Jürgen Klopp: family, wife, children, assets, successes, stations

Jürgen Klopp is currently one of the best coaches that football has to offer. The 54-year-old is with his Liverpool FC for the third time in a Champions League final. Family, wife, children, assets, successes, stations – we describe the Liverpool FC coach in more detail for you in a portrait.

Jürgen Klopp has been the coach of traditional English club Liverpool since 2015. With his arrival, the successes quickly returned. In the current 2021/22 season alone, as a coach, the native of Stuttgart has added two more trophies to his already lavish cupboard: the FA Cup and the Carabao Cup. In the league, they narrowly missed out on the championship on the final day and were beaten by Manchester City. But in another competition you are still in the final – in the Champions League. On Saturday, the winner of the premier class 2021/22 will be determined between Liverpool FC and Real Madrid in Paris. For Klopp it is already the fourth Champions League final as a coach, the third with the Reds.

Jürgen Klopp: Achievements and milestones – a portrait of the Liverpool FC coach

Klopp’s coaching career began in February 2001 at FSV Mainz 05, the club where he had recently ended his playing career. As coach of the second division, he managed to get promoted to the top German division in 2004, before having to come down again in 2007 due to relegation.

Here’s what Liverpool looked like on Klopp’s debut

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Jürgen Klopp’s success story with Liverpool was not foreseeable when he took office in October 2015. In his first game, the Reds drew 0-0 with Tottenham. We show the players who were on the field back then and what became of them.

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GOAL – SIMON MIGNOLET: The Belgian has been the Reds’ No. 1 since 2013, losing his regular spot to Loris Karius in the 2017/18 season. In 2019 he moved back to Belgium and has been in the box at Club Brugge ever since.

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DEFENSE – NATHANIEL CLYNE: The right-back arrived from Sunderland in 2015, injuries kept throwing him back. A loan to Bournemouth in 2018/19 was followed by the final Liverpool farewell to Crystal Palace in 2020.

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MARTIN SKRTEL: Came from St. Petersburg in 2008 and has been a crowd favorite for a long time. But under Klopp, the robust Slovakian lost his standing. In 2016, new competitors came in Joel Matip and Ragnar Klavan. Skrtel went to Fener. Currently at Spartak Trnava.

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MAMADOU SAKHO: As a 23-year-old, Sakho joined the Reds from Paris Saint-Germain in 2013 for €19m. He played a total of 80 games for Liverpool, but his career took a decisive turn there.

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In 2016, Sakho was suspended due to a positive doping test. However, it later turned out that the substance found was not on the banned list. WADA compensated Sakho, who has played for Montpellier since 2021.

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ALBERTO MORENO: Came from Sevilla for 18 million euros in 2014 and was set as a left-back until a certain Andy Robertson started under Klopp. In 2019, Moreno left the Reds on a free transfer and joined Villarreal.

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MIDFELD – JAMES MILNER: Moved from Man City to Liverpool in 2015. Back then, when Klopp started, captain of the Reds. Still plays for Liverpool today, even if his playing times are a bit shorter.

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LUCAS LEIVA: Wore the Reds jersey for a total of ten years and enjoyed the support of the fans. After 346 games (seven goals), the defensive midfielder went to Lazio in 2017.

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EMRE CAN: The current Dortmund player played 167 games for the Reds, but he was not really happy in Liverpool. That didn’t change after his free transfer to Juve in 2018. With BVB since 2020.

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ADAM LALLANA: Arrived from Southampton in 2014 and was seeded under both Brendan Rodgers and Klopp. In 2016/17 he played his best season with the Reds with eight goals and seven assists before injuries slowed him down.

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Lallana had to watch idly as the competition in the storm grew. Since 2020, Lallana, once ennobled by Klopp as a “legend” of Liverpool FC, has been pulling the strings at Brighton & Hove Albion on the offensive.

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PHILIPPE COUTINHO: The Brazilian experienced the best time of his career in Liverpool, especially under Klopp. FC Barcelona paid a whopping 135 million euros for the experienced technician in 2018, but he owed a lot there.

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After a mixed loan to FC Bayern, with whom he won the Champions League in 2020 and shone in the semifinals against Barca, he has been playing under his former Reds team-mate Steven Gerrard at Aston Villa since this winter.

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ATTACK – DIVOCK ORIGI: Serving the Reds since 2015 and to this day. Was a big part of the 2019 Champions League win but never got beyond the role of backup in attack. His contract ends after the season, future uncertain.

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SUBSTITUTE – JOE ALLEN: The Welshman came on as a late substitute on Klopp’s debut and was otherwise only a backup player. Allen moved on to Stoke City in 2016, where he is set to captain.

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JORDON IBE: The winger was trained at Liverpool and reported Klopp’s slaps in the face as motivation. In 2016 he moved to Bournemouth, via Derby County he ended up at Adanaspor in early 2022 after six months without a club.

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And this is how the starting eleven that Klopp sent onto the field against Spurs on October 17, 2015 looked in the tactical formation.

In the summer of 2008 he then took over Borussia Dortmund. It was there that his success as a coach really began. In 2010/11 he won the German championship with the Black and Yellows, the following year he went one better and repeated the championship win and also won the DFB Cup in the same season. Klopp’s BVB remains the last club that was able to become champions in Germany and was not called Bayern Munich.

In the all-German Champions League final in 2013, Dortmund, under coach Klopp, had to admit defeat to FC Bayern 2-1. He then won two more DFB Super Cup competitions, but he was unable to repeat his greatest successes in Dortmund. Klopp needed a change of scenery.

In 2015, the 54-year-old moved to Liverpool FC, which up to that point was a club with a lot of tradition, but was a long way from its successful years. The last championship win was already 25 years ago. The FCL had finished the season before Klopp’s arrival in sixth place.

In his first season as Liverpool coach, Klopp made it to the Europa League final, where his team lost 3-1 to record champions Sevilla. It became clear relatively early on that this new Liverpool was not intended for the Europa League, but for the Champions League. This is how Liverpool FC stood in the final against Real Madrid in 2017/18. The German’s team had to admit defeat again, again with 1:3.

The Reds supporters didn’t have to wait long for the next CL final. Victory finally came the following year when they beat Tottenham Hotspur 2-0 in the all-English final. In the 2018/19 season, Klopp and the Reds even won the long-awaited Premier League with 99 points after 38 match days.

Klopp also won the UEFA Super Cup and FIFA Club World Cup with Liverpool, and was named World Club Coach of the Year twice.

Period	association	title
10/08/2015 – today	Liverpool FC	1x Champions League Winner (2018/19), 1x English Champion (2019/20), 1x English Cup Winner (2021/22), 1x English League Cup Winner (2021/22), 1x FIFA Club World Cup (2019/20) , 1x UEFA Supercup Winner (2019/20), 2x World Club Coach of the Year (2018/19, 2019/20)
01.07. 2008 – 06/30/2015	Borussia Dortmund	2x German Champion (2010/11, 2011/12), 1x German Cup Winner (2011/12), 2x German Super Cup Winner (2013/14, 2014/15)
02/28/2001 – 06/30/2008	FSV Mainz 05	1x promotion to the Bundesliga (2003/04)

Jürgen Klopp: family, wife, children, fortune – a portrait of the Liverpool FC coach

Jürgen Klopp is currently married to his second partner. The first wife was Sabine Klopp, who was by his side until their divorce in 2001. In 2005, Ulla Sandrock slipped into this role, and she is still with the star trainer to this day. The couple have no children together, but they both took one with them from their first marriage. Klopp’s son Marc was born in 1988 when the Reds manager was still dating Sabine Klopp. Marc even played football for Borussia Dortmund’s second team for a while, but finally gave up the sport in 2015 due to knee injuries.

Jürgen Klopp’s fortune is estimated at around 35 million euros, with around 18 million of this being the salary at Liverpool FC. His contract on the island runs until 2024. The native of Stuttgart also works as an advertising figure for numerous companies (including OPEL, New Balance and Erdinger Weissbier).