Miroslav Klose Biography
Wednesday, June 2nd, 2010Miroslav Klose (born Mirosław Marian Kloze on 9 June 1978 in Opole, Poland) is a German association footballer who plays as a striker for Bayern Munich in the Bundesliga. He has a good scoring record in domestic football, an excellent goal to game ratio in international football, as well as a decent assists tally. Since bursting onto the international stage at the 2002 FIFA World Cup, he has become well-known for his knack of scoring headers and his front-flip goal celebration routine.
- Miroslav Klose
Born in the Polish part of Silesia, Klose plays for the German national team. He is German and Polish by birth and qualified for selection by the German national team because of the German nationality of his father. He was the top scorer and thus the Golden Boot winner at the 2006 World Cup in Germany, with five goals. Klose also scored five goals in his debut World Cup, the 2002 World Cup hosted jointly by the Korea Republic and Japan, giving him a total of ten goals in World Cup finals. He is the first German player since the reunification of Germany to finish as the World Cup’s top scorer, and the only player to have scored five or more goals in consecutive World Cups.
Full name: Miroslav Marian Klose
Date of birth: 9 June 1978
Place of birth: Opole, Poland
Height: 1.82 m
Playing position: Striker
Club career: Kaiserslautern – Werder Bremen – Bayern Munich
Miroslav Klose World Cup 2010 South Africa Video