Klopp was born in Stuttgart,[1] the state capital of Baden-Württemberg, and grew up in the countryside, in the Black Forest village of Glatten near Freudenstadt, with two older sisters.[citation needed] He started playing for Tus Ergenzingen as a junior player, with the next stint at 1. FC Pforzheim and then at three Frankfurt clubs, SG Eintracht Frankfurt (Under 23), Viktoria Sindlingen and Rot-Weiss Frankfurt, during adolescence. In 1990, in the play-off matches with RW Frankfurt against FSV Mainz 05 for the promotion to the 2. Bundesliga, he caught the special attention of the Mainz manager and was signed by them the same summer, thus becoming a senior professional football player.