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Not to be confused with J\u00fcrgen Zopp.

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J\u00fcrgen Klopp
Personal information
\n Klopp with Liverpool at the 2019 UEFA Super Cup
Full name	\nJ\u00fcrgen Norbert Klopp
Date of birth	\n (1967-06-16) 16 June 1967 (age 57)
Place of birth	\nStuttgart, West Germany
Height	\n1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)^[1]
Position(s)	\nStriker, defender
Youth career
1972\u20131983	\nSV Glatten
1983\u20131987	\nTuS Ergenzingen
Senior career\"
Years	\nTeam	\nApps	\n(Gls)
1987	\n1. FC Pforzheim	\n	\n
1987\u20131988	\nEintracht Frankfurt II	\n	\n
1988\u20131989	\nViktoria Sindlingen	\n	\n
1989\u20131990	\nRot-Weiss Frankfurt	\n0	\n(0)
1990\u20132001	\nMainz 05	\n325	\n(52)
Managerial career
2001\u20132008	\nMainz 05
2008\u20132015	\nBorussia Dortmund
2015\u20132024	\nLiverpool
\n\"Club domestic league appearances and goals

J\u00fcrgen Norbert Klopp (German pronunciation: [\u02c8j\u028f\u0281\u0261n\u0329 \u02c8kl\u0254p] ^\u24d8; born 16 June 1967) is a German football executive and former manager and player. He is widely regarded as one of the best football managers in the world.^[2] Since 1 January 2025, Klopp has been the Head of Global Soccer for Red Bull GmbH.^[3]\n

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\u201307 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\u201311, before winning Dortmund's first-ever domestic double during a record-breaking season.^{[note 1]} Klopp also guided Dortmund to a runner-up finish in the 2012\u201313 UEFA Champions League before leaving in 2015 as their longest-serving manager.^[4]\n

Klopp was appointed manager of Liverpool in 2015. He has guided the club to UEFA Champions League finals in 2018 and 2022, and won the trophy in 2019 to secure his first \u2013 and Liverpool's sixth \u2013 title in the competition. Klopp's side finished second in the 2018\u201319 Premier League, registering 97 points; the then third-highest total in the history of the English top division, and the most by a team without winning the title. 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. Klopp also won a cup double of the EFL Cup and FA Cup in 2022, as well as another EFL Cup in 2024.\n

Klopp is a notable proponent of Gegenpressing, whereby the team, after losing possession, immediately attempts to win back possession, rather than falling back to regroup. He has described his sides as playing \"heavy metal\" football, in reference to their pressing and high attacking output. Klopp has cited his main influences as Italian coach Arrigo Sacchi, and former Mainz coach Wolfgang Frank. The importance of emotion is something Klopp has underlined throughout his managerial career, and he has gained both admiration and notoriety for his enthusiastic touchline celebrations.\n

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Club\n	Season\n	League\n	DFB-Pokal\n	Other\n	Total\n
Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals\n
Rot-Weiss Frankfurt\n	1989\u201390\n	Oberliga Hessen\n	0	0	1	0	5^[a]	0	6	0\n
Mainz 05\n	1990\u201391\n	2. Bundesliga\n	33	10	0	0	\u2014	33	10\n
1991\u201392\n	2. Bundesliga\n	32^[b]	8	1	0	\u2014	33	8\n
1992\u201393\n	2. Bundesliga\n	41	3	2	1	\u2014	43	4\n
1993\u201394\n	2. Bundesliga\n	34	7	1	1	\u2014	35	8\n
1994\u201395\n	2. Bundesliga\n	33	7	3	1	\u2014	36	8\n
1995\u201396\n	2. Bundesliga\n	29	2	2	0	\u2014	31	2\n
1996\u201397\n	2. Bundesliga\n	24	3	0	0	\u2014	24	3\n
1997\u201398\n	2. Bundesliga\n	31	4	1	1	\u2014	32	5\n
1998\u201399\n	2. Bundesliga\n	29	4	1	0	\u2014	30	4\n
1999\u20132000\n	2. Bundesliga\n	30	4	3	0	\u2014	33	4\n
2000\u201301\n	2. Bundesliga\n	9	0	1	0	\u2014	10	0\n
Total\n	325	52	15	4	0	0	340	56\n
Career total\n	325	52	16	4	5	0	346	56\n

Team\n	From\n	To\n	Record\n	Ref.\n
P	W	D	L	Win %\n
Mainz 05\n	27 February 2001\n	30 June 2008\n	270\n	109\n	78\n	83\n	040.37\n	^[32]\n
Borussia Dortmund\n	1 July 2008\n	30 June 2015\n	319\n	180\n	69\n	70\n	056.43\n	^[82]^[319]\n
Liverpool\n	8 October 2015\n	31 May 2024\n	491\n	299\n	109\n	83\n	060.90\n	^[320]\n
Total\n	1,080\n	588\n	256\n	236\n	054.44\n	\n

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Early life and playing career

Managerial career

Mainz 05

Borussia Dortmund

2008\u20132013: Consecutive league titles; first European final

2013\u20132015: Final years at Dortmund

Liverpool

2015\u20132017: European runners-up and return to Champions League

2017\u20132019: First Champions League title

2019\u20132020: Premier League title

2020\u20132022: Domestic and international success

2022\u20132024: Complete set of trophies and departure

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Colleagues

Post-managerial career

Outside football

Personal life

Media career

Political views

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Career statistics

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Honours

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Jürgen Klopp

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