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Klose retires from int’l football

German striker Miroslav Klose, the all-time World Cup top scorer, announced his retirement from international football on Monday. The 36-year-old leaves the German national team as a World Cup winner after last month helping Joachim Loew’s side to their first global crown since 1990 when they defeated Argentina 1-0 in the Rio-hosted final.

The Lazio frontman picked up his 16th goal, in what was his fourth World Cup, to surpass Brazilian Ronaldo as the tournament’s leading scorer. Klose, who won two German titles with Bayern Munich following spells with Kaiserslautern and Werder Bremen, said he had ‘fulfilled a childhood dream with the title in Brazil’ and lived ‘unforgettable moments with the national team’, according to a statement released by the German football federation.

‘The success of the team stood and always stands for me in the highest place. With the national team I achieved our greatest goal, a goal which we had together within the squad. In addition, I achieved personal goals and those who know me know that I am very ambitious, but I am a striker and the task of a striker is to score goals. Therefore the records never concerned me, but it was always about giving my best for the team,’ Klose said.

Klose scored five goals at the 2002 WC, five in 2006, four in 2010 and two in 2014.
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