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Miroslav Klose

Klose in 2016

Personal information

Full name

\nMiroslav Josef Klose^[1]

Birth name

\nMiros\u0142aw Marian Klose

Date of birth

\n9 June 1978 (age 46)^[2]

Place of birth

\nOpole, Poland^[3]

Height

\n1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)^[3]

Position(s)

\nStriker

Team information

Current team

\n1. FC N\u00fcrnberg (manager)

Youth career

1987\u20131998

\nSG Blaubach-Diedelkopf

Senior career\"

Years

\nTeam

\nApps

\n(Gls)

1998\u20131999

\nFC 08 Homburg II

\n15

\n(10)

1998\u20131999

\nFC 08 Homburg

\n18

\n(1)

1999\u20132001

\n1. FC Kaiserslautern II

\n50

\n(26)

1999\u20132004

\n1. FC Kaiserslautern

\n120

\n(44)

2004\u20132007

\nWerder Bremen

\n89

\n(53)

2007\u20132011

\nBayern Munich

\n98

\n(24)

2011\u20132016

\nLazio

\n139

\n(54)

Total

\n529

\n(212)

International career

2001\u20132014

\nGermany

\n137

\n(71)

Managerial career

2022\u20132023

\nRheindorf Altach

2024\u2013

\n1. FC N\u00fcrnberg

Medal record

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Men's football\n
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Representing $\"\"$ Germany\n
FIFA World Cup\n
Winner	2014 Brazil	\n
Runner-up	2002 Korea/Japan	\n
$\"Third$	2006 Germany	\n
$\"Third$	2010 South Africa	\n
UEFA European Championship\n
Runner-up	2008 Austria\u2013Switzerland	\n
$\"Third$	2012 Poland\u2013Ukraine	\n

\n\"Club domestic league appearances and goals

Miroslav Josef \"Miro\" Klose (German: [\u02c8mi\u02d0\u0281oslaf \u02c8klo\u02d0z\u0259] ^\u24d8, Polish: Miros\u0142aw J\u00f3zef Klose; born Miros\u0142aw Marian Klose;^[4] 9 June 1978)^[5] is a German professional football manager and former player who currently serves as head coach of 1. FC N\u00fcrnberg. A striker, Klose is the all-time top scorer for Germany and holds the record for the most goals scored in the FIFA World Cup with 16 goals scored over 4 editions of the tournament between 2002 and 2014. Klose is best known for his performances with the German national team.\n

Starting his career at FC 08 Homburg, Klose played in the Bundesliga for Kaiserslautern before becoming one of the most prolific scorers in the league with Werder Bremen, where he was awarded the German Footballer of the Year in 2006^[6] and also named to the kicker Bundesliga Team of the Season in 2004\u201305 and 2005\u201306.^[7]^[8] His performances saw him move to giants Bayern Munich in 2007. During his time at Bayern, Klose won the 2007\u201308 and 2009\u201310 league titles. In 2011, Klose moved to Serie A club Lazio, where he won the 2012\u201313 Coppa Italia and eventually finished his playing career in 2016 after five years at the club.\n

He was part of the squad that won the 2014 World Cup, having previously finished second (2002) and third (2006, 2010) in the competition; he finished as runner-up with Germany at UEFA Euro 2008 and joint-third place at UEFA Euro 2012. He holds the record for the most goals scored in FIFA World Cup tournaments,^[9] having scored five goals in his debut World Cup in 2002 and having won the Golden Boot at the 2006 World Cup in Germany by again scoring five times. He also scored four times in the 2010 World Cup and twice at the 2014 World Cup, in the latter tournament overtaking Brazil's Ronaldo's then-record of 15 goals to top the all-time list.^[10] He retired from the national team in August 2014, shortly after Germany's victory at the 2014 World Cup.^[11]\n

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Club\n	Season\n	League\n	National cup^[a]\n	League cup^[b]\n	Europe\n	Other\n	Total\n
Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals\n
FC 08 Homburg\n	1998\u201399\n	Regionalliga West/S\u00fcdwest\n	18	1	\u2014	\u2014	\u2014	\u2014	18	1\n
1. FC Kaiserslautern II\n	1999\u20132000\n	Regionalliga West/S\u00fcdwest\n	36	11	\u2014	\u2014	\u2014	\u2014	36	11\n
2000\u201301\n	Oberliga S\u00fcdwest\n	14	15	\u2014	\u2014	\u2014	\u2014	14	15\n
Total\n	50	26	\u2014	\u2014	\u2014	\u2014	50	26\n
1. FC Kaiserslautern\n	1999\u20132000^[117]\n	Bundesliga\n	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	\u2014	2	0\n
2000\u201301^[118]\n	Bundesliga\n	29	9	2	0	2	0	12^[c]	2	\u2014	45	11\n
2001\u201302^[119]\n	Bundesliga\n	31	16	4	0	\u2014	\u2014	\u2014	35	16\n
2002\u201303^[120]\n	Bundesliga\n	32	9	4	4	\u2014	\u2014	\u2014	36	13\n
2003\u201304^[121]\n	Bundesliga\n	26	10	1	1	\u2014	2	1	\u2014	29	12\n
Total\n	120	44	11	5	2	0	14	3	\u2014	147	52\n
Werder Bremen\n	2004\u201305^[122]\n	Bundesliga\n	32	15	4	0	1	0	8^[d]	2	\u2014	45	17\n
2005\u201306^[123]\n	Bundesliga\n	26	25	3	2	2	0	9^[d]	4	\u2014	40	31\n
2006\u201307^[124]\n	Bundesliga\n	31	13	1	0	2	0	13	2	\u2014	47	15\n
Total\n	89	53	8	2	5	0	30	8	\u2014	132	63\n
Bayern Munich\n	2007\u201308^[125]\n	Bundesliga\n	27	10	6	5	2	1	12^[c]	5	\u2014	47	21\n
2008\u201309^[126]\n	Bundesliga\n	26	10	4	3	\u2014	8^[d]	7	\u2014	38	20\n
2009\u201310^[127]\n	Bundesliga\n	25	3	5	2	\u2014	8^[d]	1	\u2014	38	6\n
2010\u201311^[28]^[30]\n	Bundesliga\n	20	1	4	3	\u2014	2^[d]	1	1^[e]	1	27	6\n
Total\n	98	24	19	13	2	1	30	14	1	1	149	53\n
Lazio\n	2011\u201312^[128]\n	Serie A\n	27	12	2	0	\u2014	6^[f]	3	\u2014	35	15\n
2012\u201313^[128]\n	Serie A\n	29	15	2	0	\u2014	5^[f]	1	\u2014	36	16\n
2013\u201314^[128]\n	Serie A\n	25	7	0	0	\u2014	3^[f]	1	1^[g]	0	29	8\n
2014\u201315^[128]\n	Serie A\n	34	13	6	3	\u2014	\u2014	\u2014	40	16\n
2015\u201316^[128]\n	Serie A\n	24	7	1	0	\u2014	4^[f]	1	1^[g]	0	30	8\n
Total\n	139	54	11	3	0	0	18	6	2	0	170	63\n
Career total\n	514	202	49	23	9	1	92	31	3	1	667	258\n

National team	Year	Apps	Goals\n
Germany\n	2001	7	2\n
2002	17	12\n
2003	10	1\n
2004	11	5\n
2005	5	0\n
2006	17	13\n
2007	5	3\n
2008	15	8\n
2009	6	4\n
2010	12	10\n
2011	8	5\n
2012	13	4\n
2013	4	1\n
2014	7	3\n
Total	137	71\n

Team\n	From\n	To\n	Record\n	Ref\n
G\n	W\n	D\n	L\n	GF\n	GA\n	GD\n	Win %\n
Rheindorf Altach\n	1 July 2022\n	20 March 2023\n	24\n	5\n	5\n	14\n	22\n	47\n	\u221225\n	020.83\n	\n
1. FC N\u00fcrnberg\n	11 June 2024\n	present\n	24\n	10\n	5\n	9\n	43\n	40\n	+3\n	041.67\n	^[130]\n
Total\n	48\n	15\n	10\n	23\n	65\n	87\n	\u221222\n	031.25\n	\u2014\n

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Early life

Club career

Kaiserslautern

Werder Bremen

Bayern Munich

Lazio

2011\u201312 season

2012\u201313 season

2013\u201314 season

2014\u201315 season

2015\u201316 season

International career

2002 World Cup

Euro 2004

2006 World Cup

Euro 2008

2010 World Cup

Euro 2012

2014 World Cup and retirement

Managerial career

Youth and assistant manager

Rheindorf Altach

1. FC N\u00fcrnberg

Player profile

Style of play

Goal celebrations

Fair play

Personal life

Career statistics

Club

International

Managerial

Honours

See also

References

External links

Miroslav Klose

Talks

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