Miroslav Klose is the all-time top scorer for the Germany national football team, with 71 goals in 137 games between 2001 and 2014. [1] He is also the top scorer in the history of the FIFA World Cup, with 16 goals in 24 appearances across four editions from 2002 to 2014. [2] In the 13 years Klose played for the national team, Germany never lost a game in which he scored. [2]
Klose scored on his debut for Germany, a 2–1 win over Albania on 24 March 2001 during qualification for the 2002 FIFA World Cup. 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; [3] this was followed by another treble on 18 May in a 6–2 win against Austria. [4] At his first tournament finals, the 2002 FIFA World Cup in South Korea and Japan, Klose scored five goals to become the tournament's joint second top scorer, alongside Brazil's Rivaldo and behind Ronaldo. All of his goals came in the group stage, starting with a headed hat-trick in an 8–0 win against Saudi Arabia at the Sapporo Dome. [5]
Klose netted two goals in the opening game of the 2006 FIFA World Cup, a 4–2 win against Costa Rica, [6] and scored another brace in Germany's final group stage match, a 3–0 win against Ecuador. [7] He finished his second World Cup again with five goals to take the FIFA World Cup Golden Shoe. [8] On 10 September 2008, during the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification, he scored the last of his four international hat-tricks, earning a 3–3 draw away to Finland. [9] 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. [10] On 6 June 2014, Klose scored his 69th goal in 132 games in a 6–1 friendly win over Armenia in Mainz, surpassing Gerd Müller's record of 68 goals in 62 games from 1966 to 1974. [11] Klose added two more goals in Germany'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 and surpassing Ronaldo as the tournament's record goalscorer. [2]
In addition to his 16 goals in World Cup finals, Klose scored another 13 in qualification games, as well as three goals in UEFA European Championship finals and 16 in that tournament's qualification matches. The remainder of his goals, 23, were scored in friendly matches. He scored six times against Austria, his highest tally against one country, and also totalled five goals against Azerbaijan and Sweden. [12]
No. | Date | Cap | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition | Ref. |
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1. | 24 March 2001 | 1 | BayArena, Leverkusen, Germany | Albania | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification | [14] |
2. | 28 March 2001 | 2 | Olympic Stadium, Athens, Greece | Greece | 3–2 | 4–2 | 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification | [15] |
3. | 13 February 2002 | 8 | Fritz-Walter-Stadion, Kaiserslautern, Germany | Israel | 1–1 | 7–1 | Friendly | [3] |
4. | 2–1 | |||||||
5. | 4–1 | |||||||
6. | 18 May 2002 | 12 | BayArena, Leverkusen, Germany | Austria | 1–0 | 6–2 | Friendly | [4] |
7. | 2–0 | |||||||
8. | 4–2 | |||||||
9. | 1 June 2002 | 13 | Sapporo Dome, Sapporo, Japan | Saudi Arabia | 1–0 | 8–0 | 2002 FIFA World Cup | [5] |
10. | 2–0 | |||||||
11. | 5–0 | |||||||
12. | 5 June 2002 | 14 | Kashima Soccer Stadium, Kashima, Japan | Republic of Ireland | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2002 FIFA World Cup | [16] |
13. | 11 June 2002 | 15 | Ecopa Stadium, Shizuoka, Japan | Cameroon | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2002 FIFA World Cup | [17] |
14. | 16 October 2002 | 23 | AWD-Arena, Hannover, Germany | Faroe Islands | 2–1 | 2–1 | UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying | [18] |
15. | 11 June 2003 | 29 | Tórsvøllur, Tórshavn, Faroe Islands | Faroe Islands | 1–0 | 2–0 | UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying | [19] |
16. | 18 February 2004 | 35 | Stadion Poljud, Split, Croatia | Croatia | 1–0 | 2–1 | Friendly | [20] |
17. | 17 November 2004 | 43 | Zentralstadion, Leipzig, Germany | Cameroon | 2–0 | 3–0 | Friendly | [21] |
18. | 3–0 | |||||||
19. | 16 December 2004 | 44 | International Stadium Yokohama, Yokohama, Japan | Japan | 1–0 | 3–0 | Friendly | [22] |
20. | 3–0 | |||||||
21. | 22 March 2006 | 52 | Westfalenstadion, Dortmund, Germany | United States | 3–0 | 4–1 | Friendly | [23] |
22. | 27 May 2006 | 53 | Schwarzwald-Stadion, Freiburg, Germany | Luxembourg | 1–0 | 7–0 | Friendly | [24] |
23. | 4–0 | |||||||
24. | 30 May 2006 | 54 | BayArena, Leverkusen, Germany | Japan | 1–2 | 2–2 | Friendly | [25] |
25. | 9 June 2006 | 56 | Allianz Arena, Munich, Germany | Costa Rica | 2–1 | 4–2 | 2006 FIFA World Cup | [6] |
26. | 3–1 | |||||||
27. | 20 June 2006 | 58 | Olympiastadion, Berlin, Germany | Ecuador | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2006 FIFA World Cup | [7] |
28. | 2–0 | |||||||
29. | 30 June 2006 | 60 | Olympiastadion, Berlin, Germany | Argentina | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2006 FIFA World Cup | [26] |
30. | 16 August 2006 | 63 | Veltins-Arena, Gelsenkirchen, Germany | Sweden | 2–0 | 3–0 | Friendly | [27] |
31. | 3–0 | |||||||
32. | 6 September 2006 | 65 | Stadio Olimpico, Serravalle, San Marino | San Marino | 3–0 | 13–0 | UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying | [28] |
33. | 5–0 | |||||||
34. | 8 September 2007 | 70 | Millennium Stadium, Cardiff, Wales | Wales | 1–0 | 2–0 | UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying | [29] |
35. | 2–0 | |||||||
36. | 17 November 2007 | 71 | AWD-Arena, Hannover, Germany | Cyprus | 2–0 | 4–0 | UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying | [30] |
37. | 6 February 2008 | 73 | Ernst-Happel-Stadion, Vienna, Austria | Austria | 2–0 | 3–0 | Friendly | [31] |
38. | 26 March 2008 | 74 | St. Jakob-Park, Basel, Switzerland | Switzerland | 1–0 | 4–0 | Friendly | [32] |
39. | 27 May 2008 | 75 | Fritz-Walter-Stadion, Kaiserslautern, Germany | Belarus | 1–0 | 2–2 | Friendly | [33] |
40. | 19 June 2008 | 79 | St. Jakob-Park, Basel, Switzerland | Portugal | 2–0 | 3–2 | UEFA Euro 2008 | [34] |
41. | 25 June 2008 | 80 | St. Jakob-Park, Basel, Switzerland | Turkey | 2–1 | 3–2 | UEFA Euro 2008 | [35] |
42. | 10 September 2008 | 84 | Helsinki Olympic Stadium, Helsinki, Finland | Finland | 1–1 | 3–3 | 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification | [9] |
43. | 2–2 | |||||||
44. | 3–3 | |||||||
45. | 12 August 2009 | 89 | Tofiq Bahramov Stadium, Baku, Azerbaijan | Azerbaijan | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification | [36] |
46. | 9 September 2009 | 91 | AWD-Arena, Hannover, Germany | Azerbaijan | 2–0 | 4–0 | 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification | [37] |
47. | 3–0 | |||||||
48. | 10 October 2009 | 92 | Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow, Russia | Russia | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification | [38] |
49. | 13 June 2010 | 97 | Moses Mabhida Stadium, Durban, South Africa | Australia | 2–0 | 4–0 | 2010 FIFA World Cup | [39] |
50. | 27 June 2010 | 99 | Free State Stadium, Bloemfontein, South Africa | England | 1–0 | 4–1 | 2010 FIFA World Cup | [40] |
51. | 3 July 2010 | 100 | Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town, South Africa | Argentina | 2–0 | 4–0 | 2010 FIFA World Cup | [10] |
52. | 4–0 | |||||||
53. | 3 September 2010 | 102 | King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels, Belgium | Belgium | 1–0 | 1–0 | UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying | [41] |
54. | 7 September 2010 | 103 | RheinEnergieStadion, Cologne, Germany | Azerbaijan | 3–0 | 6–1 | UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying | [42] |
55. | 6–1 | |||||||
56. | 8 October 2010 | 104 | Olympiastadion, Berlin, Germany | Turkey | 1–0 | 3–0 | UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying | [43] |
57. | 3–0 | |||||||
58. | 12 October 2010 | 105 | Astana Arena, Astana, Kazakhstan | Kazakhstan | 1–0 | 3–0 | UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying | [44] |
59. | 9 February 2011 | 106 | Westfalenstadion, Dortmund, Germany | Italy | 1–0 | 1–1 | Friendly | [45] |
60. | 26 March 2011 | 107 | Fritz-Walter-Stadion, Kaiserslautern, Germany | Kazakhstan | 1–0 | 4–0 | UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying | [46] |
61. | 4–0 | |||||||
62. | 2 September 2011 | 111 | Veltins-Arena, Gelsenkirchen, Germany | Austria | 1–0 | 6–2 | UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying | [47] |
63. | 15 November 2011 | 113 | Volksparkstadion, Hamburg, Germany | Netherlands | 2–0 | 3–0 | Friendly | [48] |
64. | 22 June 2012 | 120 | PGE Arena Gdańsk, Gdańsk, Poland | Greece | 3–1 | 4–2 | UEFA Euro 2012 | [49] |
65. | 12 October 2012 | 125 | Aviva Stadium, Dublin, Republic of Ireland | Republic of Ireland | 4–0 | 6–1 | 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification | [50] |
66. | 16 October 2012 | 126 | Olympiastadion, Berlin, Germany | Sweden | 1–0 | 4–4 | 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification | [51] |
67. | 2–0 | |||||||
68. | 6 September 2013 | 129 | Allianz Arena, Munich, Germany | Austria | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification | [52] |
69. | 6 June 2014 | 132 | Coface Arena, Mainz, Germany | Armenia | 4–1 | 6–1 | Friendly | [11] |
70. | 21 June 2014 | 133 | Estádio Castelão, Fortaleza, Brazil | Ghana | 2–2 | 2–2 | 2014 FIFA World Cup | [53] |
71. | 8 July 2014 | 136 | Estádio Mineirão, Belo Horizonte, Brazil | Brazil | 2–0 | 7–1 | 2014 FIFA World Cup | [2] |
No. | Opponent | Goals | Score | Venue | Competition | Date |
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1 | Israel | 3 – (1–0', 2–1', 4–1') | 7–1 | Fritz-Walter-Stadion, Kaiserslautern, Germany | Friendly | 13 February 2002 |
2 | Austria | 3 – (1–0', 2–0', 4–2') | 6–2 | BayArena, Leverkusen, Germany | 18 May 2002 | |
3 | Saudi Arabia | 3 – (1–0', 2–0', 5–0') | 8–0 | Sapporo Dome, Sapporo, Japan | 2002 FIFA World Cup | 1 June 2002 |
4 | Finland | 3 – (1–1', 2–2', 3–3') | 3–3 | Helsinki Olympic Stadium, Helsinki, Finland | 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification | 10 September 2008 |
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