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Jurgen Klopp has been named Manager of the Year by Kicker for the 2018/19 season. Marco Reus won the title of player of the year.
Voted by the Association of German Sports Journalists, these prizes are awarded to the best coach and German player in the previous campaign.
Kicker confirmed that Klopp had won his third best coach of the year award, winning an impressive 183 of 537 votes after leading Liverpool to the glory of the Champions League.
He finished well ahead of Friedhelm Funkel of Fortuna Dusseldorf and Adi Hutter of Eintracht Frankfurt. Klopp did not take long to thank everyone in Liverpool for helping him win this award for the third time.
He said: "Thank you very much for this great reward, and of course I know who I'm responsible for: my team and my coaching team.
"It is only together that we can achieve the kind of success we have achieved and I am also happy for Friedhelm Funkel and Adi Hütter, whose remarkable work has been rightly recognized by journalists. "
Reus also Picked up player of the year, having scored 21 goals and 13 badists in all competitions for Borussia Dortmund. Kai Havertz, admirer of Bayer Leverkusen, was second, while Bayern Munich Defender Joshua Kimmich finished third.
The 30-year-old quickly recognized medical staff in Dortmund for helping him recover from the injury-related difficulties that have plagued his career in recent years. He missed just six games this year, which was by far his lowest total since his first season with the club.
"[It is difficult to] I come back after a serious injury such as my cruciate ligament break in 2017 and I become the Player of the Year, which makes me proud and shows that I took the right path after my injury, "added Reus.
Finally, the Lyonnaise star Dzsenifer Marozsan won the Player of the year reward for the third season in a row, and the 27-year-old was also eager to congratulate the medical staff who helped her recover from a serious illness early in the season.
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