Where a record is missing, the figure is shown as unavailable — never as zero.
Club league apps
648
Club league goals
9
International caps
129
International goals
1
League goals / match
0.01
International goals / cap
0.01
All official apps
Unavailable
All-competition totals not yet sourced
Goals per 90
Unavailable
Requires minutes for every match
Assists: Unavailable — assists were not recorded consistently before the modern data era.
Club-by-club and international breakdown
| Team | Years | Counts | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gladsaxe-HeroClub | 1981–1984 | League | 46 | 0 |
| Hvidovre IFClub | 1984–1987 | League | 78 | 6 |
| Brøndby IFClub | 1987–1991 | League | 119 | 2 |
| Denmark men's national football teamNational team | 1987–2001 | Full caps | 129 | 1 |
| Manchester United F.C.Club | 1991–1999 | League | 292 | 0 |
| Sporting CPClub | 1999–2001 | League | 55 | 0 |
| Aston Villa F.C.Club | 2001–2002 | League | 29 | 1 |
| Manchester City F.C.Club | 2002–2003 | League | 29 | 0 |
Season by season
Season-level records are unavailable for this player in the current sources. They will appear here when a licensed season-by-season source is imported.
Team accolades
- ×5
Premier League
Domestic
- 1992–93 · Manchester United F.C.
- 1993–94 · Manchester United F.C.
- 1995–96 · Manchester United F.C.
- 1996–97 · Manchester United F.C.
- 1998–99 · Manchester United F.C.
- ×1
European Cup / UEFA Champions League
Continental club
- 1998–99 · Manchester United F.C.
- ×1
Intercontinental Cup
Continental club
- 1999 · Manchester United F.C.
- ×1
Primeira Liga
Domestic
- 1999–00 · Sporting CP
- ×1
UEFA European Championship
International
- 1992 · Denmark men's national football team
Sourced stated or derived from referenced statementsProvisional inferred from club stint dates — squad membership not individually verifiedVerified checked by an editor
Individual accolades
- ×2
IFFHS World's Best Goalkeeper
Individual award · IFFHS
- 1992
- 1993
Career timeline
1981
- Joins Gladsaxe-Hero — Until 1984
1984
- Joins Hvidovre IF — Until 1987
1987
- Senior international debut: Denmark men's national football team — Until 2001
- Joins Brøndby IF — Until 1991
1991
- Joins Manchester United F.C. — Until 1999
1992
- IFFHS World's Best Goalkeeper — 1992(provisional)
- UEFA European Championship winner — 1992 · Denmark men's national football team
1993
- IFFHS World's Best Goalkeeper — 1993(provisional)
- Premier League winner — 1992–93 · Manchester United F.C.(provisional)
1994
- Premier League winner — 1993–94 · Manchester United F.C.(provisional)
1996
- Premier League winner — 1995–96 · Manchester United F.C.(provisional)
1997
- Premier League winner — 1996–97 · Manchester United F.C.(provisional)
1999
- European Cup / UEFA Champions League winner — 1998–99 · Manchester United F.C.(provisional)
- Intercontinental Cup winner — 1999 · Manchester United F.C.(provisional)
- Premier League winner — 1998–99 · Manchester United F.C.(provisional)
- Joins Sporting CP — Until 2001
2000
- Primeira Liga winner — 1999–00 · Sporting CP(provisional)
2001
- Joins Aston Villa F.C. — Until 2002
2002
- Joins Manchester City F.C. — Until 2003
Statistical score explained
Snapshot v2, methodology v1.0.0, published 27 October 2026. Each category is scored 0–100, multiplied by its weight, and summed. Full methodology →
Overall score
58.4
Rank #22
Partially verified4/5 categories with full evidence · 8% of inputs directly sourced
Coverage describes how complete the evidence is. It is not a probability and is separate from the score.
Peak performanceFull evidence43.4+13.02 points
- Best window
- 1992–1996
- Individual award points in window
- 11.5
- Award availability in window
- 0.822
- Team honor points in window
- 16
- Peak index
- 21.99
v1 measures peak through documented recognition (awards and titles) in the best rolling window, because season-level performance data is not available consistently across eras.
Career performanceFull evidence94.6+23.65 points
- International caps per year
- 8.6 → 94.6
Scoring production is not used for goalkeepers. Position-specific defensive and goalkeeping metrics are not recorded consistently across eras, so v1 relies on international selection rate.
Individual accoladesFull evidence24.8+4.96 points
- Contemporary award points
- 11.5
- Award availability coverage
- 0.811
- Era-adjusted contemporary points
- 14.18
- Retrospective all-time honors
- 0
- IFFHS World's Best Goalkeeper (1992)
- 5.75
- IFFHS World's Best Goalkeeper (1993)
- 5.75
Team accomplishmentsLimited evidence58.4+8.76 points
- Team honor points
- 34.5
- Club-league catalog coverage
- 0.565
- Intercontinental Cup (1999)
- 2.5
- European Cup / UEFA Champions League (1998–99)
- 8
- Premier League (1992–93)
- 3
- Premier League (1993–94)
- 3
- Premier League (1995–96)
- 3
- Premier League (1996–97)
- 3
- Premier League (1998–99)
- 3
- Primeira Liga (1999–00)
- 2
- UEFA European Championship (1992)
- 7
Only 57% of senior club years were in leagues the honor catalog covers.
Some club titles are inferred from stint dates overlapping a title-winning season (squad membership not individually verified).
LongevityFull evidence80.0+8.01 points
- Senior career length (years)
- 23 → 100
- Documented elite seasons
- 7 → 59
- International career length (years)
- 15 → 92.5
Appearance totals are deliberately not used, so accumulating matches alone does not raise this score.
Editorial biography
No editorial biography has been written yet. Biographies are written by hand with sources; none are generated automatically.
Sources
- Wikidata: Peter Schmeichel (Q182314)CC0 1.0 · retrieved 27 October 2026
- Wikimedia Commons: Peter Schmeichel 2012-01-25 001.jpgCC BY 3.0 · retrieved 27 October 2026