Jürgen Norbert Klopp (; born 16 June 1967) is a German professional football manager and former player who is the manager of club Liverpool. He is widely regarded as one of the best managers in the world. Klopp spent most of his playing career at Mainz 05; a hard-working and physical player, he was initially deployed as a striker, before being 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.
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Jürgen Klopp
Jürgen Klopp | Introduction
16 June 1967 Stuttgart Stuttgart Stuttgart
how many times has liverpool won the premiership
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Nineteen times
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when was this football club formed?
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In 1892
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who was its founder?
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John Houlding
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what was this person's profession?
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He was the chairman of the Club
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how would you describe this club's badge?
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It has the city's symbol of the liver bird in its badge
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where do they play their home games?
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At Anfield
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is this above place a stadium?
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Yes it is a stadium
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other than sports, does this place also host other events?
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It has been a venue for musicians of different genres as well as evangelical preachers
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approximately how many people can be seated in this place?
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It has a seating capacity of 53,394
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can you name a few players or managers from that sporting club in the 19th century?
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Jürgen Klopp and Rafael Benítez
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when did the first person begin his football career?
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In 1990
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where was he born?
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Born in Stuttgart, the state capital of Baden-Württemberg, to Norbert Klopp, a travelling salesman and a former goalkeeper, Klopp grew up in the countryside in the Black Forest village of Glatten near Freudenstadt with two older sisters. He started playing for local club SV Glatten and later TuS Ergenzingen as a junior player, with the next stint at 1. FC Pforzheim and then at three Frankfurt clubs, Eintracht Frankfurt II, Viktoria Sindlingen and Rot-Weiss Frankfurt during his adolescence. Introduced to football through his father, Klopp was a supporter of VfB Stuttgart in his youth. As a young boy, Klopp aspired to become a doctor, but he did not believe he "was ever smart enough for a medical career", saying "when they were handing out our A-Level certificates, my headmaster said to me, 'I hope it works out with football, otherwise it's not looking too good for you'".
Jürgen Klopp | Early life and playing career
While playing as an amateur footballer, Klopp worked a number of part-time jobs including working at a local video rental store and loading heavy items onto lorries. In 1988, while attending the Goethe University of Frankfurt, as well as playing for Eintracht Frankfurt non-professionals, Klopp managed the Frankfurt D-Juniors. In the summer of 1990, Klopp was signed by Mainz 05. He spent most of his professional career in Mainz, from 1990 to 2001, with his attitude and commitment making him a fan-favourite. Originally a striker, Klopp began playing as a defender in 1995. That same year, Klopp obtained a diploma in sports science at the Goethe University of Frankfurt (MSc equivalent), writing his thesis about walking.
Jürgen Klopp | Early life and playing career
Mainz 05 Borussia Dortmund Liverpool Individual
Jürgen Klopp | Honours
Born in Tirana, Albania, Gjasula started his career in the town where he grew up at SC Freiburg in Germany in 2002. At the age of 17 he was put into the first team but did not make any appearances.
Jürgen Gjasula | Freiburg
Jürgen Kalb (born 20 May 1948) is a German footballer. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1972 Summer Olympics.
Jürgen Kalb | Introduction
Jürgen Damm was born to an upper middle class family. His paternal grandfather is from Germany, and as a result, he holds a German passport. He was born in the coastal city of Tuxpan, state of Veracruz, and due to his father's job, 2-year-old Damm and his family moved to Toronto. After two years in Canada, Jürgen and his family returned to Mexico and settled in Guadalajara, where he began his football career. As his father always believed education was first, due to their family heritage, so Jürgen was not allowed to join any clubs until age 17, and he continues to pursue a degree in Business Administration.
Jürgen Damm | Early life
Jürgen 'Kobra' Wegmann (born 31 March 1964) is a German former professional football who played as a striker.
Jürgen Wegmann | Introduction
Hans-Jürgen Heinsch (born 4 July 1940) is a German former football player who competed in the 1964 Summer Olympics.
Jürgen Heinsch | Introduction
Bernd Kipp (born 12 August 1948) is a retired German football striker.
Bernd Kipp | Introduction
Jürgen Wielert (born 5 July 1960) is a retired German football midfielder.
Jürgen Wielert | Introduction
He retired as Mainz 05's record goal scorer, registering 56 goals in total, including 52 league goals. Klopp confessed that as a player he felt more suited to a managerial role, describing himself saying "I had fourth-division feet and a first-division head". Recalling his trial at Eintracht Frankfurt where he played alongside Andreas Möller, Klopp described how his 19-year-old self thought, "if that's football, I’m playing a completely different game. He was world-class. I was not even class". As a player, Klopp closely followed his manager's methods on the training field as well as making weekly trips to Cologne to study under Erich Rutemöller to obtain his Football Coaching Licence.
Jürgen Klopp | Early life and playing career
Born in Kassel, he started playing football in Erlangen. His first club was Potsdamer Kickers 94, where he played for the F- to D-Youth teams. Subsequently, he went through the youth ranks of nearby SV Babelsberg and Hertha BSC.
Jan Löhmannsröben | Early life
Hans-Jürgen Kurrat (born 7 July 1944 in Dortmund) is a retired German football striker. His brother, Dieter, was also a former footballer.
Hans-Jürgen Kurrat | Introduction
Jürgen Kampel (born January 28, 1981) is a retired Austrian football midfielder.
Jürgen Kampel | Introduction
Hans Klodt (10 June 1914 – 7 November 1996) was a German football player. He was the older brother of Bernhard Klodt. He was born in Gelsenkirchen.,
Hans Klodt | Introduction
Jürgen Norbert Klopp (; born 16 June 1967) is a German professional football manager and former player who is the manager of club Liverpool. He is widely regarded as one of the best managers in the world. Klopp spent most of his playing career at Mainz 05; a hard-working and physical player, he was initially deployed as a striker, before being 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.
Jürgen Klopp | Introduction
His younger brother Klaus is also a professional footballer.
Jürgen Gjasula | Personal life
Hans-Jürgen Ripp (born 24 June 1946) is a retired German football player. He spent nine seasons in the Bundesliga with Hamburger SV.
Hans-Jürgen Ripp | Introduction
Dennis Kruppke (born 1 April 1980) is a German former professional footballer who played as a midfielder or forward.
Dennis Kruppke | Introduction
Jürgen Raab (born 20 December 1958 in Zeulenroda, Bezirk Gera) is a former East German football player.
Jürgen Raab | Introduction
Jürgen Moll (born 16 November 1939 in Karlsbad; died 16 December 1968 on Bundesautobahn 7 near Egestorf in a car crash) was a German football player.
Jürgen Moll | Introduction
Jürgen Stoffregen (born 10 March 1957) is a retired German football striker and later manager.
Jürgen Stoffregen | Introduction
Dieter Klaußner (born 1 June 1938) is a German soccer player who played as a defender before retiring from professional play in 1973.
Dieter Klaußner | Introduction
He was part of the 1954 FIFA World Cup-winning squad, and also played in the 1958 FIFA World Cup.
Bernhard Klodt | Football career
Karl Joppich (6 January 1908 – 15 July 1940) was a German international footballer.
Karl Joppich | Introduction
Bernhard "Berni" Klodt (26 October 1926 – 23 May 1996) was a German football player. He was born in Gelsenkirchen-Bismarck; the goalkeeper Hans Klodt was his brother.
Bernhard Klodt | Introduction
Horst Krautzig (born 6 June 1952, in Germany) is a retired German footballer who played as a midfielder.
Horst Krautzig | Introduction
Hans-Jürgen "Hansi" Kreische (born 19 July 1947) is a former East German footballer.
Hans-Jürgen Kreische | Introduction
Jürgen Kauz (born 23 August 1974) is an Austrian football player.
Jürgen Kauz | Introduction
Born in Lampertheim, Hesse, Schlappner's early career in football was not particularly eventful. He played for his local football team in Lampertheim in his youth and only progressed up to amateur football or lower league regional football. He moved instead into coaching before he retired playing and achieved the necessary coaching certificates in 1976 before carrying on with his studies in Cologne to achieve a certificate in teaching football management.
Klaus Schlappner | Early career
Wolfgang Kleff (born 16 November 1946 in Schwerte, North Rhine-Westphalia) is a former German football player whose resemblance to German actor and comedian Otto Waalkes allowed him to pick up minor roles in motion pictures and his referring nickname "Otto" as well.
Wolfgang Kleff | Introduction
Hans-Jürgen Gede (born 14 November 1956 in Gelsenkirchen) is a German football coach and former player.
Hans-Jürgen Gede | Introduction
Jürgen Gredig (born 19 January 1966 in West Berlin) is a retired German football defender.
Jürgen Gredig | Introduction
Markus Schupp (born 7 January 1966) is a German football manager and former player.
Markus Schupp | Introduction
Huub Loeffen (born January 11, 1972 in Appeltern, Gelderland) is a retired football striker from the Netherlands.
Huub Loeffen | Introduction
Hans-Jürgen Jansen (born 27 September 1941) is a retired German footballer.
Hans-Jürgen Jansen | Introduction
Jürgen Piepenburg (born 10 June 1941) is a former German footballer who played in the DDR-Oberliga as a forward.
Jürgen Piepenburg | Introduction
Hans-Jürgen Köper (born 29 August 1951) is a German football manager and former midfielder.
Hans-Jürgen Köper | Introduction
Heinz-Jürgen Blome (14 December 1946 – 7 November 2012) was a German association football defender.
Heinz-Jürgen Blome | Introduction
Michael Klinkert (born 7 July 1968 in Bous, West Germany) is a German former professional football player.
Michael Klinkert | Introduction
Jürgen Säumel (born 8 September 1984) is an Austrian former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.
Jürgen Säumel | Introduction
Jens Paeslack (born 25 February 1974 in Hamburg) is a retired German professional football player.
Jens Paeslack | Introduction
Stefan Markolf (born 3 January 1984 in Witzenhausen, Hesse) is the first deaf German professional footballer.
Stefan Markolf | Introduction
Jurgen Sierens (born 4 October 1976) is a Belgian former footballer.
Jurgen Sierens | Introduction
Lars Weißenfeldt (born February 15, 1980 in Marburg) is a German footballer.
Lars Weißenfeldt | Introduction
Afterwards he retired from competitive sport. He later worked as a civil servant in Main-Kinzig-Kreis. May is 1.74 m tall and had a match weight of 68 kg.
Jürgen May | New start in the FRG
In doing so, Askildsen became the first player born after the Millennium to score for Sampdoria.
Kristoffer Askildsen | Career
Peter Kupferschmidt (born 2 March 1942) is a German footballer who played for Bayern Munich during the 1960s.
Peter Kupferschmidt | Introduction
Michael Klauß (born 15 September 1970) is a retired German football forward.
Michael Klauß (footballer, born 1970) | Introduction
Sillak was born in Märjamaa. He began playing football in 1919, at age 13, with the Sport U19 academy.
Karl-Rudolf Silberg-Sillak | Early life
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, en route to which his side scored 99 points – the second-highest total in the English top division – and broke a number of top-flight records.
Jürgen Klopp | Introduction
Kristóf Papp (born 14 May 1993 in Kerepestarcsa) is a Hungarian football player who currently plays for Paksi FC.
Kristóf Papp | Introduction
Björn Joppe (born 13 December 1978 in Wuppertal) is a former German football player and manager.
Björn Joppe | Introduction
Born on 18 September 1894 at Bech-Kleinmacher on the Moselle in south-eastern Luxembourg, Klopp attended the Arts and Crafts School in Luxembourg before studying art in Cologne (1916-1918) and Weimar (1919-1920).
Nico Klopp | Early life
Köglberger was born in Austria to an African-American father and Austrian mother. He represented the Austria national football team.
Helmut Köglberger | International career
Gisbert Horsthemke (born 26 January 1953) is a retired German football midfielder.
Gisbert Horsthemke | Introduction
Karlheinz Pflipsen (born 31 October 1970) is a retired German footballer who played as a midfielder.
Karlheinz Pflipsen | Introduction
Hans-Jürgen Krumnow (17 February 1943 – 11 July 2015) was a German footballer. He played the entirety of his career in West Berlin for Hertha BSC and Blau-Weiß 90 Berlin.
Hans-Jürgen Krumnow | Introduction
Jurgen Ekkelenkamp (born 5 April 2000) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Ajax.
Jurgen Ekkelenkamp | Introduction
Jürgen Wähling (born 6 December 1940), is a former German football player and manager.
Jürgen Wähling | Introduction
Jürgen Schmid (born 11 February 1982 in Parsberg) is a retired German footballer.
Jürgen Schmid | Introduction
Hans-Jürgen Wittkamp (born July 23, 1947 in Gelsenkirchen) is a retired German football player. He spent 11 seasons in the Bundesliga with FC Schalke 04 and Borussia Mönchengladbach.
Hans-Jürgen Wittkamp | Introduction
Jürgen Romano Colin (born 20 January 1981) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a central defender.
Jürgen Colin | Introduction
Patrick Wolfgang Kapp (born 20 July 1997) is a German professional footballer who plays as a defender for FC Viktoria 1889 Berlin.
Patrick Kapp | Introduction
Gerald Klews (born 4 April 1972) is a German former footballer.
Gerald Klews | Introduction
Klaus-Dieter Seehaus (6 October 1942, in Hagen – 10 February 1996, in Rostock) was a German footballer who played as a midfielder and competed in the 1964 Summer Olympics.
Klaus-Dieter Seehaus | Introduction
Sven Kretschmer (born 31 December 1970 in West Berlin) is a former German footballer.
Sven Kretschmer | Introduction
Jürgen Stars (born 24 June 1948) is a former professional footballer from Germany who played goalkeeper in the Bundesliga and the North American Soccer League.
Jürgen Stars | Introduction
The celebrated Luxembourg artist Nico Klopp was born in Bech-Kleinmacher on 18 September 1894. Olympian Marcel Chennaux was born here.
Bech-Kleinmacher | Introduction
In 2005, Klopp was a regular expert commentator on the German television network ZDF, analysing the Germany national team. He worked as a match analyst during the 2006 World Cup, for which he received the Deutscher Fernsehpreis for "Best Sports Show" in October 2006, as well as Euro 2008. Klopp's term came to an end after the latter competition and he was succeeded by Oliver Kahn. During the 2010 World Cup, Klopp worked with RTL alongside Günther Jauch, for which Klopp again won the award for the same category. Klopp has also appeared in the documentary films "Trainer!" (2013) and "Und vorne hilft der liebe Gott" (2016).
Jürgen Klopp | Media career
Jürgen Gelsdorf (born 19 January 1953 in Duisburg) is a German football coach and former player who is currently youth teams coordinator at Bayer 04 Leverkusen.
Jürgen Gelsdorf | Introduction
Klaus-Dieter Pagels (born 1 September 1949 in Germany) is a German football coach.
Klaus-Dieter Pagels | Introduction
Franz-Josef 'Jupp' Tenhagen (born 31 October 1952 in Millingen) is a retired German football player and a football coach.
Franz-Josef Tenhagen | Introduction
Jürgen Mansberger (born January 13, 1989) is an Austrian former professional association football player.
Jürgen Mansberger | Introduction
Peter Knäbel (born 2 October 1966) is a retired German football player.
Peter Knäbel | Introduction
According to Bergkamp, his childhood footballing heroes were Glenn Hoddle, whom he admired for his soft precise touch, and Johan Cruyff, who once coached him when he was twelve.
Dennis Bergkamp | Early life
Jürgen Gronau (born 25 August 1962) is a retired German footballer who played as a midfielder.
Jürgen Gronau | Introduction
Later he worked as TV sports commentator with Eurosport.
Pieter van der Kruk | Introduction
Van Breukelen, born in Utrecht, started playing club football at amateur team BVC from De Bilt in 1964. In 1974, he reached the BVC first team at age 17. A few months later, Van Breukelen was transferred to FC Utrecht. In his youth, he studied to become a teacher; even after he signed for FC Utrecht, he finished his study in pedagogy and taught at schools.
Hans van Breukelen | Early years
Jens Tschiedel (born August 5, 1968) is a retired German football player.
Jens Tschiedel | Introduction
Markus Heppke (born 11 April 1986 in Essen) is a German footballer who plays as a midfielder for SV Schonnebeck.
Markus Heppke | Introduction
Bockhorn was born to Ugandan mother Jean Marion Nansubuga and a German father Hartwig Bockhorn. Later the family moved to Germany where Bockhorn started his career as a footballer at TSV Melsdorf.
Herbert Bockhorn | Personal life
Klaus Ebbighausen (born 1941) is a former German football manager.
Klaus Ebbighausen | Introduction
In May 2008, Klopp was approached to become the new manager of Borussia Dortmund. Despite having interest from German champions Bayern Munich, Klopp eventually signed a two-year contract at the club, which had finished in a disappointing 13th place under previous manager Thomas Doll. Klopp's opening game as manager was on 9 August 2008 in a 3–1 DFB-Pokal victory away to Rot-Weiss Essen. In his first season, Klopp won his first trophy with the club after defeating German champions Bayern Munich to claim the 2008 German Supercup. He led the club to a sixth-place finish in his first season in charge.
Jürgen Klopp | 2008–2013: Consecutive league titles; first European final
Hans-Jürgen Wloka (born September 12, 1951) is a retired German football player. He spent 3 seasons in the Bundesliga with Borussia Mönchengladbach and Bayer Uerdingen.
Hans-Jürgen Wloka | Introduction
Harald Klose (born 12 March 1945) is a German former footballer.
Harald Klose | Introduction
Gerhard Kleppinger (born 1 March 1958 in Ober-Ramstadt) is a former German footballer and current manager.
Gerhard Kleppinger | Introduction
Kampl was born in Solingen, Germany. His parents moved to Germany from Maribor, a city near the Austrian border in northeastern Slovenia. Kampl has dual citizenship and would have been eligible to play for Germany, but chose Slovenia early on.
Kevin Kampl | Early life
Jürgen Werner (born April 27, 1967) is a retired Austria international footballer.
Jürgen Werner (footballer, born 1967) | Introduction
Jens Kunath (born 15 February 1967) is a German former footballer.
Jens Kunath | Introduction
Klaus-Dieter Jank (born 23 November 1952) is a German former professional footballer who played as a striker.
Klaus-Dieter Jank | Introduction
I was born in the wrong place. It was not possible to walk away." For Great Britain he achieved Olympic golds with:
Jürgen Gröbler | Coaching career
Eugen Kipp (26 February 1885 – 4 November 1931) was a German footballer who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics. Eugen was a member of the German Olympic squad and played one match in the main tournament. He played for Germany from 1908 to 1913, first as a Sportfreunde Stuttgart player, then with Stuttgarter Kickers.
Eugen Kipp | Introduction
Jürgen Hartmann (born 28 August 1970) is a retired Austrian football defender.
Jürgen Hartmann (footballer, born 1970) | Introduction
Jürgen Heinrichs (born 21 January 1977) is a retired German football midfielder.
Jürgen Heinrichs | Introduction
Hans-Jürgen Naumann (born 1 April 1944) is a retired German football midfielder.
Hans-Jürgen Naumann | Introduction
Jürgen Werner (born 3 December 1961) is a retired Austrian football midfielder who played for Austria.
Jürgen Werner (footballer, born 1961) | Introduction
After his retirement from football, Klodt among other things coached the youth team of FC Schalke 04 and also worked as salesman for a brewery. After suffering a heart attack and a stroke in 1990, he was paralysed from the right.
Bernhard Klodt | After football
Kieftenbeld was born on 26 June 1990 in Lemelerveld, in the municipality of Dalfsen, Netherlands, where he attended Heilig Hartschool primary school. After leaving school he began a college course in business economics, but did not complete it. He came from a sporty family. His mother, Anja, and one of his sisters played volleyball, another sister rode horses. His father, Joop, coached in the lower reaches of Dutch amateur football, including at SV SDOL of the Vijfde Klasse and the reserve team of Tweede Klasse club VV Lemerleveld, the hometown club where Maikel began playing football at the age of five.
Maikel Kieftenbeld | Personal life
Andreas Kupfer (7 May 1914, in Schweinfurt – 30 April 2001, in Marktbreit) was a German football player.
Andreas Kupfer | Introduction