Career
He is the older brother of football player Mads Rieper. Club career Born in Rødovre, Rieper started his career at Danish club AGF in 1988. 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.
However, in late 1998 he suffered a foot injury which effectively ended his professional career. He failed to make another professional appearance again and announced his retirement in July 2000.
International career At the 1998, Rieper played full-time for the Danish national team, and scored against Saudi Arabia. Denmark"s World Cup campaign ended in a quarter-final defeat to eventual runners-up Brazil.
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 Ireland international Liam Miller.
After head coach John Stampe was fired in 2002, Rieper resigned from the club