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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.
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 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
As of 8 July 2014. Miroslav Klose playing for Werder Bremen. [ 4] [ 5]
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
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