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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. He is also the top scorer in the history of the FIFA World Cup, with 16 goals in 24 appearances across the four editions from 2002 to 2014.

Summary
Klose scored on both of his first two matches for Germany, a 2–1 win over Albania on 24 March 2001 and a 4–2 win over Greece four days later, both in 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification. 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; this was followed by another treble on 18 May in a 6–2 win against Austria. At his first tournament, the 2002 FIFA World Cup in South Korea and Japan, Klose scored five goals for runners-up Germany, making him the tournament's joint second top scorer, alongside champion Brazil's Rivaldo and behind Ronaldo. All of his goals came in the group stage: a headed hat-trick in an 8–0 opening rout of Saudi Arabia at the Sapporo Dome, followed by strikes against the Republic of Ireland and Cameroon.

After scoring rarely in Germany's UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying campaign, Klose scored eight times in 15 friendlies ahead of Germany hosting the 2006 FIFA World Cup, including braces against Cameroon, Japan and Luxembourg. He netted a further two in the tournament's opening game, a 4–2 win against Costa Rica, and a brace in their final group match, a 3–0 win against Ecuador. In the quarter-final at the Olympiastadion in Berlin, he headed a late equaliser and Germany won via a penalty shootout. He finished his second World Cup again with five goals, this time being the top scorer and winning the FIFA World Cup Golden Shoe.

Klose continued to score in Germany's UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying campaign, and added two in the tournament as the team reached the final. On 10 September 2008, in 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification, he scored the last of his four international hat-tricks, earning a 3–3 draw away to Finland. 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.

On 6 June 2014, Klose scored in a 6–1 friendly win over Armenia in Mainz. This was his 69th goal in 132 games, surpassing the record of Gerd Müller, who scored 68 in 62 games from 1966 to 1974. Klose added two more goals in German'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, surpassing Ronaldo as the tournament's record goalscorer.

Goals

 * Scores and results list Germany's goal tally first