Biography
One of the most responsible positions on the football field is a goalkeeper. Often, the result of the game depends on the goalkeeper and they are accused of playing the team. Despite the fact that the fans favor the attackers or midfielders of clubs, the names of such piles, like Oliver Kan, Gianluigi Buffon, Iker Casillas on the right became legendary. In this list, Danish football player Peter Schmeyhel occupies in this list.Childhood and youth
Peter Boleslav Schmeikhel was born in the Danish Gladsakse on November 18, 1963. The boy was born in a mixed family - Peter's father by nationality Pole, and the mother of the Dane. Until the seven age, the son of the four Schmeikhel had Polish citizenship.
The biography of the star goalkeeper could form a completely different way. As a child, the boy did not hurt football, like many later soccer players. The game for a long time remained for Peter a secondary hobby.
The schoolboy adored music, especially the classics and piano. According to Schmeyhel, this noble tool allows you to perform any compositions. However, except for classical music, in the preferences of the young man was Glam Rock. Peter was part of the Rock group organized by schoolchildren.
In addition to piano and guitars, the boy was fond of handball. In numerous interviews, the goalkeeper recognized that the skills of the handball player were helped when protecting the gate.
Driving the ball on the field The boy began in the "Gladsak" - the local club of the hometown. The coach of this team insisted on the choice of football athlete as the main sport.
Football
After the "Gladsax", the football player fell into the "specimen", where he went on the field at the position of the attacker. By the way, during the game, the attackers scored six heads. In the subsequent career, according to Schmeyhel, experience was useful. Goalkeeper, like a clown, should be able to be able to all, Dyschanin said. The former field player is easier to predict the strategy and the opponent's fins in order to react on them on time.
However, the frame of the gate of Manila's football player, and soon he took a legitimate place in the target. A promising player noticed in the clubs a higher division. In 1987, the goalkeeper concludes a contract with the professional and strongest country club - "Bondby".
Among those interested in the talent, the goalkeeper turned out to be the British, namely the Agents Newcastle United. In 1987, representatives of the club led negotiations with the Danes about the transfer of a football player, but ultimately considered Peter inexperienced and refused to acquire. In the foggy Albion, Schmeikhel fell in 1991, when he concluded a contract with Manchester United. The transfer amount, according to some reports, was from 500 to 800 thousand pounds sterling.
Subsequently, the head coach of the "Red Devilles", Sir Alex Ferguson, will call a transaction to the purchase of a century, and Shmeyhel will build a brilliant career and become a legend of football, having achieved graceful success club.
The mid-90s was issued rich in trophies for "Mancunians". Peter Schmeyhel played an important role. 5 championship titles, three Cup of England, win in the Champions League - not a complete list of the merit of the Club.
The least successful was the 1994/1995 season. In the same 1994, goalkeeper, whose game remained excellent, criticized the coach. It happened after the match with Liverpool, when "Manchester", initially leading in the score 3: 0, missed three goals of the opponent. The criticism ended with the conflict of the coach and goalkeeper, which in gross reacted to the comments of the mentor. Later, the Dane cooled and after a couple of days brought apologies to Ferguson and the team.
Physically developed, impressive growth (193 cm with a weight of 96 kg), the goalkeeper took the balls flying into the grid under such a trajectory, which often seemed to contradict the laws of physics. The corporate position of Schmeyhel became widely divided into hand-sided hands, which made it possible to maximize the area of the gate. In addition to the game at the gate, Keeper supported a team colleague. A sonorous voice of the goalkeeper suggested the defenders of the game line.
The experience of the scorer has also affected. Smeyhel became famous for the ability not only to reflect the ball flying into the target, but also to score a goal into the opponent's gate. For the first time this happened during the match "Red Devils" with the Volgograd "Rotor". Having collapsed into the penalty opponent, Schmeyhel sent the ball into the gate of Russians from the corner.
The goalkeeper managed to repeat the game in the penalty opponent in 1999, during the decisive meeting in the Champions League final with Munich "Bavaria". Surprised Germans fell into a stupor when the goalkeeper unexpectedly left the target of the gate and ran to the opposite side of the field. At this moment, the players of Mankunians scored a goal.
After graduating from the 1998/1999 season, Peter left the club, despite the persuasion of colleagues and fans. The overloaded schedule and the mad rhythm of the English Premier League forced to change the Kiper England on the warm Portugal. The goalkeeper became part of the Lisbon "Sporting".
However, soon the football player rushed along the native English Premier League and switched first to Aston Villa, and then in Manchester City. After spending two seasons in English clubs, in 2003 Dane officially completed his career.
In addition to the club career, the goalkeeper distinguished itself and in the national team, whose honor was performed from 1987 to 2001. The top achievement remains the victory of the team at the European Championships of 1992, where Denmark came by chance after disqualification on the political reasons of Yugoslavia. A country that no one considered the favorite of the tournament, became the winner, bypassing the strongest prefabricated continent.
Personal life
Like many public people, Schmeyhel prefers not to talk about the family and personal life. In an interview, the goalkeeper has repeatedly stated that he likes to remain unrecognized outside the field. A man is ready to discuss the weather, music or football, but family-friendly affairs remain a private territory.
It is known that the wife of Goalkeeper Berta is the daughter of the first coach of Peter in Gladsakse. In 2013, the couple divorced. The son of the goalkeeper became a famous person - Casper Schmeyhel, who went in the footsteps of the Father. A young man plays for the national national team Denmark, as well as for the honor of the Leicester City Club in the position of the goalkeeper.
In the 2015/2016 season, Casper has become the champion of England together with the club. The pride and the joy of a happy father did not know the limit. Dane even changed the description of the profile in Twitter on the "Father of the Premier League Winner".
After completing the career in professional football, in addition to the support of the Son, Peter works on television, where he leads the program about football and events, with him connected, - "Show Peter Schmeyhel". Releases come out on the RT channel, and the news and photos taken during the filming are published on the page in "Instagram".
Peter Shmeyhel now
Working on television, as well as being a recognized expert in the world of professional football, Peter often performs among consultants and invited guests discussing and giving assessments to the game. During the World FIFA World Cup 2018, Goalkeeper visited Russia, removing a series of programs about cities receiving national teams on games. In addition, the footballer voiced the forecasts and upcoming matches, and also gave an expert assessment of the past meetings during the tournament.
In 2018, according to Mirror, Peter will include the coaching headquarters of Lisbon "Sporting", at the gates of which the Danes stood. Not having serious coaching experience, but having a great experience of the game on the field, Peter will be a mentor of the goalkeeper club.
Awards
- 1987, 1988, 1990, 1992 - The best goalkeeper of Denmark
- 1990, 1993, 1999 - Best Footballer Denmark
- 1992 - Member of the Symbolic "UEFA Nature" on the results of the European Championship
- 1992, 1993, 1997, 1999 - the best goalkeeper of Europe according to UEFA
- 1992, 1993 - the best goalkeeper of the world according to MFFIIS
- 1995/96 - Player of the Season of the English Premier League
- 1997/98 - the best goalkeeper of the European Club season
- 2000 - Member of the Order of the British Empire
- 2003 - introduced into the hall of the Glory of English Football
- 2009 - Entered in the Hall of Fame of Danish Football
- Recordsman of the Denmark national team according to the number of games
- Takes the 7th place among the best goalkeepers of the 20th century (according to IFFHS)
- Included in FIFA list 100
- Included in the list of the greatest football players of the XX century according to the version of the World Soccer