Klose Retirement Ends Golden Germany Era — bleacherreport.com

Natacha Pisarenko/Associated Press Klose with his two sons after the 2014 World Cup final. One hundred thirty-seven caps. Seventy-one goals. Six major international semifinals in seven opportunities. A record 16 World Cup goals. And finally, one World Cup title. These are the staggering figures that best describe Miroslav Klose's career as a Germany international, which came to an end on Monday. Many great strikers have entered and exited the world of international football since the turn of the millennium: Thierry Henry, Ruud van Nistelrooij, Raul, David Villa, Didier Drogba and Andriy Shevchenko, to name a few. But none of the aforementioned can claim to have had records on par with those of Klose.

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