Klose has an eye for goals

Miroslav KloseThe legendary striker Miroslav Klose, who became Germany’s top goal-scorer ever is now 37 years old, but is still shows his world class. He is currently playing for Lazio, but is mostly coming on from the bench this season.
However, let’s take a look back in the most successful years of Miroslav Klose’s career. The first big club in the striker’s professional career was Kaiserslautern. The forward made his debut in The Bundesliga in April 2000. Just two years later he made his first real impact, scoring 16 goals for Kaiserslautern and becoming the second best top scorer for season 2001/2002. Meanwhile he was called for the first time in the German national team and made his debut on 24th March 2001 in a friendly game against Albania. He was eventually selected in the squad for The World Cup 2002 in Korea and Japan. Klose became the second best goal-scorer at the World Cup with 5 goals (all of them were with headers).
Two years later, the striker moved to Werder Bremen, where he lifted the DFB-Ligapokal in 2006. During the season 2005/2006 Klose scored 25 goals in 26 matches. But his biggest successes at club level came when he moved to Bayern Munich. Miroslav Klose won the Bundesliga twice, the DFB-Pokal twice, DFB-Ligapokal and DFB-Supercup. The striker was also in the squad when Bayern Munich became the runners-up in the Champions League (2009/2010).
At Lazio, Miroslav Klose won the Coppa Italia in season 2012/2013. He has scored 57 goals in 161 matches for The Eagles, but he is used mostly as a substitute.
Klose’s biggest success in football was in 2014 when he won The FIFA World Cup with Germany. He became the top World Cups’ goal-scorer with 16 goals in 4 consecutive tournaments. His goal against Brazil in the semi-final made him the greatest scorer in World Cups. He is also Germany’s all-time top goal-scorer with 71 goals in 137 appearances. Klose has also won 1 silver and 2 bronze medals from the other 3 World Cup’s he took part in.
The striker will be remembered with his goal-scoring instinct and great positioning. His header shots were crucial for Germany’s biggest recent successes. Klose also became the Man of the Match in World Cup games on 4 occasions. He was World Cup’s top goal-scorer in 2006. Klose was selected twice in the World Cup All-Star Team (2002 and 2006). Now, the forward can help his club team Lazio win The Europa League in maybe his final season as a professional football player.

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