Biography
German footballer and head coach of the English team "Liverpool" Jürgen Klopp received recognition by working at the Mainz club. Persistent work and efforts allowed Jürgen to achieve significant heights.
Jürgen Norbert Klopp was born on June 16, 1967 in Stuttgart (Germany). At the father of the boy - Norbert Kloppa - there were already two daughters, but he wanted his son. When Jurgen appeared, the joy of the father was not the limit. Most of the children's years, Jurgen spent in Glutethen. But still remained a fan of the Native Club "Stuttgart": the boy's favorite player was the central legend defender Karl-Heinz Ferster. As Klopp is recognized, he is important to the attitude of a person to business.
Yurgen is rightfully considered an offacarious footballer: in his youth his father was a promising goalkeeper. Norbert even took place in Kaiserslautern. It is not surprising that the man decided to realize in the child what he did not reach: make a professional football player.
Young Jürgen in winter rode skiing, and in the summer he played with his father to tennis. The remaining time was given to football: the guy did not give any concerns. On the football field and on the court, the father was faster and cutex son. This attitude harden the character of the boy and gave an additional impetus to development.
In one of the interviews, Jurgen admitted that in his biography is not so smooth: the father was ruthless to him. He told that when they were skiing with dad, Jürgen saw only the red point in front. Norbert did not care that the son was a newcomer: he wanted Jurgen to become perfect in everything.
Football
Yurgen's career began extremely peculiar. Lower divisions could not fully ensure the normal existence of Cloppa, so the young man was forced to work. Jürgen unloaded trucks in the rental store.
The debut professional contract was signed by Jürgen at the age of 23. Clapppa was noticed during the play-off "Roth-Weiss" against Mainz.
At that time, the provincial team "Mainz" never went into the elite division. The main goal at that time is to preserve the place in the second Bundesliga so that the players receive a salary. This club, Jürgen came to the position of the striker, but in 1995 finally approved by the defender. It was well equipped technically, led the game aggressively, but not rude. To zero Clopp was considered the leading player "Mainz", standing out against the background of others. Yurgen's coaching career began in the same club.
Being a player, Jurgen graduated from Frankfurt's educational institution, where he studied in the specialty "Sports Scientist". The topic of the graduation work was walking. After Klopp, he received a license of a professional coach at the Cologne Institute, where he traveled for 300 km.
Journalists and team members did not immediately perceived Yurgen as a coach. During the press conference, some thought at all that this is a draw. But in the team nobody opposed the appointment of Cloppa, although the transition from one hypostasis to another was extremely sharp.
Nevertheless, the first workout with Klopp surprised the Mainz's sports director - Christian Haidel. According to him, he was ready to "wear shoes and go on the field."
Between 2005 and 2008, Klopp combined coaching activities with the work of the expert on football transmissions. Jurgen worked a lot with an electronic "table tactics", analyzing the game scenes and revealing errors that led to dangerous attacks or goals.
The next club in the career of Yurgen - "Borussia Dortmund", where the man was in the ideal time for him. The fans still remembered that literally recently the club was on the verge of bankruptcy. This is today any place below 3 for Dortmundsev will be a disaster.
Then the new club decided to build around young football players. Just at this time, Jürgen quit "Mainz" and was considered an "ascending star." When Klopp became the Borussia coach, the club held the 13th position. In the next season, Dortmundsy was already on 6th place, and in the 2010/2011 and 2011/2012 season, the team became the champion of Germany.
In 2013, Jurgen earned a red card due to the fact that it literally pounced on a judge. The video, as a coach yelling on a judge, immediately scattered on the Internet.
At the beginning of the 2013/2014 season, Klopp extended a contract with Borussia until the summer of 2018. But due to the fact that the results of the team worsened, in April 2015 it was announced that Klopp leaves Borussia.
Jurgen returned to the work of the coach in the fall of 2015, taking the post of chief coach of the English "Liverpool". In the 2015/2016 season, the team entered the English League Cup final, but lost Manchester City in the penalty shootout. The next season "Liverpool" took 4 place, allowing to play in the UEFA Champions League 2017/2018.
Personal life
Clopp was married 2 times, his personal life was always interested in the press. The first wife is Sabina, the son of Mark was born in this union on December 13, 1988. He went in the footsteps of his father and became a football player, but today he has already finished a football career.
In 2005, Jürgen married the second time, his chief became the walled Sandock, a social worker, a teacher and writer. Young people met Oktoberfest, Ulla worked then in one of the bars. Jürgen went to skip a glass of foam, and left, enchanted by blonde. Literally after a couple of months, the pair registered the relationship. No children have no children, so the family has now consist of two people.
Jürgen Klopp now
Now Jürgen Klopp continues the coaching career. Recently it became known that Real "negotiates with Jürgen, considering the appointment of him to the position of head coach. An obstacle on the way can only be the unwillingness of the English team to let go of the mentor.
Before the decisive match between Liverpool and Spartak, in December 2017, Jürgen appeared at a press conference with snow-white teeth. Many are accustomed to a peculiar type of coach: glasses, a beard and behavior style have become the defining attributes of Yurgen. But his yellow teeth in this list occupied a separate place and more than once became the cause of ridicule over the coach. However, after a hike to a dentist, one occasion for jokes over Klopp was less.
In the spring of 2018, Jurgen commented on rumors about interest in his person from the Bavaria football club. The coach said that his contracts had never had items that would allow him to leave the club before the end of the contract. In addition, the current treaty with Liverpool will end only after 4 years.
Today, the German coach and Jose Mourinho, the Manchester coach, are in constant confrontation. They are considered the main rivals, but the team of Jurgen surpasses Club Jose.
In April 2018, the head coach admitted that he feels liability due to the lack of large trophies in the club. In the same month, the assistant coach Zelko Buvach suspended work in the Liverpool football club for personal reasons.
At the end of May, Liverpool coach spoke about the turning point of the match against Real. About the carius and his mistakes, Jurgen did not say anything, noting only that the goalkeeper and he himself understands everything.
Yurgen has unbelievable accounts in Twitter and Instagram social networks. These pages publish many fresh photos associated with certain events in the coach's life.
Yurgen's growth - 193 cm, and the weight is about 83 kg. The coach's nickname - Kloppo, by nationality Klopp - German.
Awards
Team:
- "Borussia Dortmund):
- Champion of Germany: 2010/11, 2011/12
- Vice Champion: 2012/13, 2013/14
- German Cup owner: 2011/12
- Finalist of the German Cup: 2013/14, 2014/15
- Winner of the Super Cup of Germany: 2013, 2014
- Finalist Super Cup Germany: 2011, 2012
- Finalist Champions League UEFA: 2012/13
"Liverpool":
- Finalist Europa League UEFA: 2015/16
- Football League Cup finalist: 2015/16
- UEFA Champions League Finalist: 2017/18
Personal:
- Best Sports Expert Year (Herbert-Award): 2007, 2009, 2011
- Football coach of the year in Germany: 2011, 2012
- Trainer of the month in England: September 2016