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
Birth name	Mirosław Marian Klose
Date of birth	(1978-06-09) 9 June 1978
Place of birth	Opole, Poland
Height	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
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.

Club career statistics

Club statistics			League		Cup		Continental		Total
Season	Club	League	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Germany			League		DFB-Pokal		Europe		Total
1998–99	Homburg	Regionalliga	20	11	—		—		20	11
1999–00	Kaiserslautern	Bundesliga	2	0	—		—		2	0
2000–01			29	9	2	0	12	2	43	11
2001–02			31	16	4	0	—		35	16
2002–03			32	9	4	4	—		36	13
2003–04			26	10	1	1	2	1	29	12
2004–05	Werder Bremen	Bundesliga	32	15	4	0	8	2	44	17
2005–06			26	25	3	2	7	3	36	30
2006–07			31	13	1	0	13	2	45	15
2007–08	Bayern Munich	Bundesliga	27	10	6	5	12	5	42	20
2008–09			26	10	4	3	8	7	38	20
2009–10			25	3	5	2	8	1	38	6
2010–11			20	1	4	3	2	1	26	5
Italy			League		Coppa Italia		Europe		Total
2011–12	Lazio	Serie A	27	13	2	0	6	3	35	16
2012–13			29	15	2	0	5	1	36	16
2013–14			25	7	0	0	3	1	28	8
2014–15			34	13	6	3	—		40	16
2015–16			24	7	1	0	4	1	29	8
Country	Germany		327	132	38	20	72	24	434	176
Country	Italy		139	55	11	3	18	6	168	64
Total			466	187	49	23	90	30	602	240

International career statistics

As of 8 July 2014.

Miroslav Klose playing for Werder Bremen.

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
2012	13	4
2013	3	1
2014	7	3
Total	137	71