Schmeichel Named Danish Footballer Of The Year For A Third Time

- Kasper Schmeichel is named the Danish Footballer of the Year in 2019
- It is the third time the Leicester City goalkeeper has received the prestigious award
- Schmeichel won the prize in successive years in 2016 and 2017
- The 33-year-old is now one success away from a joint-record four award wins

Schmeichel, capped 53 times for Denmark, has been ever-present for the second-placed Foxes in the Premier League this term while also featuring 10 times for his country across 2019.

After helping his nation qualify, the 33-year-old is set to appear at this summer's quadrennial UEFA European Championships two years after impressing at the FIFA World Cup finals in Russia.

At the World Cup in 2018, Schmeichel broke a record previously held by father Peter Schmeichel by going 533 minutes without conceding a goal in Denmark's colours.

Schmeichel's previous two Danish Footballer of the Year award wins came back-to-back in 2016, after lifting the Premier League title with City, and again in 2017.

Having now received the award on three occasions, the former Manchester City, Notts County and Leeds United shot-stopper is one away from equalling the record of four such wins.

Tottenham Hotspur's Christian Eriksen won the award for a fourth time last year while former Rangers forward Brian Laudrup also sealed a quintet of individual successes. 

As well as beating Eriksen to the 2019 prize, Borussia Dortmund's Thomas Delaney, Atalanta's Simon Kjær, Chelsea's Andreas Christensen and Red Bull Leipzig's Yussuf Poulsen were also nominated. 

Schmeichel wrote on his official Instagram account (@kasperschmeichel): "What an amazing feeling it is to be named the Danish footballer of the year.

"It’s an honour to receive an award like this with all the talented players we’ve got in this country."