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| Birth Name(s) : Miroslav Klose |
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Full Miroslav Klose Biography
App (Gls)*1998-19991999-20042004-20072007-FC Homburg1. FC KaiserslauternSV Werder BremenFC Bayern Munich
1 Senior club appearances and goalscounted for the domestic league only andcorrect as of 28 October 2007.2 National team caps and goals correctas of 14 September 2007.* Appearances (Goals)
Miroslav Klose (born Mirosław Marian Kloze June 9, 1978 in Opole, Silesia, Poland) is a German footballer who plays as a striker. He currently plays for FC Bayern Munich in the Bundesliga in Germany, and for the German National Football Team.
Miroslav hails from a sporting family; Miroslav Klose's mother, Barbara Jeż, was a member of the Poland national handball team (appearing in 82 international matches), and his father, Józef Kloze, played professional football in Poland and France, and he also represented the Poland National Football Team on several occasions. In 1981, the Klose family escaped Soviet controlled communist Poland, by moving first to France, then in 1987, to Kusel, Germany. Klose's father is from an ethnic German family and thus could resettle as an Aussiedler.
Klose learned his football at a village club, Blaubach-Diedelkopf, in the German seventh division. Klose had also successfully completed an apprenticeship to become a carpenter and had worked in this profession until joining the professional team of Kaiserslautern.
Klose made it professional much later than soccer players in the age bracket, may say it was due to his inferior ability. He has in the past had many comparisons with various world class strikers such as Owen and Van Nistelrooy. When asked about the comparisons Klose expressed his flattery to be compared to the likes of Van Nistelrooy, "It's an honour to be compared to Ruud, he's played in Europe for so long and has a great goal scoring record, I hope one day I can be good as him." This interview was conducted in June 2007 with Der Spiegel prior his move to Bayern Munich.
A year after joining the club he made it into the first team. In his first 67 matches, Klose scored 33 goals. The 2002-2003 season was a comparatively disappointing one as Klose found the back of the net a mere 7 times.
He transferred to Werder Bremen in 2004 for a sum of €5 million. After a lackluster start, Klose formed an impressive attacking triangle with French midfielder Johan Micoud and Croatian forward Ivan Klasnić as well as, though less frequently, Paraguayan forward Nelson Valdez, scoring 15 goals in the Bundesliga.
After his strong performance at the 2006 FIFA World Cup, Klose was linked by newspapers with a move away from the Weserstadion. European giants Barcelona and Juventus were listed among his potential suitors. Klose was also heavily linked with a move to Bayern Munich, with Bayern president Franz Beckenbauer an admirer of Klose.
On June 7, 2007, Klose confirmed that he would leave Werder Bremen for Bayern Munich either before the 2007-08 season or upon the expiration of his contract with Werder Bremen at the end of the 2007-08 season.
After these successful friendly matches, Klose made his first competitive appearance for Bayern in a 4-1 victory against old team Werder Bremen in the first round of the DFB Liga-Pokal. After missing the semi-final victory over VfB Stuttgart due to injury, Klose returned in the final against Schalke 04, scoring his first competitive goal for Bayern to win the title.
Miroslav Klose made a his Bundesliga debut in the game against Hansa Rostock on August 11, 2007 in which he scored two goals. The game ended 3-0 for Bayern Munich with Klose's striking partner Luca Toni scoring the other goal.
In January 2001, the then national coach Jerzy Engel of the Poland national football team travelled to Germany to persuade Klose to play for the Polish national team, since Klose has Polish nationality. His request was declined by Klose who said that: "I have a German passport, and if things are still running this way, I have a chance to play for Rudi Völler".
Klose was named to his second successive World Cup team for the 2006 FIFA World Cup. In the opening match against Costa Rica, coinciding with his 28th birthday, Klose scored two goals for Germany, in the 17th and 61st minutes. This led to Germany's 4-2 win over Costa Rica. He scored another two goals against Ecuador on June 20, putting him on top of the tournament top scorer list with four goals. Klose also played a major part in Germany's 2-0 win over Sweden in the first knockout round, demonstrating his ability to provide assists as he set up strike partner Lukas Podolski for both goals.
His five 2002 World Cup goals were all headers; only the fifth of his five goals in the 2006 matches was a header (his first in two years). Three of the first four were scored with his favoured right foot. Klose and team-mate Michael Ballack became the only two All-Star Team Players of the 2006 World Cup to be in the previous All-Star Team of 2002.
Another highlight in Klose's career came on September 8, 2007, as he captained Germany for the first time and celebrated this honour by scoring both of his country's goals in a 2-0 victory over Wales. |
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