Miroslav Klose
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Miroslav Klose is a football player that plays for Bayern Munich and also Germany national side. Born on 9th June 1978, the striker is considered as one of the most prolific of his time. Great positioning, good heading ability and speed has made this striker one of the most feared on the International scene. He has scored a total of 14 World Cup goals spanning over 3 tournaments. Only the Brazilian Ronaldo has done better. He is also renowned for his goal scoring celebration.
Trivia:
Although Klose is Polish by birth he holds German nationality allowing him to play for the national team.
He is the first German player since reunification to finish as the World Cup’s top scorer.
His mother, Barbara Jeż, was a handball player and was selected for her national team.
His father was a professional football player and played for French team Auxerre during his career.
He is married to Sylwia Klose and is the father of twins Luan and Noah.
He has followed an apprenticeship in carpentry before his starting his carreer with Kaiserslautern.
He is nick-named as Salto-Klose by German fans because of his flip-flop goal celebrations.
He finished joint second high scorer at the 2002 World Cup.
He finished top scorer at the 2006 World Cup hosted in Germany.
Klose learned his football at a village club, Blaubach-Diedelkopf, in the German seventh division.
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