Peter Schmeichel's new Playboy model wife after Man Utd legend's difficult announcement
Peter Schmeichel's new Playboy model wife after Man Utd legend's difficult announcement
Peter Schmeichel is back on UK TV screens this weekend as part of Soccer Aid, with the former goalkeeper trading his gloves for a tactics board as manager of the World XI
Peter Schmeichel divorced first wife Bente in 2013
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Manchester United icon Peter Schmeichel is no stranger to an eye-catching transfer having joined their neighbours Manchester City.
The treble-winning shot stopper enjoyed huge success with the Red Devils, establishing himself as one of the greatest goalkeepers of all-time. But he departed after their famous 1999 Champions League triumph, a decision he's since admitted was a mistake.
His subsequent move to City in 2002 also raised eyebrows, with Gary Neville memorably snubbing him in the tunnel when the two sides met. But both return to Old Trafford for Soccer Aid this weekend with any wounds long healed.
Neville is part of the England squad set to take on the World XI, who Schmeichel will be managing. The Dane, 61, will be back in familiar surroundings at the Theatre of Dreams, but it'll be a different woman cheering him on than the one he was married to during his playing career.
Why did Peter Schmeichel get a divorce?
Schmeichel met his wife Bente when they were just teenagers. They married young and went on to have two children together - daughter Cecile, and his more well-known offspring, son Kasper.
He followed in his father's footsteps, going on to miraculously win the Premier League with Leicester City in 2016. But by that point, his parents had split up.
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Schmeichel announced in 2013: "After 31 years of living together, I am sorry to have to inform you that Bente and I'm in the process of separation negotiations.
The pair had been married 31 years
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"It has been a very difficult decision, but in the circumstances we feel good. We agree that our family has the highest priority, and we hope that the media will respect our privacy, and that we have no further comment."
He didn't disclose the reasons for their split, but it was believed to be a mutual decision after their relationship grew strained. It didn't take long for Schmeichel to find love again.
Who is Peter Schmeichel married to?
A year later he began dating Laura von Lindholm, a former Playboy model turned nutritionist who's nine years his junior. 'I met Laura in a period where I was making changes in my life,' he told BBC's Desert Island Discs.
Schmeichel is now married to former model Laura von Lindholm
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'I fell in love and we had a little getaway in London and I didn't want the public to know that I was in a new relationship. I wanted to keep a low profile so I was wearing a scarf and a hat and everything.
"And Laura's looking at me and she's saying, 'How famous are you?' Laura didn't know anything about football and she's kind of ridiculing me a little bit.'
She soon realised the scale of his fame when a group of builders saw through Schmeichel's disguise and shouted out his name. He continued: 'And then we go to the Champions League final in Milan and this little guy comes up to me.
After a period of separation, they reunited and wed
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"I've never met him in my life, but I know it's Phil Collins. I never met him but he's a big Man U fan… And Laura is next to me and she's completely, I mean she's completely, gobsmacked."
However, it wasn't plain sailing for his second serious relationship either, as he and Laura broke up in 2017 before rekindling and swiftly deciding to tie the knot, getting married later in 2019. It took place in front of 200 guests at the Egebaeksvang Church in Espergaerde, Copenhagen.
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Schmeichel has a house in the town, although he's often on location around Europe for CBS Sports' Champions League coverage. And he's been back in England this week gearing up for Soccer Aid and whipping his World XI squad into shape.
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