Marc Rieper
Rieper (left) with Harry Redknapp, January 2016.
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Marc Jensen Rieper | ||
| Date of birth | June 5, 1968 | ||
| Place of birth | Rødovre, Denmark | ||
| Height | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||
| Playing position | Centre-back | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1988–1992 | AGF | 85 | (3) |
| 1992–1994 | Brøndby | 93 | (3) |
| 1994–1995 | → West Ham United (loan) | 21 | (1) |
| 1995–1997 | West Ham United | 69 | (4) |
| 1997–2000 | Celtic | 37 | (2) |
| Total | 305 | (13) | |
| National team | |||
| 1988–1989 | Denmark u-21 | 4 | (0) |
| 1990–1998 | Denmark | 61 | (2) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2000 | Celtic (assistant) | ||
| 2001–2002 | AGF (assistant) | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Marc Jensen Rieper (born June 5, 1968) is a Danish former professional footballer, who played for AGF and Brøndby in his native Denmark, West Ham United in England and Celtic in Scotland. Rieper was also a regular player in the Denmark national team, appearing in the Euro 1996 and 1998 FIFA World Cup tournaments. He is the older brother of footballer Mads Rieper.
Born in Rødovre, Rieper started his career at Danish club AGF in 1988. While at AGF, he debuted for the Danish national team in the 1–0 friendly match win against Sweden on 5 September 1990. He played a further three national team matches before moving on to Danish Superliga rivals Brøndby IF in 1992. While at Brøndby, he secured a place in the national team starting line-up and played 38 matches in a row from October 1992 to August 1996.
Rieper won the 1994 Danish Cup trophy with Brøndby before moving abroad in December that year to play for English Premiership club West Ham United, signing initially on loan before a £1 million fee at the end of the season made the transfer permanent.
In 1997, he moved to Scotland to play for Celtic, with whom he won the Scottish league championship in 1997–98. Rieper suffered a toe injury in October 1998 which he never fully recovered from. He did not make another professional appearance and announced his retirement in July 2000.
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