Career
Schmidt-Hansen played for Horsens fS before joining Dutch side PSV Eindhoven in 1967. He would play over 200 league games for them before a persisting back injury cut short his playing career. Schmidt-Hansen made his debut for Denmark in a July 1966 friendly match against England and has earned a total of 8 caps, scoring no goals.
His final international was a June 1967 friendly match against Sweden.
Schmidt-Hansen died on 1 July 2013.