List of international goals scored by Miroslav Klose

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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 second-highest 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 playing in the 2014 World Cup Final

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]

International goals

"Score" represents the score in the match after Klose's goal. "Score" and "Result" list Germany's goal tally first.[12][13]
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International goals scored by Miroslav Klose
No.DateCapVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition Ref.
1. 24 March 20011BayArena, Leverkusen, Germany Albania2–12–12002 FIFA World Cup qualification[14]
2. 28 March 20012Olympic Stadium, Athens, Greece Greece3–24–2 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification[15]
3. 13 February 20028Fritz-Walter-Stadion, Kaiserslautern, Germany Israel1–17–1Friendly[3]
4. 2–1
5. 4–1
6. 18 May 200212BayArena, Leverkusen, Germany Austria1–06–2 Friendly [4]
7. 2–0
8. 4–2
9. 1 June 200213Sapporo Dome, Sapporo, Japan Saudi Arabia1–08–02002 FIFA World Cup[5]
10. 2–0
11. 5–0
12. 5 June 200214Kashima Soccer Stadium, Kashima, Japan Republic of Ireland1–01–1 2002 FIFA World Cup[16]
13. 11 June 200215Ecopa Stadium, Shizuoka, Japan Cameroon2–02–0 2002 FIFA World Cup[17]
14. 16 October 200223AWD-Arena, Hannover, Germany Faroe Islands2–12–1UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying[18]
15. 11 June 200329Tórsvøllur, Tórshavn, Faroe Islands  Faroe Islands1–02–0 UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying[19]
16. 18 February 200435Stadion Poljud, Split, Croatia Croatia1–02–1Friendly[20]
17. 17 November 200443Zentralstadion, Leipzig, Germany Cameroon2–03–0 Friendly[21]
18. 3–0
19. 16 December 200444International Stadium Yokohama, Yokohama, Japan Japan1–03–0 Friendly[22]
20. 3–0
21. 22 March 200652Westfalenstadion, Dortmund, Germany United States3–04–1 Friendly[23]
22. 27 May 200653Schwarzwald-Stadion, Freiburg, Germany Luxembourg1–07–0 Friendly[24]
23. 4–0
24. 30 May 200654BayArena, Leverkusen, Germany Japan1–22–2 Friendly[25]
25. 9 June 200656Allianz Arena, Munich, Germany Costa Rica2–14–22006 FIFA World Cup[6]
26. 3–1
27. 20 June 200658Olympiastadion, Berlin, Germany Ecuador1–03–0 2006 FIFA World Cup[7]
28. 2–0
29. 30 June 200660 Olympiastadion, Berlin, Germany Argentina1–11–1 2006 FIFA World Cup[26]
30. 16 August 200663Veltins-Arena, Gelsenkirchen, Germany Sweden2–03–0Friendly[27]
31. 3–0
32. 6 September 200665Stadio Olimpico, Serravalle, San Marino San Marino3–013–0UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying[28]
33. 5–0
34. 8 September 200770Millennium Stadium, Cardiff, Wales Wales1–02–0 UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying[29]
35. 2–0
36. 17 November 200771AWD-Arena, Hannover, Germany Cyprus2–04–0 UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying[30]
37. 6 February 200873Ernst-Happel-Stadion, Vienna, Austria Austria2–03–0Friendly[31]
38. 26 March 200874St. Jakob-Park, Basel, Switzerland  Switzerland1–04–0 Friendly[32]
39. 27 May 200875Fritz-Walter-Stadion, Kaiserslautern, Germany Belarus1–02–2 Friendly[33]
40. 19 June 200879St. Jakob-Park, Basel, Switzerland Portugal2–03–2UEFA Euro 2008[34]
41. 25 June 200880 St. Jakob-Park, Basel, Switzerland Turkey2–13–2 UEFA Euro 2008[35]
42. 10 September 200884Helsinki Olympic Stadium, Helsinki, Finland Finland1–13–32010 FIFA World Cup qualification[9]
43. 2–2
44. 3–3
45. 12 August 200989Tofiq Bahramov Stadium, Baku, Azerbaijan Azerbaijan2–02–0 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification[36]
46. 9 September 200991AWD-Arena, Hannover, Germany  Azerbaijan2–04–0 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification[37]
47. 3–0
48. 10 October 200992Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow, Russia Russia1–01–0 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification[38]
49. 13 June 201097Moses Mabhida Stadium, Durban, South Africa Australia2–04–02010 FIFA World Cup[39]
50. 27 June 201099Free State Stadium, Bloemfontein, South Africa England1–04–1 2010 FIFA World Cup[40]
51. 3 July 2010100Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town, South Africa Argentina2–04–0 2010 FIFA World Cup[10]
52. 4–0
53. 3 September 2010102King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels, Belgium Belgium1–01–0UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying[41]
54. 7 September 2010103RheinEnergieStadion, Cologne, Germany Azerbaijan3–06–1 UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying[42]
55. 6–1
56. 8 October 2010104Olympiastadion, Berlin, Germany Turkey1–03–0 UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying [43]
57. 3–0
58. 12 October 2010105Astana Arena, Astana, Kazakhstan Kazakhstan1–03–0 UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying [44]
59. 9 February 2011106Westfalenstadion, Dortmund, Germany Italy1–01–1Friendly[45]
60. 26 March 2011107Fritz-Walter-Stadion, Kaiserslautern, Germany Kazakhstan1–04–0UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying[46]
61. 4–0
62. 2 September 2011111Veltins-Arena, Gelsenkirchen, Germany Austria1–06–2 UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying[47]
63. 15 November 2011113Volksparkstadion, Hamburg, Germany Netherlands2–03–0Friendly[48]
64. 22 June 2012120PGE Arena Gdańsk, Gdańsk, Poland Greece3–14–2UEFA Euro 2012[49]
65. 12 October 2012125Aviva Stadium, Dublin, Republic of Ireland Republic of Ireland4–06–12014 FIFA World Cup qualification[50]
66. 16 October 2012126Olympiastadion, Berlin, Germany Sweden1–04–4 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification[51]
67. 2–0
68. 6 September 2013129Allianz Arena, Munich, Germany Austria1–03–0 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification [52]
69. 6 June 2014132Coface Arena, Mainz, Germany Armenia4–16–1Friendly[11]
70. 21 June 2014133Estádio Castelão, Fortaleza, Brazil Ghana2–22–22014 FIFA World Cup[53]
71. 8 July 2014136Estádio Mineirão, Belo Horizonte, Brazil Brazil2–07–1 2014 FIFA World Cup[2]
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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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