Since 2007 the foundation has organised yearly charity football matches which has featured Mertesacker's national and club teammates Philipp Lahm, Lukas Podolski and Tomáš Rosický as well as comedian Oliver Pocher, Fury in the Slaughterhouse member Rainer Schumann and German ice hockey legend Uwe Krupp.
Married to an American dog sled racer, Valerie Buck-Krupp, he likens himself to German soccer coach, Jürgen Klinsmann, who also resides in the US, married to an American, and schooling his children in an International School.
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Following Walt Tkaczuk, Krupp was only the second German-born player to have a lasting career in the National Hockey League.
Krupp | Gustav Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach | Friedrich Krupp Germaniawerft | Bertha Krupp | Uwe Rösler | Uwe Janson | Uwe von Schamann | Uwe Seeler | Uwe Rosenberg | Uwe Gensheimer | Uwe Ackermann | UWE-2 | Friedrich Alfred Krupp | Fred Krupp | Alfried Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach | Uwe Timm | Uwe Stöver | Uwe Schünemann | Uwe Schulten-Baumer | Uwe Rösler's | Uwe Ochsenknecht | Uwe Nettelbeck | Uwe Madeja | Uwe Krupp | Uwe Friedrichsen | Uwe Erkenbrecher | Hans Uwe Hielscher |