{"id":34783,"date":"2026-05-27T14:32:52","date_gmt":"2026-05-27T14:32:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eplvip.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/27\/denmark-former-leicester-goalkeeper-kasper-schmeichel-retires-due-to-shoulder-injury\/"},"modified":"2026-05-27T14:32:52","modified_gmt":"2026-05-27T14:32:52","slug":"denmark-former-leicester-goalkeeper-kasper-schmeichel-retires-due-to-shoulder-injury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eplvip.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/27\/denmark-former-leicester-goalkeeper-kasper-schmeichel-retires-due-to-shoulder-injury\/","title":{"rendered":"Denmark, former Leicester goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel retires due to shoulder injury"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) \u2014 Denmark and <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\">celtic<\/span> Goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\">The Premier League winning team faced Leicester, which suffered the biggest shock in the soccer world in 2016.<\/span>announced his retirement from soccer due to a serious shoulder injury.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;When my contract with Celtic expires in June, my active football career will end,&#8221; Schmeichel said in an interview with Danish TV2 on Wednesday. &#8220;I think now is the right time to announce that I have played my last professional football game.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Schmeichel, 39, has been sidelined since February.<\/p>\n<p>Schmeichel, the son of former Manchester United great Peter Schmeichel, required two operations in March but revealed he was determined to try to get his career back on track.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I didn&#8217;t want my career to end like this,&#8221; said the former Manchester City, Leeds, Nice and Anderlecht keeper, who played in the 2018 and 2022 World Cups.<\/p>\n<p>Schmeichel last appeared for Denmark in the World Cup qualifying defeat against Scotland in November.<\/p>\n<p>DBU, the Danish football governing body, posted on X: &#8220;From his debut in Skopje to his World Cup debut against Peru, big saves against the best countries in the world, Euro semi-finals at Wembley and more. 13 years. 120 matches for the national team. 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