1978 - Today
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, Miroslav Klose ranks 124 out of 16,880. Before 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.
1907 - 2005
HPI: 62.16
Rank: 118
1933 - 2009
HPI: 62.09
Rank: 119
1978 - Present
HPI: 62.08
Rank: 120
1970 - Present
HPI: 62.05
Rank: 121
1917 - Present
HPI: 62.03
Rank: 122
1982 - Present
HPI: 62.01
Rank: 123
1978 - Present
HPI: 61.99
Rank: 124
1988 - Present
HPI: 61.91
Rank: 125
1953 - Present
HPI: 61.85
Rank: 126
1978 - Present
HPI: 61.83
Rank: 127
1898 - 1967
HPI: 61.80
Rank: 128
1925 - 2002
HPI: 61.78
Rank: 129
1970 - Present
HPI: 61.72
Rank: 130
Among people born in 1978, Miroslav Klose ranks 5. Before 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.
1978 - Present
HPI: 64.60
Rank: 1
1978 - Present
HPI: 64.02
Rank: 2
1978 - 2020
HPI: 62.16
Rank: 3
1978 - Present
HPI: 62.08
Rank: 4
1978 - Present
HPI: 61.99
Rank: 5
1978 - Present
HPI: 61.83
Rank: 6
1978 - Present
HPI: 59.38
Rank: 7
1978 - Present
HPI: 58.38
Rank: 8
1978 - Present
HPI: 58.27
Rank: 9
1978 - Present
HPI: 57.92
Rank: 10
1978 - Present
HPI: 57.77
Rank: 11
1978 - Present
HPI: 57.75
Rank: 12
Among people born in Poland, Miroslav Klose ranks 175 out of 1,454. Before 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).
1680 - 1747
HPI: 62.28
Rank: 169
1196 - 1241
HPI: 62.25
Rank: 170
1776 - 1810
HPI: 62.21
Rank: 171
1952 - Present
HPI: 62.19
Rank: 172
1912 - 1998
HPI: 62.17
Rank: 173
1016 - 1058
HPI: 62.12
Rank: 174
1978 - Present
HPI: 61.99
Rank: 175
1803 - 1879
HPI: 61.96
Rank: 176
1988 - Present
HPI: 61.91
Rank: 177
1901 - 1969
HPI: 61.86
Rank: 178
1902 - 1992
HPI: 61.85
Rank: 179
1867 - 1946
HPI: 61.78
Rank: 180
1882 - 1969
HPI: 61.77
Rank: 181
Among soccer players born in Poland, Miroslav Klose ranks 2. Before 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).
1935 - 2015
HPI: 63.26
Rank: 1
1978 - Present
HPI: 61.99
Rank: 2
1988 - Present
HPI: 61.91
Rank: 3
1950 - Present
HPI: 60.84
Rank: 4
1956 - Present
HPI: 59.40
Rank: 5
1940 - Present
HPI: 58.54
Rank: 6
1947 - 1989
HPI: 57.64
Rank: 7
1916 - 1997
HPI: 57.46
Rank: 8
1985 - Present
HPI: 56.82
Rank: 9
1947 - Present
HPI: 55.54
Rank: 10
1950 - Present
HPI: 53.36
Rank: 11
1973 - Present
HPI: 53.05
Rank: 12