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Miroslav Josef Klose (German pronunciation: ( listen); born Mirosław Marian Kloze IPA: on 9 June 1978 in Opole, Poland) is a German footballer who plays as a striker for Bayern Munich in the Bundesliga. Since bursting onto the international stage with five goals at the 2002 World Cup, he has become well-known for his knack of scoring headers, front-flip goal celebrations, and decisive short passing. He was a mainstay in Bayern's starting 11 before injuries took him out of the team for a while; during his convalescence, Croatian Ivica Olić filled in and replaced Klose as Louis van Gaal's first-choice striker. Klose holds German nationality and has played 106 times and scored 59 goals for Germany. With five goals, he was the top scorer and Golden Boot winner at the 2006 World Cup in Germany. Klose also scored five goals in his debut World Cup, the 2002 World Cup in Korea and Japan, all of which were headers. He scored in his first game of the 2010 World Cup, opening the scoring against England in the first round of the knockout stages, and scored twice on his 100th cap against Argentina in the quarter-finals, giving him a total of 14 World Cup goals and putting him joint second along with Gerd Müller on the list of FIFA World Cup goalscorers, but one behind all-time top scorer Ronaldo of Brazil. He is among the group of professional football players who have scored more than 50 international goals. Klose is the first German player since reunification to finish as the World Cup's top scorer. He is also the only player to have scored five or more goals in consecutive World Cups, as well as the only player to have scored at least four in three different tournaments; he scored five at the 2002 and 2006 tournaments and four at the 2010 finals. 2010 World Cup Klose was selected in Germany's final 23-man squad, and for his third successive World Cup campaign. On 13 June, Klose scored the second against Australia in their opening group game, a 4–0 victory. Klose was given a red card in the 36th minute after receiving his second of two cautions in Germany's second first-round game, against Serbia, which they lost 1–0. Klose opened the scoring in the Round of 16 match against England on 27 June 2010 with his 12th World Cup goal, equaling Pelé for fourth on the all time list, and also notching up his 50th international goal in his 99th international game, as Germany won the game 4–1. He made his 100th international appearance in the quarter-final against Argentina, becoming only the sixth German player to reach the landmark. He then scored the second and fourth goals against Argentina (Germany winning 4–0), pulling him level with Gerd Müller's all-time German World Cup goalscoring record. Due to a back injury sustained in the semifinal against Spain (Germany losing 0–1), Klose was unable to play in the bronze match against Uruguay (Germany won 3–2). This left him without chance of equalling or surpassing Ronaldo's record number of goals in the World Cup finals (Klose has 14 goals, Ronaldo 15). Content rating: Everyone

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