Marc Rieper

Marc Rieper is exactly the type of footballer I find quietly compelling. A 191 cm Danish centre-back who anchored defences for Brondby, West Ham and Celtic, then patrolled the back line for Denmark at Euro 1996 and the 1998 World Cup. Defenders like him rarely make the highlight reels, yet they decide matches by erasing the opposition's best players. There is something reassuring about a towering Scandinavian stopper who reads danger before it arrives. With his brother Mads also a professional, defending clearly runs in the Rieper blood, and I would happily trust either of them at my back.

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Name (English)

Marc Rieper

Name (Japanese)

マルク・リーパー

Reading

まるく・りーぱー

Born

June 5, 1968 (age 58)

Origin

Rødovre, Denmark

Height

191 cm

Occupation

association football player

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Gemini / Monkey

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marc%20Rieper
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9E%E3%83%AB%E3%82%AF%E3%83%BB%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%83%91%E3%83%BC
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q923361

Tags

• association football player

Last updated

September 18, 2026

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