Denmark and former Leicester goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel retiring because of shoulder injury
Denmark and Celtic goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel, who was part of the Premier League-winning team with Leicester in 2016 in one of soccer’s biggest shocks, has announced his retirement from soccer because of a serious shoulder injury.
Schmeichel said in an interview with TV2 in Denmark broadcast Wednesday that “this is the right time now to announce that I have played my last professional football match.” The 39-year-old Schmeichel has been sidelined since February.
Schmeichel, who is the son of Manchester United goalkeeping great Peter Schmeichel, revealed in March he required two surgeries but that he wanted to try to salvage his career.
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