Jurgen Klopp
Jurgen Klopp took Mainz and Borussia Dortmund higher than they had ought to be in German football, and has taken Liverpool back to the top table in England and Europe after joining the club in 2015.
Jurgen Klopp is the manager of Liverpool FC. He has rejuvenated the club into one of the powerhouses of world soccer after lifting the Champions League and the Premier League during his tenure at Anfield.
The Stuttgart-born manager began his coaching career at Mainz 05, the club where he had played the majority of his soccer as a striker and defender. In 2008, after seven years with Mainz, he joined Borussia Dortmund on a two-and-a-half-year deal.
At Signal Iduna Park, Klopp transformed the Black and Yellows and guided Dortmund to back-to-back Bundesliga titles and a UEFA Champions League final.
After another seven-year spell, this time with Dortmund, Klopp joined Liverpool in 2015 and moulded the Reds into an elite outfit again. The Champions League was added to the Reds' trophy cabinet in 2019 before a Premier League title came Liverpool's way in 2020 - the Reds' first league title for 30 years.
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Jurgen Klopp
Jurgen Klopp took Mainz and Borussia Dortmund higher than they had ought to be in German football, and has taken Liverpool back to the top table in England and Europe after joining the club in 2015.
Jurgen Klopp is the manager of Liverpool FC. He has rejuvenated the club into one of the powerhouses of world soccer after lifting the Champions League and the Premier League during his tenure at Anfield.
The Stuttgart-born manager began his coaching career at Mainz 05, the club where he had played the majority of his soccer as a striker and defender. In 2008, after seven years with Mainz, he joined Borussia Dortmund on a two-and-a-half-year deal.
At Signal Iduna Park, Klopp transformed the Black and Yellows and guided Dortmund to back-to-back Bundesliga titles and a UEFA Champions League final.
After another seven-year spell, this time with Dortmund, Klopp joined Liverpool in 2015 and moulded the Reds into an elite outfit again. The Champions League was added to the Reds' trophy cabinet in 2019 before a Premier League title came Liverpool's way in 2020 - the Reds' first league title for 30 years.
Time At Mainz 05
As a player, Jurgen Klopp spent the majority of his days at Mainz 05, where he ended up making 325 appearances and scoring 52 goals across 11 years at the German side.
Immediately after retiring, Klopp took charge of the side as head coach, where he went on to spend seven years mastering his trade.
During his time at Mainz, Klopp instilled his now famous gegenpressing style of play, and after two years of narrowly missing out on promotion, Klopp managed to help his beloved Mainz side into the Bundesliga for the first time in the club's history after finishing third in the 2003/04 season.
Despite boasting the smallest budget in the top flight of German football, Klopp navigated Mainz to successive 11th-place finishes in Bundesliga. Unfortunately his side suffered relegation in the 2006/07 season, but Klopp chose to stay for the following campaign.
After being unable to win promotion in the 2007/08 season, Klopp resigned and headed for Dortmund, where he ended up coaching for a further seven years
