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{{short description|Danish footballer (born 1968)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2024}}
{{BLP sources|date=January 2016}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Marc Rieper
| image = Marc Rieper with Harry Redknapp.jpg
| alt = Two men wearing mostly dark coloured clothing stand at the side of a football pitch, hands in pockets, staring past each other.
| caption = Rieper (left) with [[Harry Redknapp]] in 2016
| full_name = Marc Jensen Rieper<ref>{{Hugman|16698|accessdate=12 March 2017}}</ref>
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1968|6|5|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Rødovre]], Denmark
| height = 1.91 m<ref>{{Worldfootball.net|marc-rieper}}</ref>
| currentclub = 
| position = [[Centre-back]]
| youthyears1 = 
| youthclubs1 = 
| years1 = 1988–1992
| clubs1 = [[Aarhus Gymnastikforening|AGF]]
| caps1 = 85
| goals1 = 3
| years2 = 1992–1994
| clubs2 = [[Brøndby IF|Brøndby]]
| caps2 = 93
| goals2 = 3
| years3 = 1994–1995
| clubs3 = → [[West Ham United F.C.|West Ham United]] (loan)
| caps3 = 21
| goals3 = 1
| years4 = 1995–1997
| clubs4 = [[West Ham United F.C.|West Ham United]]
| caps4 = 69
| goals4 = 4
| years5 = 1997–2000<ref>{{Cite news|title=Rieper stopper karrieren|url=http://www.bt.dk/sport/rieper-stopper-karrieren|newspaper=[[B. T. (tabloid)|B. T.]]|publisher=[[Berlingske Media]]|date=31 July 2000|language=da}}</ref>
| clubs5 = [[Celtic F.C.|Celtic]]
| caps5 = 37
| goals5 = 2
| totalcaps = 305
| totalgoals = 13
| nationalyears1 = 1988–1989
| nationalteam1 = [[Denmark under-21 national football team|Denmark u-21]]
| nationalcaps1 = 4
| nationalgoals1 = 0
| nationalyears2 = 1990–1998
| nationalteam2 = [[Denmark national football team|Denmark]]
| nationalcaps2 = 61
| nationalgoals2 = 2
| manageryears1 = 2000
| managerclubs1 = [[Celtic F.C.|Celtic]] (assistant)<ref>{{cite news|title=Marc Rieper træner Celtic|url=http://www.bold.dk/nyt/marc-rieper-traener-celtic|website=[[Danish Football Association]]|language=da|date=11 February 2000}}</ref>
| manageryears2 = 2001–2002
| managerclubs2 = [[Aarhus Gymnastikforening|AGF]] (assistant)<ref>{{cite news|title=Marc Rieper hjælpetræner i AGF|url=http://www.bold.dk/nyt/marc-rieper-hjaelpetraener-i-agf|language=da|publisher=Danish Football Association|date=3 April 2001}}</ref>
| medaltemplates = {{Medal|Sport|Men's [[Association football|football]]}}
{{MedalCountry|{{fb|DEN}}}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[FIFA Confederations Cup]]}}
{{Medal|W|[[1995 King Fahd Cup|1995 Saudi Arabia]]|}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[CONMEBOL–UEFA Cup of Champions]]}}
{{Medal|RU|[[1993 Artemio Franchi Cup|1993 Argentina]]|}}
}}
'''Marc Jensen Rieper''' ({{IPA|da|ˈmɑːk ˈʁiː.pʰɐ}}; born 5 June 1968) is a Danish former professional [[association football|footballer]] who played as a [[centre-back]] for [[Aarhus Gymnastikforening|AGF]] and [[Brøndby IF|Brøndby]] in Denmark, [[West Ham United F.C.|West Ham United]] in England and [[Celtic F.C.|Celtic]] in Scotland. He was also a regular player in the [[Denmark national football team|Denmark national team]], appearing in the [[1996 UEFA European Football Championship|Euro 1996]] and [[1998 FIFA World Cup]] tournaments. He is the older brother of footballer [[Mads Rieper]].

==Club career==
Born in [[Rødovre]], Rieper started his career at Danish club [[Aarhus Gymnastikforening|AGF]] in 1988. While at AGF, he debuted for the Danish national team in the 1–0 [[friendly match]] win against [[Sweden men's national football team|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 F.C.|West Ham United]], signing initially on loan before a £1 million fee at the end of the season made the transfer permanent.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.westhamstats.info/westham.php?west=2&ham=553&united=Marc_Rieper | title=Welcome to the Wonderful World of West Ham United Statistics&nbsp;— Marc Rieper|website=WestHamStats|access-date=6 January 2016}}</ref>

In 1997, he moved to Scotland to play for [[Celtic F.C.|Celtic]], with whom he won the [[List of Scottish football champions|Scottish league championship]] in [[1997&ndash;98 Scottish Premier Division|1997–98]].<ref name = "Celtic">{{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/c/celtic/860522.stm |title=Grim Rieper forced to retire|website=BBC Sport|publisher=BBC|date=31 July 2000 |accessdate=12 March 2017}}</ref> Rieper suffered a toe injury in October 1998 which he never fully recovered from.<ref name = "Celtic"/> He did not make another professional appearance and announced his retirement in July 2000.<ref name = "Celtic"/>

==International career==
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Rieper played 61 matches and scored two goals for the [[Denmark national football team|Denmark national team]], first as the defensive partner of [[Lars Olsen]] and most prominently as part of a defending duo with [[Jes Høgh]] in the [[UEFA Euro 1996]] and [[1998 FIFA World Cup]] tournaments. He was ever-present for the Danish team which won the [[1995 King Fahd Cup]] and played in all of Denmark's three matches at UEFA Euro 1996. At the 1998 FIFA World Cup, Rieper played full-time for the Danish national team, and scored against [[Saudi Arabia national football team|Saudi Arabia]]. Denmark's World Cup campaign ended in a quarter-final defeat to eventual runners-up [[Brazil national football team|Brazil]].

==Post-playing career==
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Following his retirement, Rieper spent some time in 2001 as an assistant coach at AGF. Through his connections to Celtic, he brought over many reserve team players to AGF, including future [[Republic of Ireland national football team|Republic of Ireland]] footballer [[Liam Miller]]. After head coach [[John Stampe]] was fired in 2002, Rieper resigned from the club. He now{{When|date=November 2024}} owns and runs a hotel in the town of [[Aarhus]], is a member of the board of directors at AGF and is the owner of women's online fashion store BA10.dk.

==Honours==
*[[Danish Cup]] 1994
*[[King Fahd Cup 1995]]
*[[Scottish Premier Division]] 1998
*[[Scottish League Cup]] 1997

==References==
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==External links==
*{{DBU player|1594}}
*[http://www.sporting-heroes.net/football-heroes/displayhero_club.asp?HeroID=7719 Sporting-Heroes career statistics]
*{{NFT player|13781}}

{{Denmark Squad 1995 King Fahd Cup}}
{{Denmark Squad 1996 European Championship}}
{{Denmark Squad 1998 World Cup}}

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