

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. In March 2004, Klose signed a four-year contract with Werder Bremen for a €5 million ($6.2 million) transfer fee. He scored 16 goals in the 2001–02 season and was shy of only two goals to become the top scorer.

He played for the second team and made his first appearance in the Bundesliga in April 2000.
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In 1998, Klose's professional career began at age 20 with a switch to the reserves at former Bundesliga outfit FC Homburg. Miroslav Klose at Werder Bremen Kaiserslautern Klose relinquished Polish citizenship at age 18, opting to keep his German passport. In a 2007 interview with Der Spiegel, he stated that at home, he and his wife speak Polish to their children, who learn German in school. Klose and his wife Sylwia have twin sons, Luan and Noah. Klose developed his footballing skill and passion with local club SG Blaubach-Diedelkopf, which at the time was in the West-German seventh division. In 1986, then eight-year-old Miroslav joined his father in Kusel, West Germany, knowing only two words of German. As an ethnic German and German national, Josef Klose was an Aussiedler whose family had remained behind when Silesia was ceded to Poland after World War II. His mother, Barbara Jeż, was a member of the Poland women's national handball team. His father, Josef Klose, was also a professional footballer who played for Odra Opole before leaving Poland in 1978 to play for French club Auxerre. Both of his parents were professional athletes. Klose was born on 9 June 1978 in the Silesian city of Opole, Poland. In 2011, Klose moved to Serie A club Lazio, where he won the 2012–13 Coppa Italia and eventually finished his playing career in 2016 after five years at the club. During his time at Bayern, Klose won the 2007––10 league titles.

His performances saw him move to giants Bayern Munich in 2007.

Starting his career at FC 08 Homburg, he played in the Bundesliga for Kaiserslautern before becoming one of the most prolific scorers in the league with Werder Bremen, where he was awarded the Footballer of the Year (Germany) in 2006 and also named to the kicker Bundesliga Team of the Season in 2004––06. Īt club level, Klose was less prolific than in his international career, but was a usually reliable goalscorer. He retired from the national team in August 2014, shortly after Germany's victory at the 2014 World Cup. He also scored four times in the 2010 World Cup and twice at the 2014 World Cup, in the latter tournament overtaking Brazil's Ronaldo's then-record of 15 goals to top the all-time list. He holds the record for the most goals scored in FIFA World Cup tournaments, having scored five goals in his debut World Cup in 2002 and having won the Golden Boot at the 2006 World Cup in Germany by again scoring five times. He was part of the squad that won the 2014 World Cup, having previously finished second ( 2002) and third ( 2006, 2010) in the competition he finished as runner-up with Germany at UEFA Euro 2008 and joint-third place at UEFA Euro 2012. Klose is best known for his performances with the German national team. A striker, Klose is the all-time top scorer for Germany and holds the record for the most goals scored in FIFA World Cups. Miroslav Josef Klose ( German: ( listen), Polish: Mirosław Józef Klose born 9 June 1978) is a German professional football manager and former player who is the head coach of Austrian Bundesliga club Rheindorf Altach. *Club domestic league appearances and goals
