Peter Schmeichel – One – My Autobiography – Softback

Peter Schmeichel is a giant of football, who won more Premier League titles than any player in his position and captained Manchester United in the last-gasp Treble-clinching win over Bayern Munich in the 1999 Champions League final. 'I don't believe a better goalkeeper played the game,' said Sir Alex Ferguson. But how did a boy from a Copenhagen tower block achieve his dream of being a champion with United and Denmark?

In his acclaimed autobiography, Schmeichel reveals exactly what it took as he guides us deep inside a club that transformed football during the 1990s, and onto the pitch on that crazy, breathless night in Barcelona in 1999. From Ferguson's unique gifts to Eric Cantona's unique personality, he delivers a close-up and insightful portrait of United's golden era.

He has an equally remarkable personal story to tell, starting with his father, a Polish jazz musician who for years kept a momentous secret from those around him. He explores what he has been able to pass on to his own son, Kasper - himself a Premier League-winning goalkeeper and number 1 in the Danish national side - and, with astonishing candour, opens up about a life after football that has been anything but straightforward.

The autobiography of Peter Schmeichel, the record-breaking former Danish goalkeeper recognised as one of the greatest keepers of all time. Schmeichel is chiefly known for his remarkably successful spell at Manchester United but also played for clubs including Brondby, Sporting Lisbon, Aston Villa and Manchester City during a long career. This edition published in 2022.

Size: 128mm x 197mm – 400 pages.