Miroslav Klose

Klose in 2012
Personal information
Full name Miroslav Josef Klose[1]
Date of birth 9 June 1978 (age 35)[2]
Place of birth Opole, Poland
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)[3]
Playing position Striker
Club information
Current club Lazio
Number 11
Youth career
1987–1997 SG Blaubach-Diedelkopf
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
1997–1998 SG Blaubach-Diedelkopf
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– Lazio 58 (28)
National team‡
2001– Germany 130 (68)
Honours[show]
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19:07, 1 September 2013 (UTC).
† Appearances (Goals).
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 19:20, 6 September 2013 (UTC)
Miroslav Josef Klose (German pronunciation: [ˈmɪʁoslaf ˈkloːzə] ( listen); born 9 June 1978)[4] is a German professional footballer who plays as a striker for Lazio in the Serie A.
Klose holds German nationality[5] and has played 130 times and scored 68 goals for Germany. With five goals, he was the top scorer and Golden Boot winner at the 2006 World Cup in Germany, the first German 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 the 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 top FIFA World Cup goalscorers.
Klose is also one of only two players, along with Peruvian Teófilo Cubillas, to have scored at least five goals in two different World Cups, as well as the only player to have scored at least four in three different tournaments.[6]
Contents  [hide]
1 Biography
1.1 Background
1.2 Football career
2 Club career
2.1 Kaiserslautern
2.2 Werder Bremen
2.3 Bayern Munich
2.4 Lazio
2.4.1 2011–12 season
2.4.2 2012–13 season
3 International career
3.1 2002 World Cup
3.2 Euro 2004
3.3 2006 World Cup
3.4 Euro 2008
3.5 2010 World Cup
3.6 Euro 2012
3.7 2014 World Cup
3.8 Style of play
3.9 International goals
4 Awards and honours
4.1 Club
4.2 National team
4.3 Individual
4.4 Personal records
5 Career statistics
5.1 Club
5.2 National
6 Fairplay
7 References
8 External links
Biography[edit source | editbeta]

Background[edit source | editbeta]
Klose was born in the Silesian city of Opole, Poland. His father, Josef Klose was a professional footballer played in Poland for Odra Opole, before leaving the communist Poland in 1978 to France.[7] Josef Klose played for AJ Auxerre a French football club in Ligue 1 as a winger. Both of his parents were active in sports.[8] His mother, Barbara Jeż, was also a member of the Poland women's national handball team. In 1986, Miroslav Klose at the age of eight joined his father in Kusel in the state of Rhineland-Palatinate Germany. Josef Klose is an ethnic German and holds German nationality.[5] When Klose arrived in Germany in 1986, he knew only two words of German.[9]
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.[10] 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[11] are learning German in Kindergarten.[12] He has a Polish-born wife, Sylwia Klose.[13]
Klose is a fairly observant Catholic. He visited Pope Benedict XVI in March 2012.[14]
Football career[edit source | editbeta]
Klose was playing in his first youth career in SG-Blaubach Diedelkopf after leaving the A-youth district league team of West Palatinate (Seventh Division), where he had joined the team in 1987. In 1998, at the age of 20. Klose joined the former Bundesliga club FC Homburg where he played 18 games.
Club career[edit source | editbeta]

Kaiserslautern[edit source | editbeta]
His career in the professional game began when he was 20 with a switch to the reserves at former Bundesliga outfit FC Homburg. Twelve months later, he moved to FC Kaiserslautern reserve team. His talented, hard-working and prolific displays earned him promotion to the Bundesliga squad shortly afterwards. A year after joining the club, he made it into the first team. In his first 67 matches, Klose scored 33 goals and finally achieved regular status in 1. FC Kaiserslautern
Werder Bremen[edit source | editbeta]
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Miroslav Klose at Werder Bremen
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).[15][16] 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.[17][18] On 29 August 2004, Klose scored his first goal, an equaliser, which Bremen lost 1–2 at home against Wolfsburg.[19][20] 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.[21]
Bayern Munich[edit source | editbeta]


Luca Toni and Miro Klose (18), Olympiastadion, Hertha BSC vs. Bayern Munich, 2009
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 7 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.[22]
Lazio[edit source | editbeta]
2011–12 season[edit source | editbeta]
Klose signed a three-year contract with Lazio on 9 June 2011.[23] He scored his first goal for Lazio in UEFA Europa League 2012 Play-offs and also assisted four other goals. Lazio won that game 6–0 and won the play-offs by 9–1 aggregate against Rabotnički.[24] 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.[25] 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'. It was intended by those fans as praise for Klose; however, 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. Klose has explicitly condemned the sign, adding 'politics should stay out of the stadium'.[26][27][28]
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.[29] He was prolific in the first half of the season and mid-way through the second until a thigh injury ruled him out for about seven weeks. He returned to action in an away game to Atalanta coming on as a substitute. He was able to score 16 goals in all competition for the Biancocelesti.
2012–13 season[edit source | editbeta]
On 2 September 2012, Klose scored his first Serie A goal of the season, scoring a brace in Lazio's 3–0 home defeat of Palermo.[30] On 26 September, Klose accidentally scored a goal with his hand against Napoli for Lazio, not seen by the referee. However, Klose showed great sportsmanship by informing the referee and asking to discount the goal. The referee then reversed the decision and the goal was discounted.[31]
On 2 December, Klose scored his ninth goal of the season, securing a 2–1 victory over Parma, lifting Lazio into fourth place in Serie A.[32] Two weeks later on 15 December, he scored a late goal to send his side to a 1–0 victory over second place Internazionale, reducing the gap between the two sides to one point.[33] On 5 May 2013, he scored five goals against Bologna before being substituted for Louis Saha in the 68th minute.[34] It was the first time since the 1984–85 season that a player scored five goals in the same game in Serie A.[35]
On 26 May, he won the Coppa Italia beating Lazio's city rivals Roma 1–0, the sixth in Lazio's history and the first time in the history of the tournament to see a Lazio-Roma derby in the final.[36]
International career[edit source | editbeta]



Miroslav Klose during the 2006 FIFA World Cup
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." Klose's hopes were justified, as he would soon score for Germany.[37]
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.[10] The German national team has never lost a game in which Klose has scored.[38]
2002 World Cup[edit source | editbeta]
Klose's international debut came on 21 March 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.[39] 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 Germany's starting lineup for the tournament.[40]
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".[41] 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.[42]
Euro 2004[edit source | editbeta]
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.[43]
2006 World Cup[edit source | editbeta]


Miroslav Klose playing in the 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.
Euro 2008[edit source | editbeta]
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.
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.[44][45]
2010 World Cup[edit source | editbeta]
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.[46] 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.[47] 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 match 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.[48] Due to a back injury sustained in the semi-final against Spain (which Germany lost 0–1), Klose was unable to play in Germany's 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.
Euro 2012[edit source | editbeta]
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.[49] At the end of the qualifying campaign he had achieved 21 assists and 63 goals 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.[50] He was named in Germany's squad for the tournament. Mario Gómez was preferred to him by coach Joachim Löw to start for the first three matches. Even though, he came on as a sub for Gómez in all three matches. At the quarter-final stage, he was included in the starting line up. He scored a goal in the match against Greece in the quarter final, consolidating the fact that in any international match Klose has ever scored, the German national team has never lost.
2014 World Cup[edit source | editbeta]
Klose has so far scored four goals in 2014 World Cup qualification, one against Ireland, two against Sweden and one against Austria, putting him on 68 international goals, equalizing Gerd Müller's record.
Klose has also said that the 2014 World Cup will be his last one for Germany, he stated that he would like one more shot at trying to win the World Cup with Germany.[51][52][53]
Style of play[edit source | editbeta]
Klose is an exceptional header of the ball as he scored an astonishing five times in the World Cup with his head alone, which is the current record for scoring most goals from headers in a single edition of the World Cups.[54]
International goals[edit source | editbeta]
Scores and results table. Germany's goal tally first:
[show]Goal Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
Awards and honours[edit source | editbeta]

Club[edit source | editbeta]
Werder Bremen
DFB-Ligapokal: 2006
Bayern Munich
Bundesliga: 2007–08, 2009–10
UEFA Champions League Runner-up: 2009–10
DFB-Pokal: 2008, 2010
DFB-Ligapokal: 2007
DFB-Supercup: 2010
Lazio
Coppa Italia: 2012–13
National team[edit source | editbeta]
Germany
FIFA World Cup Runner-up: 2002
FIFA World Cup 3rd Place: 2006, 2010
UEFA European Football Championship Runner-up: 2008
Individual[edit source | editbeta]
German Footballer of the Year: 2006
Bundesliga Top Goalscorer (25 goals): 2006
FIFA World Cup All-Star Team: 2002, 2006
FIFA World Cup Silver Shoe: 2002
FIFA World Cup Golden Shoe: 2006
Personal records[edit source | editbeta]
FIFA World Cup second all-time top scorer along with Gerd Müller: 14 goals (five in 2002, five in 2006, and four in 2010)[55]
Only player to have scored at least four goals in three FIFA World Cups
Scored at least five goals in two FIFA World Cups, record shared only with Teófilo Cubillas,[56] only player to have scored five goals in two consecutive FIFA World Cups[55]
Only player to have participated in five Euro and World Cup semifinals
Germany's joint all-time top scorer: 68 goals, tied with Gerd Müller
Germany's second most capped player behind Lothar Matthäus
One of eight players in Serie A history scoring five goals in a match[35]
Career statistics[edit source | editbeta]

Club[edit source | editbeta]
As of 1 September 2013[57]
Club Season League Cup Europe Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1. FC Kaiserslautern 1999–2000 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
2000–01 29 9 4 0 12 2 45 11
2001–02 31 16 4 0 - - 35 16
2002–03 32 9 4 4 0 0 36 13
2003–04 26 10 1 1 2 1 29 12
Total 120 44 13 5 14 3 147 52
Werder Bremen 2004–05 32 15 5 0 8 2 45 17
2005–06 26 25 5 2 9 4 40 31
2006–07 31 13 3 0 13 2 47 15
Total 89 53 13 2 30 8 132 63
Bayern Munich 2007–08 27 10 8 6 12 5 47 21
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
Total 98 24 21 14 30 14 149 52
Lazio 2011–12 27 12 2 0 6 3 35 15
2012–13 29 15 2 0 5 1 36 16
2013–14 3 1 1 0 0 0 4 1
Total 59 28 5 0 11 4 75 32
Career totals 366 150 52 21 85 29 503 200
* Includes DFB-Ligapokal and DFL-Supercup.
National[edit source | editbeta]

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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
Total 130 68
Fairplay[edit source | editbeta]

For his fair conductment during the match between Werder Bremen and Arminia Bielefeld in April 2005, Klose received from the Deutsche Olympische Gesellschaft the Fair-Play-Plakette des deutschen Sports and from the Verband Deutscher Sportjournalisten the Fairplay-Trophäe. The referee whistled for a penalty. Klose then told the referee that the goalkeeper had the ball first when Klose fell. The referee took back his penalty decision and also the yellow card for the goalkeeper Mathias Hain.
In the end of September 2012, Klose scored a hand goal against Napoli. Klose admitted this to the referee, who then took back his decision for the goal, spared Klose from a yellow card and shook his hand.[58][59]
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