Miroslav Klose

Miroslav Klose (born June 9 1978 in Opole, Poland) is a Polish born German football player. From 1999 until 2004 he played for Kaiserslautern and from 2004 until 2007 for Werder Bremen. In 2007 changed to Bayern Munich. In 2011, he left Bayern Munich and joined the Italian team Lazio. On the Germany national team he has played in 137 matches since 2001 and scored 71 goals.

Miroslav Klose

Klose in 2016
Personal information
Full name	Miroslav Josef Klose[1]
Birth name	Mirosław Marian Klose
Date of birth	(1978-06-09) 9 June 1978[2]
Place of birth	Opole, Poland[3]
Height	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)[3]
Position(s)	Striker
Youth career
1987–1998	SG Blaubach-Diedelkopf
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1998–1999	FC 08 Homburg II	15	(10)
1998–1999	FC 08 Homburg	18	(1)
1999–2001	1. FC Kaiserslautern II	50	(26)
1999–2004	1. FC Kaiserslautern	120	(44)
2004–2007	Werder Bremen	89	(53)
2007–2011	Bayern Munich	98	(24)
2011–2016	Lazio	139	(54)
Total		529	(212)
National team
2001–2014	Germany	137	(71)
Teams managed
2016–2018	Germany (assistant)
2018–2020	Bayern Munich U17
2020–2021	Bayern Munich (assistant)
2022–2023	Rheindorf Altach
Honours Men's football Representing  Germany FIFA World Cup Winner 2014 Brazil Runner-up 2002 Korea–Japan 2006 Germany 2010 South Africa UEFA European Championship Runner-up 2008 Austria–Switzerland 2012 Poland–Ukraine
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Klose is a great player known for his heading skills and he is currently the all-time top scorer of the Germany national football team with 71 goals. He is also the all-time leading goal scorer of the FIFA World Cup after beating Ronaldo's record in the semi-final against Brazil.