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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 who currently serves as head coach of 1. FC Nürnberg. 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. Klose is best known for his performances with the German national team. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Miroslav Klose is the 171st most popular soccer player (down from 124th in 2019), the 184th most popular biography from Poland (down from 153rd 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 171 out of 21,273Before him are John Barnes, Dennis Bergkamp, Kunishige Kamamoto, Yasuo Takamori, Shoichi Nishimura, and Robert Lewandowski. After him are Pepe, Masao Uchino, Takashi Furukawa, Telmo Zarra, Arie Haan, and Didier Drogba.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1978, Miroslav Klose ranks 4Before him are Volodymyr Zelensky, Gianluigi Buffon, and Zoe Saldaña. After him are Didier Drogba, Usher, Carles Puyol, Amal Clooney, Gennaro Gattuso, Kobe Bryant, Olena Zelenska, and Charlene, Princess of Monaco.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Miroslav Klose ranks 184 out of 1,694Before him are Günther Anders (1902), John I Albert (1459), Stanislaus of Szczepanów (1030), Paul Gottlieb Nipkow (1860), Alice Miller (1923), and Robert Lewandowski (1988). After him are Piast the Wheelwright (800), Johann Wilhelm Ritter (1776), Cymburgis of Masovia (1394), Casimir I the Restorer (1016), Jerzy Kosiński (1933), and Marian Rejewski (1905).

Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Poland

Among soccer players born in Poland, Miroslav Klose ranks 2Before him are Robert Lewandowski (1988). After him are Grzegorz Lato (1950), Udo Lattek (1935), Zbigniew Boniek (1956), Kazimierz Deyna (1947), Wojciech Szczęsny (1990), Lukas Podolski (1985), Ernst Wilimowski (1916), Włodzimierz Lubański (1947), Włodzimierz Smolarek (1957), and Andrzej Szarmach (1950).