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Jurgen Klopp, Liverpool’s manager is one of the most instantly recognizable managers in the world,
with his charismatic personality and infectious smile endearing him to fans of even rival clubs.
In today’s video, let’s take a look at some facts about his life and career in 2022.
Jürgen Klopp was born to Elisabeth and Norbert Klopp, a travelling salesman and a former
goalkeeper. He has two older sisters Stefanie and Isolde. On 10 February 2021, his mother died;
he was unable to attend her funeral in Germany due to COVID-19 travel restrictions.
Klopp met his first wife Sabine while he was a professional player at Mainz 05.
They split shortly after the marriage and he started his managerial career in 2001. During
the course of their marriage, Sabine gave birth to a son, Marc who is also a former footballer.
Klopp met his second wife Ulla Sandrock at the Oktoberfest festival while he
was the manager at Mainz 05 and she was working as a waitress at the local club.
What he found endearing about her was that she wasn’t a football fan and had no idea
who he was. They got married in December 2005. She has a son, Dennis from the previous marriage.
Klopp spent most of his playing career at Mainz 05. He was initially deployed as a striker,
but was later moved to defence. Upon retiring in 2001, Klopp became the club's manager,
and secured Bundesliga promotion in 2004. After suffering relegation in the 2006–07 season
and unable to achieve promotion, Klopp resigned in 2008 as the club's longest-serving manager.
He then became manager of Borussia Dortmund, guiding them to the Bundesliga title in 2010–11,
before winning Dortmund's first-ever domestic double
during a record-breaking season. Klopp also guided Dortmund to a runner-up finish
in the 2012–13 UEFA Champions League before leaving in 2015 as their longest-serving manager.
Klopp was appointed manager of Liverpool in 2015. He guided the club to successive UEFA
Champions League finals in 2018 and 2019. The following season, Klopp won the UEFA
Super Cup and Liverpool's first FIFA Club World Cup, before delivering Liverpool's
first Premier League title, amassing a club record 99 points and breaking a number of top-flight
records. These achievements won him back-to-back FIFA Coach of the Year awards in 2019 and 2020.
As of 2022, his net worth is estimated at $55 million
which mainly comes from his football career.
In 2015 Liverpool FC manager Jurgen Klopp moved into the Formby mansion
Brendan Rodgers bought from Steven Gerrard. The house boasted seven-bedrooms,
three living rooms, a home cinema, an indoor swimming pool and a landscaped garden.
The Livepool’s manager is quite down to earth because he just owns one car that
everyone can afford. That’s Opel Insignia which has a price of $25.000. Klopp has
had a sponsorship deal with German carmakers, Opel,
since 2012, which was renewed in 2017. He has starred in 20 TV ads for the brand in that time.
Numerous famous and normal people throughout history have undergone hair procedures
and Jurgen Klopp is one of such people. He is however unabashed about it and proudly tells
journalists that he underwent a hair transplant, even pointing out that it looks good on him.
Klopp is a fan of Arsene Wenger. In an interview for Daily Mail in 2013, Jurgen Klopp revealed his
admiration for Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger. He said that he loved the French manager’s gentle
and flamboyant character, but he said that there is a chasm when it comes to the game philosophy.
Jurgen Klopp has admitted his love for pets, revealing that he has a pet retriever named
Emma. Interestingly, the dog is named in honor of Borussia Dortmund legend Lothar Emmerich.
Klopp has a strong bond with his dog and early in his Liverpool tenure, before he got his permanent
residence, he had to move out of his hotel to a small apartment in order to accommodate his dog.
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