Miroslav Klose is the all-time top scorer for the Germany national football team, with 71 goals in 137 games between 2001 and 2014. He is also the top scorer in the history of the FIFA World Cup, with 16 goals in 24 appearances across the four editions from 2002 to 2014.
Summary
editKlose scored on both of his first two matches for Germany, a 2–1 win over Albania on 24 March 2001 and a 4–2 win over Greece four days later, both in 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification. On 13 February 2002, he scored his first international hat-trick, in a 7–1 win over Israel at his then club ground, the Fritz-Walter-Stadion in Kaiserslautern;[1] this was followed by another treble on 18 May in a 6–2 win against Austria.[2] At his first tournament, the 2002 FIFA World Cup in South Korea and Japan, Klose scored five goals for runners-up Germany, making him the tournament's joint second top scorer, alongside champion Brazil's Rivaldo and behind Ronaldo. All of his goals came in the group stage: a headed hat-trick in an 8–0 opening rout of Saudi Arabia at the Sapporo Dome,[3] followed by strikes against the Republic of Ireland and Cameroon.
After scoring rarely in Germany's UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying campaign, Klose scored eight times in 15 friendlies ahead of Germany hosting the 2006 FIFA World Cup, including braces against Cameroon, Japan and Luxembourg. He netted a further two in the tournament's opening game, a 4–2 win against Costa Rica,[4] and a brace in their final group match, a 3–0 win against Ecuador.[5] In the quarter-final at the Olympiastadion in Berlin, he headed a late equaliser and Germany won via a penalty shootout.[6] He finished his second World Cup again with five goals, this time being the top scorer and winning the FIFA World Cup Golden Shoe.[7]
Klose continued to score in Germany's UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying campaign, and added two in the tournament as the team reached the final. On 10 September 2008, in 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification, he scored the last of his four international hat-tricks, earning a 3–3 draw away to Finland.[8] He scored four goals at the finals in South Africa, including two in a 4–0 quarter-final win over Argentina on his 100th cap.[9]
On 6 June 2014, Klose scored in a 6–1 friendly win over Armenia in Mainz. This was his 69th goal in 132 games, surpassing the record of Gerd Müller, who scored 68 in 62 games from 1966 to 1974.[10] Klose added two more goals in German's victory at the 2014 FIFA World Cup to retire with a record of 71 goals in 137 games. His final goal came in their 7–1 semi-final victory over hosts Brazil, taking him to 16 World Cup goals, surpassing Ronaldo as the tournament's record goalscorer.[11]
Goals
edit- Scores and results list Germany's goal tally first[12]
| # | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 24 March 2001 | BayArena, Leverkusen, Germany |  Albania |
2–1 | 2–1 | 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 2. | 28 March 2001 | Olympic Stadium, Athens, Greece |  Greece |
3–2 | 4–2 | 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 3. | 13 February 2002 | Fritz-Walter-Stadion, Kaiserslautern, Germany |  Israel |
1–1 | 7–1 | Friendly |
| 4. | 2–1 | |||||
| 5. | 4–1 | |||||
| 6. | 18 May 2002 | BayArena, Leverkusen, Germany |  Austria |
1–0 | 6–2 | Friendly |
| 7. | 2–0 | |||||
| 8. | 4–2 | |||||
| 9. | 1 June 2002 | Sapporo Dome, Sapporo, Japan |  Saudi Arabia |
1–0 | 8–0 | 2002 FIFA World Cup |
| 10. | 2–0 | |||||
| 11. | 5–0 | |||||
| 12. | 5 June 2002 | Kashima Soccer Stadium, Kashima, Japan |  Republic of Ireland |
1–0 | 1–1 | 2002 FIFA World Cup |
| 13. | 11 June 2002 | Ecopa Stadium, Shizuoka, Japan |  Cameroon |
2–0 | 2–0 | 2002 FIFA World Cup |
| 14. | 16 October 2002 | AWD-Arena, Hannover, Germany |  Faroe Islands |
2–1 | 2–1 | UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying |
| 15. | 11 June 2003 | Tórsvøllur, Tórshavn, Faroe Islands | Faroe Islands |
1–0 | 2–0 | UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying |
| 16. | 18 February 2004 | Stadion Poljud, Split, Croatia |  Croatia |
1–0 | 2–1 | Friendly |
| 17. | 17 November 2004 | Zentralstadion, Leipzig, Germany | Cameroon |
2–0 | 3–0 | Friendly |
| 18. | 3–0 | |||||
| 19. | 16 December 2004 | International Stadium Yokohama, Yokohama, Japan |  Japan |
1–0 | 3–0 | Friendly |
| 20. | 3–0 | |||||
| 21. | 22 March 2006 | Westfalenstadion, Dortmund, Germany |  United States |
3–0 | 4–1 | Friendly |
| 22. | 27 May 2006 | Schwarzwald-Stadion, Freiburg, Germany |  Luxembourg |
1–0 | 7–0 | Friendly |
| 23. | 4–0 | |||||
| 24. | 30 May 2006 | BayArena, Leverkusen, Germany | Japan |
1–2 | 2–2 | Friendly |
| 25. | 9 June 2006 | Allianz Arena, Munich, Germany |  Costa Rica |
2–1 | 4–2 | 2006 FIFA World Cup |
| 26. | 3–1 | |||||
| 27. | 20 June 2006 | Olympiastadion, Berlin, Germany |  Ecuador |
1–0 | 3–0 | 2006 FIFA World Cup |
| 28. | 2–0 | |||||
| 29. | 30 June 2006 | Olympiastadion, Berlin, Germany |  Argentina |
1–1 | 1–1 | 2006 FIFA World Cup |
| 30. | 16 August 2006 | Veltins-Arena, Gelsenkirchen, Germany |  Sweden |
2–0 | 3–0 | Friendly |
| 31. | 3–0 | |||||
| 32. | 6 September 2006 | Stadio Olimpico, Serravalle, San Marino |  San Marino |
3–0 | 13–0 | UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying |
| 33. | 5–0 | |||||
| 34. | 8 September 2007 | Millennium Stadium, Cardiff, Wales |  Wales |
1–0 | 2–0 | UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying |
| 35. | 2–0 | |||||
| 36. | 17 November 2007 | AWD-Arena, Hannover, Germany |  Cyprus |
2–0 | 4–0 | UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying |
| 37. | 6 February 2008 | Ernst-Happel-Stadion, Vienna, Austria | Austria |
2–0 | 3–0 | Friendly |
| 38. | 26 March 2008 | St. Jakob-Park, Basel, Switzerland |  Switzerland |
1–0 | 4–0 | Friendly |
| 39. | 27 May 2008 | Fritz-Walter-Stadion, Kaiserslautern, Germany |  Belarus |
1–0 | 2–2 | Friendly |
| 40. | 19 June 2008 | St. Jakob-Park, Basel, Switzerland |  Portugal |
2–0 | 3–2 | UEFA Euro 2008 |
| 41. | 25 June 2008 | St. Jakob-Park, Basel, Switzerland |  Turkey |
2–1 | 3–2 | UEFA Euro 2008 |
| 42. | 10 September 2008 | Helsinki Olympic Stadium, Helsinki, Finland |  Finland |
1–1 | 3–3 | 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 43. | 2–2 | |||||
| 44. | 3–3 | |||||
| 45. | 12 August 2009 | Tofiq Bahramov Stadium, Baku, Azerbaijan |  Azerbaijan |
2–0 | 2–0 | 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 46. | 9 September 2009 | AWD-Arena, Hannover, Germany | Azerbaijan |
2–0 | 4–0 | 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 47. | 3–0 | |||||
| 48. | 10 October 2009 | Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow, Russia |  Russia |
1–0 | 1–0 | 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 49. | 13 June 2010 | Moses Mabhida Stadium, Durban, South Africa |  Australia |
2–0 | 4–0 | 2010 FIFA World Cup |
| 50. | 27 June 2010 | Free State Stadium, Bloemfontein, South Africa |  England |
1–0 | 4–1 | 2010 FIFA World Cup |
| 51. | 3 July 2010 | Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town, South Africa | Argentina |
2–0 | 4–0 | 2010 FIFA World Cup |
| 52. | 4–0 | |||||
| 53. | 3 September 2010 | King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels, Belgium |  Belgium |
1–0 | 1–0 | UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying |
| 54. | 7 September 2010 | RheinEnergieStadion, Cologne, Germany | Azerbaijan |
3–0 | 6–1 | UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying |
| 55. | 6–1 | |||||
| 56. | 8 October 2010 | Olympiastadion, Berlin, Germany | Turkey |
1–0 | 3–0 | UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying |
| 57. | 3–0 | |||||
| 58. | 12 October 2010 | Astana Arena, Astana, Kazakhstan |  Kazakhstan |
1–0 | 3–0 | UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying |
| 59. | 9 February 2011 | Westfalenstadion, Dortmund, Germany |  Italy |
1–0 | 1–1 | Friendly |
| 60. | 26 March 2011 | Fritz-Walter-Stadion, Kaiserslautern, Germany | Kazakhstan |
1–0 | 4–0 | UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying |
| 61. | 4–0 | |||||
| 62. | 2 September 2011 | Veltins-Arena, Gelsenkirchen, Germany | Austria |
1–0 | 6–2 | UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying |
| 63. | 15 November 2011 | Volksparkstadion, Hamburg, Germany |  Netherlands |
2–0 | 3–0 | Friendly |
| 64. | 22 June 2012 | PGE Arena Gdańsk, Gdańsk, Poland | Greece |
3–1 | 4–2 | UEFA Euro 2012 |
| 65. | 12 October 2012 | Aviva Stadium, Dublin, Republic of Ireland | Republic of Ireland |
4–0 | 6–1 | 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 66. | 16 October 2012 | Olympiastadion, Berlin, Germany | Sweden |
1–0 | 4–4 | 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 67. | 2–0 | |||||
| 68. | 6 September 2013 | Allianz Arena, Munich, Germany | Austria |
1–0 | 3–0 | 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 69. | 6 June 2014 | Coface Arena, Mainz, Germany |  Armenia |
4–1 | 6–1 | Friendly |
| 70. | 21 June 2014 | Estádio Castelão, Fortaleza, Brazil |  Ghana |
2–2 | 2–2 | 2014 FIFA World Cup |
| 71. | 8 July 2014 | Estádio Mineirão, Belo Horizonte, Brazil |  Brazil |
2–0 | 7–1 | 2014 FIFA World Cup |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Bright, Richard (13 February 2002). "International round-up: Klose hat-trick as Germans thrash Israel". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 23 July 2015.
- ^ "Deisler injured in German win". BBC Sport. 18 May 2002. Retrieved 23 July 2015.
- ^ "Germany savage Saudis". BBC Sport. 1 June 2002. Retrieved 23 July 2015.
- ^ "Germany 4-2 Costa Rica". BBC. 9 June 2006. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
- ^ "Ecuador 0-3 Germany". BBC. 20 June 2006. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
- ^ "Germany 1-1 Argentina". BBC. 30 June 2006. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
- ^ "Sent-off Zidane named best player". BBC. 10 July 2006. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
- ^ "Klose Scores Hat-trick as Germany Rescue Point in Finland". Deutsche Welle. 11 September 2008. Retrieved 24 July 2015.
- ^ McCarra, Kevin (4 July 2010). "World Cup 2010: Argentina exposed by Germany's perfect balance". The Guardian. Retrieved 24 July 2015.
- ^ "VIDEO - Klose makes history". Enikos. 7 June 2014. Retrieved 24 July 2015.
- ^ "World Cup 2014: Miroslav Klose breaks finals goals record". BBC Sport. 8 July 2014. Retrieved 24 July 2015.
- ^ "Miroslav Klose". European Football. Retrieved 24 July 2015.