Sabine Klopp: Who is Jürgen Klopp’s ex-wife?

Sabine Klopp is the ex-wife of Jürgen Klopp. Sabine Klopp’s ex-husband, Jürgen is a German professional football manager and former player who is the manager of Premier League 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.

Sabine Klopp: Bio Summary

Who is Jurgen Klopp’s ex-wife?

Sabine Klopp is the former wife of the former German football player and Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp. Sabine was born in 1967 in Germany and as of 2024, she is 57 years old. Not much about Sabine’s early life is documented. As a result, crucial details such as the identity of her parents and close relatives are not available.

Although it is not known the exact date the couple got married in 1988, the couple exchanged their vows in a beautiful ceremony attended by their friends, family, and loved ones. Their marriage however didn’t last forever as Sabine Klopp and her ex-husband called it a quit in 2001. They decided to go their separate ways after 21 years of marriage.

The reason given for their divorce during the proceedings was ‘irreconcilable differences’ — although neither of them has ever given any details on why they chose to call it a quit after being together for about two decades.

At the time of their divorce, Jurgen had just ended his career as a football player and transitioned to a football manager. He spent most of his professional career in Mainz, from 1990 to 2001, with his attitude and commitment made him a fan-favorite. Sabine and Jürgen’s 12 years of marriage was blessed with a son, Marc Klopp. Their son who is also a footballer has played for several German clubs including FSV Frankfurt under-19s, Borussia Dortmund II, and the Kreisliga side VfL Kemminghausen 1925.

According to the Sun, Marc retiring from football and has co-founded a couple of businesses. The publication revealed he started Onside Sports, an agency for off-season activities for professional football clubs in the European market, in 2017. Jürgen Klopp’s son, Marc also co-founded ATHLIN, a company offering support and advice to professional athletes in 2022.

Where is Jürgen Klopp’s ex-wife, Sabine now?

After they called their marriage a quit, Sabine Klopp went out of the limelight to live a private life. It is unclear if Sabine Klopp has moved on and started another relationship or ever married again, but the same cannot be said of her the Liverpool manager.

On 5 December 2005, Klopp walked down the aisle with the social worker and children’s writer. Ulla Sandrock. They met at a pub during an Oktoberfest celebration that same year. The couple who were so much in love moved in together after three days of dating and after some time they decided to give marriage another try. Ulla is also divorced with a son, Dennis, from her previous marriage.

Sabine Klopp’s ex-husband is a Lutheran who has referred to his faith in public, citing the importance of his beliefs in a media interview. He turned to religion more seriously after the death of his father, who was a Catholic, from liver cancer in 1998. Much is not known about Sabine’s religious beliefs.

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Sabine’s ex-husband Jurgen has always wanted to be a medical doctor, but he didn’t think he was smart enough. And so after graduation, he ventured into football, and when he finally joined Mainz 05 as a professional football player; with him was his wife Sabine who has been by his side to see him realize his dreams.