World Cup record goal scorer Miroslav Klose is set to retire at the end of the season.
World cup record goalscorer Miroslav Klose is due to retire at the end of this season after a hugely successful career.
Klose is best known for his performances with the German national team and was part of the 2014 FIFA World Cup winning German squad, having previously finished second (2002) and third (2006, 2010) in the competition and as runner-up in Euro 2008.
He is the top goalscorer in the history of the FIFA World Cup, having scored five goals in his debut World Cup in 2002 and winning the Golden Boot at the 2006 World Cup in Germany by again scoring five times.
He also scored four times in the 2010 World Cup and twice at the 2014 World Cup, which put him ahead of Ronaldo in the all-time list with 16 goals.
Klose is also the top scorer of all time for Germany, who never lost a game in which Klose scored. He retired from Germany’s national team on 11 August 2014.