Marcel Peeper

Marcel Peeper
Personal information
Full nameMarcel Benjamin Peeper
Date of birth9 September 1965
Place of birthAmsterdam, Netherlands
Playing positionWingback
Youth career
Ajax
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1985–1989Haarlem115(9)
1989–1992Twente36(1)
1993Sparta Rotterdam11(0)
1993–1997Lokeren132(19)
1997–1999Groningen39(0)
1999–2000Wuppertaler SV5(0)
Total333(29)
National team
1990Netherlands1(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Marcel Benjamin Peeper (born 9 September 1965) is a Dutch former footballer who played as a left-sided defender or midfielder.

During his career, marred by a serious injury whilst on international duty,[1] he played professionally in the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany, making nearly 400 official appearances.

Club career

Born in Amsterdam, Peeper began his career with the youth teams of local AFC Ajax. His professional career began in the 1985–86 season with HFC Haarlem, and finished 15 years later, as he also represented in his country FC Twente, Sparta Rotterdam and FC Groningen.

During four seasons abroad, Peeper met diverse fates: four solid years in the Belgian First Division with K.S.C. Lokeren Oost-Vlaanderen, where he also netted more than 20 overall goals, and one unassuming year with lowly Wuppertaler SV, in Germany, where he called it quits at almost 35.

International career

Peeper made one international appearance for the Netherlands, playing in a 28 March 1990 friendly with the Soviet Union, in Kiev.[2] His match lasted 18 minutes, as he was stretchered off after being injured by Sergei Gorlukovich.[1][3]

Personal life

Peeper is one quarter Jewish.[3]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Het voetballeven van Marcel Peeper (The football lives of Marcel Peeper)" (in Dutch). Sportpaleis de Jong. 29 October 1999. Retrieved 13 July 2009.
  2. "1990 matches". RSSSF. Retrieved 13 July 2009.
  3. 3.0 3.1 Simon Kuper (13 July 2009). "Not Kosher, but definitely Jewish". Ajax USA. Archived from the original on 5 July 2008. Retrieved 6 June 2011.

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