Jürgen Klopp

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Jürgen Klopp
Klopp 2010
Personal information
Full name Jürgen Norbert Klopp
Date of birth (1967-06-16) 16 June 1967 (age 56)
Place of birth Stuttgart, West Germany
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s) Striker / Defender
Team information
Current team
 Borussia Dortmund (Manager)
Youth career
1975–1983 SV Glatten
1983–1989 TuS Ergenzingen
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1989–2001 Mainz 05 338 (52)
Managerial career
2001–2008 Mainz 05
2008– Borussia Dortmund
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Jürgen Norbert Klopp (German pronunciation: [ˈjʏɐ̯gən ˈklɔp] ⓘ; born 16 June 1967) is a German former footballer and the current manager of Borussia Dortmund in the Bundesliga.

Player career

Klopp played his entire senior career for Mainz 05 from 1989 to 2001. He originally played as a striker, before switching to play as a defender in 1995.[1]

Managing career

Mainz 05

Upon his retirement from playing for Mainz 05, Klopp was appointed as the club's manager. He remained as manager for seven years, during which time he led the team to its first appearance in the Bundesliga, and qualification for the 2005–06 UEFA Cup. At the end of the 2006–07 season, Mainz 05 were relegated, but Klopp chose to remain with the club. However, due to the fact that they were not able to achieve promotion, he resigned at the end of the 2007–08 season.

Borussia Dortmund

In May 2008, Klopp was approached to become the new manager of Borussia Dortmund, eventually signing a two-year contract at the club, which had finished in a disappointing 13th place under previous manager Thomas Doll. In his first season in charge, Klopp guided Borussia Dortmund to win the DFB-Supercup, defeating German champions Bayern Munich.[2] Klopp took the club to a sixth place finish in his first season in charge, and a fifth place finish in the season after that, before leading the club to successive Bundesliga titles in the 2010–11 and 2011–12 seasons.[3][4] During the 2011-2012 season, the 81 points accrued by Borussia Dortmund was the greatest points tally ever amassed in Bundesliga history and the 47 points earned in the second half of the season also set a new record. Borussia Dortmund's 25 league wins equalled Bayern Munich's 1972/73 milestone while their 28-league match unbeaten sequence was the best ever recorded in a single German top-flight season.[5] On 12 May 2012, Klopp made Borussia Dortmund history by sealing the club's first ever domestic double, by defeating Bayern Munich 5–2 to win the DFB-Pokal. Klopp described the double as being "better than (he) could have imagined".[6][7][8] In April 2013 he guided Borussia Dortmund to the 2013 UEFA Champions League Final after beating Real Madrid in the semi-finals.[9]

Media career

From 2005, Klopp appeared as a regular expert commentator on the German television network ZDF, giving his views on games of the German national football team. On 20 October 2006, he received the Deutscher Fernsehpreis in the category of best sports show. His term ended after UEFA Euro 2008. He was succeeded by Oliver Kahn. During the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, he worked with RTL alongside Günther Jauch.

Personal life

Klopp is currently married for the second time. He has one son Marc Klopp, who played for Borussia Dortmund II before he retired due to injuries.[10] Since 2009, Klopp has been living in Herdecke, where many Borussia Dortmund players also live.

In 1995 Klopp successfully finished his studies of Sports science by obtaining a Diplom at the Goethe University Frankfurt. He wrote his diploma thesis about Walking (Walking - Bestandsaufnahme und Evaluationsstudie einer Sportart für alle).[11]

Managerial statistics

As of 4 May 2013.
Team From To Record
G W D L GF GA GD Win %
Mainz 05 28 February 2001 30 June 2008 269 108 78 83 404 341 +63 040.15
Borussia Dortmund 1 July 2008 Present 216 124 54 38 429 211 +218 057.41
Total error 232 133 121 833 552 +281 047.93

Honours

Managerial honours

Borussia Dortmund

Awards and achievements

References

  1. ^ "Jürgen Klopp". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 11 August 2011.
  2. ^ "Dortmund beat Bayern to retain Super Cup". ESPN Soccernet. 23 July 2008. Retrieved 19 May 2012.
  3. ^ "Borussia Dortmund win title". eurosport.com. 1 May 2011.
  4. ^ "Ronaldo's Hat Trick Restores Real's Lead; Dortmund Beats Bayern". Businessweek.com. 11 April 2012. Retrieved 16 May 2012.
  5. ^ "Season review: Germany". www.uefa.com. 23 May 2012. Retrieved 23 May 2012.
  6. ^ "Borussia Dortmund win domestic double beating Bayern Munich". zeenews.com. 13 May 201. Retrieved 19 May 2012.
  7. ^ "Dortmund rout Bayern to claim double". ESPN.com. 12 May 2012. Retrieved 12 May 2012.
  8. ^ "Bundesliga champ Borussia Dortmund beats Bayern Munich 5–2 to win German Cup final". WP Sports. 12 May 2012. Retrieved 12 May 2012.
  9. ^ "Jürgen Klopp targets Champions League final glory for Dortmund". Guardian. 30 April 2013. Retrieved 1 May 2013.
  10. ^ "Borussia Dortmund II Klopp hört auf". reviersport.de. 15 May 2012. Retrieved 10 April 2013.
  11. ^ Kabarettist im Kapuzenpulli

External links

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