Miroslav Josef Klose (German pronunciation: ['m??oslaf 'klo?z?

] ( listen); born
on 9 June 1978)[4] is a German professional footballer who plays as a striker fo
r Lazio in the Italian Serie A and the German national football team. He is the
overall top scorer in the FIFA World Cup's history with 16 goals.
Klose is currently Germany's all-time top scorer with 71 goals. He scored five g
oals in his debut World Cup in 2002 and won the Golden Boot at the 2006 World Cu
p in Germany by again scoring five times,[5] making him only the second player (
after Peruvian Tefilo Cubillas) to score at least five goals in two different Wor
ld Cups (a record since also equalled by Klose's German compatriot Thomas Mller).
Klose also scored four times in the 2010 World Cup, and has scored twice at the
2014 World Cup, including one in the 71 semi-final victory against Brazil which
put him ahead of Ronaldo with 16 goals.[6] By scoring in the 2014 tournament, Kl
ose equalled his compatriot Uwe Seeler and Brazilian Pel's achievements in being
the only players to have scored in four different World Cups.[7] as well as the
only player to have scored at least four in three different tournaments.[8] The
German national team has never lost a game in which Klose has scored.[9]