page_title: List of international goals scored by Miroslav Klose
section_title: By competition
hierarchical_section_title: List of international goals scored by Miroslav Klose / Breakdown / By competition
caption_attribution_description: Русский: Бразилия против Германии, в Белу-ОризонтиEnglish: Brazil vs Germany, in Belo HorizontePortuguês: Brasil x Alemanha, em Belo Horizonte
context_page_description: 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 four editions from 2002 to 2014. In the 13 years Klose played for the national team, Germany never lost a game in which he scored.
  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; this was followed by another treble on 18 May in a 6–2 win against Austria. 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.
caption: Klose celebrating his record-breaking 16th World Cup goal
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