Miroslav Klose
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| Full name | Miroslav Josef Klose[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 9 June 1978 [2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Opole, Poland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)[3] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Playing position | Striker | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Current club | Lazio | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Number | 25 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1987–1998 | SG Blaubach-Diedelkopf | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1998–1999 | FC Homburg | 18 | (1) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1999–2004 | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | 120 | (44) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1999–2000 | → 1. FC Kaiserslautern II | 49 | (25) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2004–2007 | Werder Bremen | 89 | (53) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2007–2011 | Bayern Munich | 98 | (24) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2011– | Lazio | 19 | (12) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2001– | Germany | 113 | (63) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20:50, 29 January 2012 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals). |
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Miroslav Josef Klose (German pronunciation: [ˈmɪʁoslaf ˈkloːzə] (
listen); born Mirosław Marian Kloze IPA: [miˈrɔswaf ˈklɔzɛ] on 9 June 1978 in Opole, Poland[4]) is a German footballer who plays as a striker for Lazio in the Serie A. Since bursting onto the international stage at the 2002 World Cup, he has become well known for his knack of scoring headers, front-flip goal celebrations, and decisive short passing.
Klose holds German nationality[5] and has played 113 times and scored 63 goals for Germany. With five goals, he was the top scorer and Golden Boot winner at the 2006 World Cup in Germany, the first player to win the award since reunification. Klose also scored five goals in his debut World Cup, the 2002 World Cup, all of which were headers. He scored four times in 2010 World Cup, giving him a total of 14 World Cup goals and putting him joint second along with Gerd Müller on the list of FIFA World Cup goalscorers.
Klose is also the only player to have scored five or more goals in consecutive World Cups, as well as the only player to have scored at least four in three different tournaments.
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[edit] Biography
[edit] Background
Klose was born in the Silesian city of Opole, Poland. Both of his parents were active in sports.[6] His mother, Barbara Jeż, was a member of the Poland women's national handball team. His father, Josef Klose, played professional football in Poland for Odra Opole, before leaving then-communist Poland in 1978 and moving to France to play for AJ Auxerre. In 1985, Klose and his mother joined his father in Kusel, a small town in the state of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Klose's father is an ethnic German and holds German nationality.[5]
Klose himself said in an interview in 2008 to Przegląd Sportowy that it would be best for him not to be called German or Polish, but European.[7] As he stated in an interview to Der Spiegel in 2007, his family at home speaks Polish to each other, with his twin sons Luan and Noah[8] learning German in Kindergarten.[9] He has a Polish-born wife, Sylwia Klose.[10]
[edit] Football career
Klose learned his football at a village club, SG Blaubach-Diedelkopf, in the German seventh division. Klose had also successfully completed an apprenticeship to become a carpenter and had worked in this profession until joining the professional team of FC Kaiserslautern.
[edit] Club career
[edit] Kaiserslautern
After a season at FC Homburg, he eventually joined the reserve team of FC Kaiserslautern.
A year after joining the club, he made it into the first team. In his first 67 matches, Klose scored 33 goals. The 2002–03 season was a comparatively disappointing one as Klose found the back of the net a mere seven times.
[edit] Werder Bremen
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On 2 March 2004, Klose signed a four–year contract with German Bundesliga club Werder Bremen for a fee of €5 million ($6.2 million).[11][12] He made his league debut on 6 August 2004, as a substitute for Paraguayan striker Nelson Valdez in a 1–0 home win against Schalke 04.[13][14] On 29 August 2004, Klose scored his first goal, an equaliser, which Bremen lost 1–2 at home against Wolfsburg.[15][16] After a lacklustre start, Klose formed an impressive attacking triangle with French midfielder Johan Micoud and Croatian forward Ivan Klasnić as well as, though less frequently, Paraguayan forward Nelson Valdez, scoring 15 goals in the Bundesliga. In the 2005–06 season, he scored 25 goals, the highest that season, and registered 16 assists in just 26 games in the Bundesliga.
After his strong performance at the 2006 World Cup, Klose was linked by newspapers with a move away from the Weserstadion. European giants FC Barcelona and Juventus were listed among his potential suitors. Klose was also heavily linked with a move to Bayern Munich, with Bayern president Franz Beckenbauer an admirer of Klose.
On 7 June 2007, Klose confirmed that he would leave Werder Bremen for Bayern Munich either before the 2007–08 season or upon the expiration of his contract with Werder at the end of the 2007–08 season.[17]
[edit] Bayern Munich
On 26 June 2007, club president Karl-Heinz Rummenigge confirmed that Bayern Munich had reached an agreement with Werder Bremen regarding the transfer of the player. Klose completed his medical with Bayern on 28 June 2007 before signing a four-year contract.
Klose made his first competitive appearance for Bayern in a 4–1 victory against old team Werder Bremen in the first round of the DFB-Ligapokal. After missing the semi-final victory over VfB Stuttgart due to injury, Klose returned in the final against Schalke 04, scoring his first competitive goal for Bayern to win the title.
Klose made his Bundesliga debut in the game against Hansa Rostock on 11 August 2007 in which he scored two goals. The game ended 3–0 for Bayern Munich, with Klose's striking partner Luca Toni scoring the third goal. In late September, he claimed his first hat-trick for the club in a 5–0 League success over Energie Cottbus.
After that bright start to his Bayern career, Klose struggled during the latter half of the Bundesliga season. His total of 20 goals in all competitions — with an impressive DFB Cup record — did, however, play a significant role in helping the club to a league and cup double.
Klose's second season at the club was a positive one. He finished as Bayern's top scorer in all competitions with 20 goals, a figure that could have been higher but for an injury sustained in March. Seven of his tally came in the Champions' League, making him the second-best goalscorer in that year's competition; only Lionel Messi with nine scored more than Klose.
Klose sustained two injuries in the beginning of the 2010–11 season. After he had made a full recovery, he remained on the bench until late December when he appeared in a DFB-Pokal match against VfB Stuttgart. Klose came off the bench and scored twice.
On 6 June 2011, with his contract about to expire, Klose did not reach an agreement with Bayern Munich, thus leaving the club at the end of the 2010–11 season.[18]
[edit] Lazio
Klose signed a two-year contract with Lazio on 9 June 2011. Lazio is the first team he ever played for outside Germany.[19] Klose scored his first goal for Lazio in UEFA Europa League 2012 Play-offs. He also assisted four other goals. Lazio won that game 6–0 and won the play-offs by 9–1 aggregate against Rabotnicki.[20] On 9 September 2011, he made his league debut in a 2–2 draw against Milan and scored a goal in the 12th minute, which was the first Serie A goal of the season. Despite only being at the club for a few months his coach Edy Reja has already underlined his importance to the team.[21] On 16 October 2011, Klose scored in the 93rd minute to win the Rome derby 2–1 for Lazio. However, the occasion was tainted by a small section of radical Lazio fans holding a sign adapted from a motto used by the Nazis. The sign read 'Klose Mit Uns', which means 'Klose with us' but was intended by those fans as praise for Klose. The Nazis used the motto 'God with us' and the Lazio fans' sign featured the 'S's in the same font as the logo of Hitler's SS. Miroslav has explicitly condemned the sign, adding 'politics should stay out of the stadium'.[22][23][24]
On 10 December 2011, Klose scored twice and assisted one for Lazio in an away game against Lecce, including an 87-minute goal that gave Lazio a 2–3 victory.[25]
[edit] International career
Klose's consistency as a goal-scorer in his first Bundesliga season at Kaiserslautern earned him attention. In January 2001, the then coach of the Polish national team, Jerzy Engel, travelled to Germany to persuade Klose to choose to play for Poland. This request was declined by Klose, who said that "I have a German passport, and if things are still running this way, I have a chance to play for Rudi Völler." Kloses hopes were justified, as he would soon score for Germany.[26]
In an interview given to Przegląd Sportowy on 9 June 2008, Klose stated that the decision to play for Germany instead of Poland was not an easy one, and if Polish officials had been faster, he would be playing for Poland now. Furthermore, he added that he does not regret the choice, as with Germany he has won medals in the World Cup tournaments.[7] The German national team has never lost a game in which Klose has scored.
[edit] 2002 World Cup
Klose's international debut came in march 21st in 2001 in a World Cup qualifier against Albania, in the 73rd minute coach Rudi Völler put him in as a substitute. Two minutes from time he headed home the 2–1 winner for Germany and celebrated with a front-flip.[27] Four days later in his second match Klose helped Germany temporarily lead their qualification group, he came on in the 67th minute and scored the 3–2 against Greece in the 82nd minute, making it two crucial goals in only 33 minutes on the pitch. Two hat-tricks against Israel and Austria in friendlies prior to the upcoming World Cup were enough to establish him in Germanys starting lineup for the tournament.
Klose came to international prominence at the 2002 World Cup in Korea-Japan, because he scored five headed goals for Germany, finishing joint second highest goal scorer along with Rivaldo. He became the first player ever to score five headers in a World Cup, and he celebrated all of his goals with his trademark front-flip, earning him the nickname "Salto-Klose". His goal tally included a hat-trick in Germany's 8–0 hammering of Saudi Arabia, as well as one goal each against Ireland and Cameroon.[28]
Klose also participated in Euro 2004 and came on as a substitute in two games, against Latvia and the Czech Republic, but was not completely fit, since he just recovered from a knee injury. He wasn't able to score and Germany went out in the first round.[29]
[edit] 2006 World Cup
Klose was named to his second successive World Cup team for the 2006 World Cup. In the opening match against Costa Rica, coinciding with his 28th birthday, Klose scored two goals, in the 17th and 61st minutes respectively. This led to Germany's 4–2 win over Costa Rica. He scored another two goals against Ecuador on 20 June, putting him on top of the tournament top scorer list with four goals.
Klose also played a major part in Germany's 2–0 win over Sweden in the first knockout round, demonstrating his ability to provide assists as he set up strike partner Lukas Podolski for both goals. Klose scored the equaliser against Argentina in the quarter-final game played on 30 June 2006, with Germany going on to win 4–2 on penalties. This was his first headed goal in two years, three of the first four in the tournament were scored with his favoured right foot.
Klose is the first German since Gerd Müller in the 1970s to become the top scorer at a World Cup. During the tournament, he formed a formidable strike partnership with Lukas Podolski, scoring eight goals between them as Germany topped the scoring charts with 14 goals in seven matches. Klose and team-mate Michael Ballack became the only two All-Star Team Players of the 2006 World Cup to be in the previous All-Star Team of 2002.
[edit] Euro 2008
On 6 September 2006, Klose scored two away goals against San Marino in a 13–0 Euro 2008 qualifying win which took his international goal tally to 33, the same amount as his idol Fritz Walter and to joint seventh in the list of all-time goalscorers for Germany.
He had a goal drought for a long time with the national team, causing speculation that he may be dropped from the starting line-up. But German coach Joachim Löw has denied this.
Another highlight in Klose's career came on 8 September 2007, as he captained Germany for the first time and celebrated this honour by scoring both of his country's goals in a 2–0 victory over Wales. The next day, one of the headlines in the UEFA official website was "Captain Klose takes Germany closer (to qualifying)."
In the main tournament, Klose started the opening group game against Poland and assisted Lukas Podolski's two goals in a 2–0 victory. He played the remaining two group games against Croatia and Austria with no goals of his own. He finally broke his duck during the knockout stages, scoring for Germany in quarter-final and semi-final against Portugal and Turkey, respectively. In both games he scored Germanys second goal, and both games were won by 3–2. He was unable, however, to score during the final against Spain, as they lost the match 1–0.[30][31]
[edit] 2010 World Cup
Klose was selected in Germany's final 23-man squad, and for his third successive World Cup campaign. On 13 June, Klose scored the second goal against Australia in their opening group game, a 4–0 victory. This goal put him level in World Cup goals with his former coach Jürgen Klinsmann.[32] Klose was given a red card in the 36th minute after receiving his second of two cautions in Germany's second first-round game against Serbia, which Germany lost 1–0.
He opened the scoring in the Round of 16 match against England on 27 June 2010 with his 12th World Cup goal, equalling Pelé for fourth on the all time list, and also notching up his 50th international goal in his 99th international game, as Germany won the game 4–1.[33] The assist to this goal came from young goalkeeper Manuel Neuer straight from a goalkick.
Klose made his 100th international appearance in the quarter-final against Argentina, becoming only the sixth German player to reach the landmark. He then scored the second and fourth goals against Argentina (Germany winning 4–0), pulling him level with Gerd Müller's all-time German World Cup goalscoring record.[34] Due to a back injury sustained in the semi-final against Spain – Germany losing 0–1 against the upcoming champions. Klose was unable to play in Germanys 3–2 bronze medal winning match against Uruguay. This deprived him of the chance to equal or surpass Ronaldo's record number of goals in the World Cup finals – Klose has 14 goals, Ronaldo has 15.
[edit] Euro 2012
During the Euro 2012 qualifiers, Klose has scored at least one goal in every single game he played, striking against all of Germanys opponents: Belgium, Azerbaijan, Turkey, Kazakhstan and Austria. Gaining only six caps during the qualification campaign, he scored nine goals and provided two assists making him Europe's second most successful striker for this period behind Klaas-Jan Huntelaar who scored 12 times in eight matches. [35] At the end of the qualifying campaign he had achieved 21 assists and 63 goal while playing for Germany, trailing Gerd Müller's German goalscoring record by five and playing almost twice as many international games for Germany compared to Müller.[36]
[edit] International goals
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- Scores and results table. Germany's goal tally first:
| Goal | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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| 1. | 24 March 2001 | BayArena, Leverkusen, Germany | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2002 FIFA World Cup qualifying | |
| 2. | 28 March 2001 | Olympic Stadium, Athens, Greece | 3–2 | 4–2 | 2002 FIFA World Cup qualifying | |
| 3. | 13 February 2002 | Fritz-Walter-Stadion, Kaiserslautern, Germany | 1–1 | 7–1 | Friendly | |
| 4. | 13 February 2002 | Fritz-Walter-Stadion, Kaiserslautern, Germany | 2–1 | 7–1 | Friendly | |
| 5. | 13 February 2002 | Fritz-Walter-Stadion, Kaiserslautern, Germany | 4–1 | 7–1 | Friendly | |
| 6. | 18 May 2002 | BayArena, Leverkusen, Germany | 1–0 | 6–2 | Friendly | |
| 7. | 18 May 2002 | BayArena, Leverkusen, Germany | 2–0 | 6–2 | Friendly | |
| 8. | 18 May 2002 | BayArena, Leverkusen, Germany | 4–2 | 6–2 | Friendly | |
| 9. | 1 June 2002 | Sapporo Dome, Sapporo, Japan | 1–0 | 8–0 | 2002 FIFA World Cup | |
| 10. | 1 June 2002 | Sapporo Dome, Sapporo, Japan | 2–0 | 8–0 | 2002 FIFA World Cup | |
| 11. | 1 June 2002 | Sapporo Dome, Sapporo, Japan | 5–0 | 8–0 | 2002 FIFA World Cup | |
| 12. | 5 June 2002 | Kashima Soccer Stadium, Kashima, Japan | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2002 FIFA World Cup | |
| 13. | 11 June 2002 | Shizuoka Stadium, Shizuoka, Japan | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2002 FIFA World Cup | |
| 14. | 16 October 2002 | AWD-Arena, Hannover, Germany | 2–1 | 2–1 | UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying | |
| 15. | 11 June 2003 | Gundadalur, Tórshavn, Faroe Islands | 1–0 | 2–0 | UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying | |
| 16. | 18 February 2004 | Gradski stadion u Poljudu, Split, Croatia | 1–0 | 2–1 | Friendly | |
| 17. | 17 November 2004 | Zentralstadion, Leipzig, Germany | 1–0 | 3–0 | Friendly | |
| 18. | 17 November 2004 | Zentralstadion, Leipzig, Germany | 2–0 | 3–0 | Friendly | |
| 19. | 16 December 2004 | International Stadium, Yokohama, Japan | 1–0 | 3–0 | Friendly | |
| 20. | 16 December 2004 | International Stadium, Yokohama, Japan | 3–0 | 3–0 | Friendly | |
| 21. | 1 March 2006 | Signal Iduna Park, Dortmund, Germany | 3–0 | 4–1 | Friendly | |
| 22. | 27 May 2006 | Dreisamstadion, Freiburg, Germany | 1–0 | 7–0 | Friendly | |
| 23. | 27 May 2006 | Dreisamstadion, Freiburg, Germany | 4–0 | 7–0 | Friendly | |
| 24. | 30 May 2006 | BayArena, Leverkusen, Germany | 1–2 | 2–2 | Friendly | |
| 25. | 9 June 2006 | Allianz Arena, Munich, Germany | 2–1 | 4–2 | 2006 FIFA World Cup | |
| 26. | 9 June 2006 | Allianz Arena, Munich, Germany | 3–1 | 4–2 | 2006 FIFA World Cup | |
| 27. | 20 June 2006 | Olympic Stadium, Berlin, Germany | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2006 FIFA World Cup | |
| 28. | 20 June 2006 | Olympic Stadium, Berlin, Germany | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2006 FIFA World Cup | |
| 29. | 30 June 2006 | Olympic Stadium, Berlin, Germany | 1–1 | 1–1 (a.e.t.), 4–2 (pen.) | 2006 FIFA World Cup | |
| 30. | 16 August 2006 | Veltins-Arena, Gelsenkirchen, Germany | 2–0 | 3–0 | Friendly | |
| 31. | 16 August 2006 | Veltins-Arena, Gelsenkirchen, Germany | 3–0 | 3–0 | Friendly | |
| 32. | 6 September 2006 | Stadio Olimpico, Serravalle, San Marino | 3–0 | 13–0 | UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying | |
| 33. | 6 September 2006 | Stadio Olimpico, Serravalle, San Marino | 6–0 | 13–0 | UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying | |
| 34. | 8 September 2007 | Ninian Park, Cardiff, Wales | 1–0 | 2–0 | UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying | |
| 35. | 8 September 2007 | Ninian Park, Cardiff, Wales | 2–0 | 2–0 | UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying | |
| 36. | 17 November 2007 | AWD Arena, Hannover, Germany | 2–0 | 4–0 | UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying | |
| 37. | 6 February 2008 | Ernst-Happel-Stadion, Vienna, Austria | 2–0 | 3–0 | Friendly | |
| 38. | 26 March 2008 | St. Jakob-Park, Basel, Switzerland | 1–0 | 4–0 | Friendly | |
| 39. | 27 May 2008 | Fritz-Walter-Stadion, Kaiserslautern, Germany | 1–0 | 2–2 | Friendly | |
| 40. | 19 June 2008 | St. Jakob-Park, Basel, Switzerland | 2–0 | 3–2 | UEFA Euro 2008 | |
| 41. | 25 June 2008 | St. Jakob-Park, Basel, Switzerland | 2–1 | 3–2 | UEFA Euro 2008 | |
| 42. | 10 September 2008 | Olympic Stadium, Helsinki, Finland | 1–1 | 3–3 | 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifying | |
| 43. | 10 September 2008 | Olympic Stadium, Helsinki, Finland | 2–2 | 3–3 | 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifying | |
| 44. | 10 September 2008 | Olympic Stadium, Helsinki, Finland | 3–3 | 3–3 | 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifying | |
| 45. | 12 August 2009 | Tofik Bakhramov Stadium, Baku, Azerbaijan | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifying | |
| 46. | 9 September 2009 | AWD-Arena, Hanover, Germany | 2–0 | 4–0 | 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifying | |
| 47. | 9 September 2009 | AWD-Arena, Hanover, Germany | 3–0 | 4–0 | 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifying | |
| 48. | 10 October 2009 | Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow, Russia | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifying | |
| 49. | 13 June 2010 | Moses Mabhida Stadium, Durban, South Africa | 2–0 | 4–0 | 2010 FIFA World Cup | |
| 50. | 27 June 2010 | Free State Stadium, Bloemfontein, South Africa | 1–0 | 4–1 | 2010 FIFA World Cup | |
| 51. | 3 July 2010 | Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town, South Africa | 2–0 | 4–0 | 2010 FIFA World Cup | |
| 52. | 3 July 2010 | Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town, South Africa | 4–0 | 4–0 | 2010 FIFA World Cup | |
| 53. | 3 September 2010 | King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels, Belgium | 1–0 | 1–0 | UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying | |
| 54. | 7 September 2010 | RheinEnergieStadion, Cologne, Germany | 3–0 | 6–1 | UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying | |
| 55. | 7 September 2010 | RheinEnergieStadion, Cologne, Germany | 6–1 | 6–1 | UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying | |
| 56. | 8 October 2010 | Olympic Stadium, Berlin, Germany | 1–0 | 3–0 | UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying | |
| 57. | 8 October 2010 | Olympic Stadium, Berlin, Germany | 3–0 | 3–0 | UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying | |
| 58. | 12 October 2010 | Astana Arena, Astana, Kazakhstan | 1–0 | 3–0 | UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying | |
| 59. | 9 February 2011 | Signal Iduna Park, Dortmund, Germany | 1–0 | 1–1 | Friendly | |
| 60. | 26 March 2011 | Fritz-Walter-Stadion, Kaiserslautern, Germany | 1–0 | 4–0 | UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying | |
| 61. | 26 March 2011 | Fritz-Walter-Stadion, Kaiserslautern, Germany | 4–0 | 4–0 | UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying | |
| 62. | 2 September 2011 | Veltins-Arena, Gelsenkirchen, Germany | 1–0 | 6–2 | UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying | |
| 63. | 15 November 2011 | Volksparkstadion, Hamburg, Germany | 2–0 | 3–0 | Friendly |
[edit] Awards and honours
[edit] Club
- DFB-Ligapokal (1): 2006
- Bundesliga (2): 2007–08, 2009–10
- UEFA Champions League Runner-up: 2009–10
- DFB-Pokal (2): 2008, 2010
- DFB-Ligapokal (1): 2007
- DFB-Supercup (1): 2010
[edit] National team
- FIFA World Cup Runner-up: 2002
- FIFA World Cup 3rd Place: 2006, 2010
- UEFA European Football Championship Runner-up: 2008
[edit] Individual
- Bundesliga Top Goalscorer (25 goals): 2006
- German Footballer of the Year: 2006
- World Cup Silver Shoe: 2002
- World Cup Golden Shoe: 2006
- Selected for the All-star team in the 2002 and 2006 World Cups
[edit] Personal Records
- FIFA World Cup second all time top scorer along with Gerd Müller: 14 goals (5 in 2002, 5 in 2006, and 4 in 2010)
- Only player to have scored at least 4 goals in 3 FIFA World Cups
- Scored at least 5 goals in 2 FIFA World Cups, record shared only with Teófilo Cubillas, only player to have scored 5 goals in 2 consecutive FIFA World Cups
- Germany's second all time top scorer: 63 goals
- Germany's second most capped player behind Lothar Matthäus
[edit] Career stats
[edit] Club
- As of 29 January 2011
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Europe | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Lazio | 11–12 | 19 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 26 | 14 |
| Total | 19 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 26 | 14 | |
| Bayern Munich | 10–11 | 20 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 26 | 5 |
| 09–10 | 25 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 38 | 6 | |
| 08–09 | 26 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 38 | 20 | |
| 07–08 | 27 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 5 | 47 | 21 | |
| Total | 98 | 24 | 21 | 14 | 30 | 14 | 149 | 52 | |
| Werder Bremen | 06–07 | 31 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 47 | 15 |
| 05–06 | 26 | 25 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 40 | 31 | |
| 04–05 | 32 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 45 | 17 | |
| Total | 89 | 53 | 13 | 2 | 30 | 8 | 132 | 63 | |
| FC Kaiserslautern | 03–04 | 26 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 29 | 12 |
| 02–03 | 32 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 13 | |
| 01–02 | 31 | 16 | 4 | 0 | - | - | 35 | 16 | |
| 00–01 | 29 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 45 | 11 | |
| 99–00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Total | 120 | 44 | 13 | 5 | 14 | 3 | 147 | 52 | |
| Career Totals | 319 | 158 | 47 | 51 | 76 | 31 | 442 | 181 | |
* Includes Liga-Pokal and DFL-Supercup.
[edit] International career statistics
| Germany national team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Year | Apps | Goals |
| 2001 | 7 | 2 |
| 2002 | 17 | 12 |
| 2003 | 10 | 1 |
| 2004 | 11 | 5 |
| 2005 | 5 | 0 |
| 2006 | 17 | 13 |
| 2007 | 5 | 3 |
| 2008 | 15 | 8 |
| 2009 | 6 | 4 |
| 2010 | 12 | 10 |
| 2011 | 8 | 5 |
| Total | 113 | 63 |
[edit] Trivia
- Klose celebrated his goals by performing the front-flip 7 times out of 14 goals he scored in the FIFA World Cup. (5 times in 2002, 1 time each in 2006 and 2010).
- Despite playing as a central striker, Klose averaged over 10 assists every season throughout the 3 seasons he played for Werder Bremen.
- He participated in the song Hope by German Rockband Room77 together with fellow team-mates Mario Gomez and Phillip Lahm.
[edit] References
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- Official website (German)
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- Miroslav Klose at fussballdaten.de (German)
- Profile at Transfermarkt.de (German)
- Klose´s ancestors from Upper Silesia, Poland
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- 1978 births
- Living people
- German footballers
- Germany international footballers
- FC 08 Homburg players
- 1. FC Kaiserslautern players
- FC Bayern Munich players
- SV Werder Bremen players
- S.S. Lazio players
- German expatriate footballers
- Expatriate footballers in Italy
- Kicker-Torjägerkanone Award winners
- Fußball-Bundesliga players
- Serie A footballers
- 2002 FIFA World Cup players
- UEFA Euro 2004 players
- 2006 FIFA World Cup players
- UEFA Euro 2008 players
- Silesian-German people
- Naturalized citizens of Germany
- People from Opole
- German people from the Polish part of Silesia
- German people of Silesian descent
- German people of Polish descent
- German expatriates in Italy
- 2010 FIFA World Cup players
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