Kasper Schmeichel: Nine Years At City
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Kasper Schmeichel
After signing for the Club in the summer of 2011, Kasper Schmeichel's debut came in a 1-0 win at Coventry City at the start of the 2011/12 season. The Foxes would go on to finish ninth in the Championship and reach the quarter-finals of the FA Cup. He won the Club's Player and Players' Player of the Season awards that year.
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Kasper Schmeichel
The goalkeeper's second season for the Football Club produced a sixth-placed Championship finish in 2012/13. However, City were beaten by Watford in the play-off semi-finals. He was named in the PFA Team of the Year.
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Kasper Schmeichel
The following campaign, in 2013/14, City gained promotion to the Premier League by winning the Championship title. For the second season running, Schmeichel was selected in the PFA Team of the Year alongside Wes Morgan and Danny Drinkwater.
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Kasper Schmeichel
The City No.1 celebrates with his team-mates after a draw at Sunderland in their penultimate fixture of the 2014/15 Premier League season secured their top-flight status. It is regarded as one of the greatest escapes from relegation in Premier League history.
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Kasper Schmeichel
Against 5000/1 odds, Leicester City win the Premier League in 2015/16. Schmeichel - a champion of England - narrowly missed out on the Premier League's Golden Glove award after keeping 15 clean sheets in 38 games. His efforts are rewarded with the 2016 Danish Footballer of the Year accolade.
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Kasper Schmeichel
An intrepid run to the quarter-finals of the UEFA Champions League in 2016/17 came courtesy of two penalty saves from Schmeichel against Sevilla in the last-16. City went on to finish 12th in the Premier League. He is named Danish Footballer of the Year for the second time in 2017, as well as winning City's Player and Players' Player of the Season awards.
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Kasper Schmeichel
The stopper's seventh season at the Football Club results in runs to the quarter-finals of both the FA Cup and League Cup in 2017/18. The Foxes place ninth in the Premier League, equalling their third-highest finish in the division.
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Kasper Schmeichel
Another ninth-placed finish follows for City in 2018/19, which sees Brendan Rodgers appointed manager of the Football Club in February 2019.
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Kasper Schmeichel
Schmeichel registers 13 shutouts in 2019/20 to help the Foxes to a second-best Premier League finish of fifth. They break numerous records along the way, including the biggest away win in the history of the Football League's top division following a 9-0 triumph at Southampton. City qualify for only their fifth European campaign. In January 2020, he is named Danish Footballer of the Year for the third time.