Ulla Sandrock is a woman who has come to be an interesting part of football, not as a player or manager, but as the wife of the former football player and one of the most acclaimed managers in the game, Jurgen Klopp – manager of Liverpool and former manager of Borussia Dortmund. Before her fame, she served as a waitress, but since she became romantically involved with Klopp, she has found herself falling in love with football and has participated actively in support of it.
Although some people recognize her only as the wife of the football manager, she is also a respected children’s novelist famous for her book ‘Tom and the Magic Football’.
Amazing Things To Know About Ulla Sandrock
1. Ulla Sandrock worked in Africa as a Teacher and Nurse
Born in 1974 in Germany, Sandrock was involved in social work while growing up. Later on, she moved to Nairobi, Kenya to start a life helping kids as a teacher in a German school. In addition to being a nurse who was helping starving children recover, she continued to serve humanity in Nairobi before returning to her country to start as a child psychologist and waitress.
2. She moved in with Klopp 3 days after they met
It was at the Oktoberfest that Klopp and Sandrock met. It didn’t take them a lot of time to fall in love, and three days later, she moved in with him, and later, they headed for marriage.
3. Ulla Sandrock and Klopp separately went through a divorce
Even though it is not known who Sandrock was previously married to, her marriage failed and she had to raise her son on her own. However, Klopp was formerly married to Sabine Klopp before they separated in 2001.
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4. She is a mother and a step-mother
From their previous relationships, both Sandrock and Klopp had children. Sandrock has a son named Dennis while she became a stepmother to Marc, Klopp’s son.
Her stepson Marc was involved in football as a defender who played for Dortmund until his retirement due to injuries.
5. A look into the career of her husband, Jurgen Klopp
At a young age, Klopp was encouraged by his father to be actively involved in sports. Although he wanted to become a doctor, he turned his football interest which was subsequently turned into a career that led him to play for different football clubs as a youth and senior in SV Glatten, TuS Ergenzingen, 1. FC Pforzheim, Eintracht Frankfurt II, Viktoria Sindlingen, Rot-Weiss Frankfurt, and Mainz 05 before his retirement in 2001 after having a successful career as a striker and later, defender.
Retiring from playing, Klopp started managing Mainz 05 from 2001 to 2008. In his years with the club, he led it to secure promotion to the Bundesliga for the first time in the club’s history in the 2003-2004 season. His managing Borussia Dortmund began from 2008 to 2015. With the club, he transformed it from being a relegated team to one that would win the 2008 German Supercup, two consecutive Bundesliga league titles, and make 81 points to become the greatest total points in the Bundesliga in a season among other wins and histories.
He became part of Liverpool in 2015, and with the club, he saw it become the only fourth Premier League team to not be defeated at the halfway point of a season. The club further won the 2019-2020 Premier League title, the 2018-2019 UEFA Champions League title, the UEFA Super Cup in 2019, and the 2019 FIFA Club World Cup.
For his contributions to football, he has received several accolades including German Football Manager of the Year of 2011, 2012, and 2019; 2019 The Best FIFA Men’s Coach, IFFHS World’s Best Club Coach, Premier League Manager of the 2019-2020 Season, and LMA Hall of Fame in 2019.
6. Sandrock has been nicknamed the First Lady of the Bundesliga
Ulla Sandrock has become popular in football especially because of her husband’s stands in German football and her works of Charity. For all of these, she became popular as the First Lady of Bundesliga.
7. She prevented her husband from Joining Manchester United
As revealed by Besoccor, Phil Thompson a former Liverpool player said Klopp wanted to manage Manchester United. Still, when his wife had a different feeling about it, he stopped himself and later joined Liverpool when she had a better feeling.
8. Her career as a kid’s novelist
Ulla Sandrock has found a niche in writing and has focused it on children’s novels. The book, Tom and the Magic Football centers on a boy who turns into a great football player after he finds a football in the attic. It has also received positive reviews, including from her husband who compared the story to Harry Potter. In 2010, Sandrock wrote a sequel to the book aforementioned set in Africa.
9. A Look Into the Life of Ulla Sandrock as a Waitress
Sandrock had a humble beginning and has for a very long time been involved in different works of life even before she met Liverpool’s manager. Among the many works, she found herself doing include serving as a waitress at a bar at the Munich Oktoberfest. However, she left her waiting job to settle with Klopp.
10. Ulla Sandrock’s net worth
Although Ulla Sandrock earns from her work as an author, it is unknown how much wealth she has amassed, but according to Celebrity Net Worth, her husband has an estimated net worth of $50 million.
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