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Miroslav Klose

1978 - Today

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Miroslav Josef Klose (German: [ˈmiːʁoslaf ˈkloːzə] , Polish: Mirosław Józef Klose; born Mirosław Marian Klose; 9 June 1978) is a German professional football manager and former player of Polish descent. A striker, Klose is the all-time top scorer for Germany and holds the record for the most goals scored in the FIFA World Cup with 16 goals scored over 4 editions of the tournament between 2002 and 2014. Starting his career at FC 08 Homburg, Klose 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 German Footballer of the Year in 2006 and also named to the kicker Bundesliga Team of the Season in 2004–05 and 2005–06. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Miroslav Klose has received more than 5,695,764 page views. His biography is available in 88 different languages on Wikipedia. Miroslav Klose is the 124th most popular soccer player (down from 122nd in 2019), the 175th most popular biography from Poland (down from 174th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Polish Soccer Player.

Miroslav Klose is most famous for being the all-time leading goalscorer for Germany's national team.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Miroslav Klose ranks 124 out of 16,880Before him are Lucien Laurent, Bobby Robson, Carles Puyol, Cafu, Ko Arima, and Kaká. After him are Robert Lewandowski, Daniel Passarella, Didier Drogba, Héctor Scarone, Juan Alberto Schiaffino, and Edwin van der Sar.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1978, Miroslav Klose ranks 5Before him are Volodymyr Zelensky, Gianluigi Buffon, Kobe Bryant, and Carles Puyol. After him are Didier Drogba, Michelle Rodriguez, Omar Sy, Charlene, Princess of Monaco, Rachel McAdams, Steve Chen, and Ashton Kutcher.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Miroslav Klose ranks 175 out of 1,454Before him are Catherine Opalińska (1680), Henry II the Pious (1196), Johann Wilhelm Ritter (1776), Bronisław Komorowski (1952), Otto Kretschmer (1912), and Casimir I the Restorer (1016). After him are Albrecht von Roon (1803), Robert Lewandowski (1988), Itzhak Stern (1901), Günther Anders (1902), Ignacy Mościcki (1867), and B. Traven (1882).

Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Poland

Among soccer players born in Poland, Miroslav Klose ranks 2Before him are Udo Lattek (1935). After him are Robert Lewandowski (1988), Grzegorz Lato (1950), Zbigniew Boniek (1956), Sepp Piontek (1940), Kazimierz Deyna (1947), Ernst Wilimowski (1916), Lukas Podolski (1985), Włodzimierz Lubański (1947), Andrzej Szarmach (1950), and Jerzy Dudek (1973).