Miroslav Klose became the leading goal scorer in the history of FIFA World Cup, when he scored the second goal against Brazil in the semifinal of 2014 world cup.
Miroslav Klose has been around the world cup scene since forever, he came to limelight on world stage when he scored 4 goals against Saudi Arabia in 2002 world cup but was beaten by Brazilian Ronaldo to the golden boot race in 2002, but back in 2006 world cup which took place in Germany Klose finished the tournament as the top goal scorer and claimed his first golden boot.
He was part of 2010 squad as well and scored 4 goals for Germany while not many people expected him to play any major role in 2014 world cup but Klose still has his killer instinct as he managed to score a couple more in 2014 world cup and broke the all time record with 16 goals and beating Ronaldo’s 15 goal mark.
Top five World Cup goalscorers | ||||||
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Position
|
Name
|
Country
|
Goals
|
Matches Played
|
Goal Average
|
Tournaments
|
1
|
Miroslav Klose
|
Germany
|
16
|
23
|
0.70
|
2002, 2006, 2010, 2014
|
2
|
Ronaldo
|
Brazil
|
15
|
19
|
0.79
|
1998, 2002, 2006
|
3
|
Gerd Muller
|
West Germany
|
14
|
13
|
1.08
|
1970, 1974
|
4
|
Just Fontaine
|
France
|
13
|
6
|
2.17
|
1958
|
5
|
Pele
|
Brazil
|
12
|
14
|
0.86
|
1958, 1962, 1966, 1970
|
NO# | AGAINST | STAGE | WORLD CUP |
1 | Saudi Arabia | Group | 2002 Japan-Korea |
2 | Saudi Arabia | Group | 2002 Japan-Korea |
3 | Saudi Arabia | Group | 2002 Japan-Korea |
4 | Ireland | Group | 2002 Japan-Korea |
5 | Cameroon | Group | 2002 Japan-Korea |
6 | Costa Rica | Group | 2006 Germany |
7 | Costa Rica | Group | 2006 Germany |
8 | Ecuador | Group | 2006 Germany |
9 | Ecuador | Group | 2006 Germany |
10 | Argentina | Round of 16 | 2006 Germany |
11 | Australia | Group | 2010 South Africa |
12 | England | Round of 16 | 2010 South Africa |
13 | Argentina | Quarter Final | 2010 South Africa |
14 | Argentina | Quarter Final | 2010 South Africa |
15 | Ghana | Group | 2014 Brazil |
16 | Brazil | Semifinals | 2014 Brazil |
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