Background
Klose was born in Opole, Poland (German: Oppeln). Both of his parents were active in sports; his mother, Barbara Jeż, was a member of the Poland women's national handball team. His father Josef Klose played professional football in Poland for Odra Opole, before he in 1978 left communist Poland, by moving to France to play for clubs like AJ Auxerre. In 1985 Miroslav and his mother could join him in Kusel, Germany. Klose's father is from an ethnic German family and thus they were permitted to settle as Aussiedler in West Germany.
In 2006 interviews for German Süddeutsche Zeitung and Polish tabloid Fakt, Josef Klose stated that he absolutely does not want to be regarded as Polish, declaring himself rather as an Silesian and a European, and stating that the success of his son is due to himself and German clubs. Miro Klose himself said in a recent interview to Przeglad Sportowy that it would be best for him not to be called German or Polish, but European. Anyway, as he stated in
More about Miroslav Klose (From Wikipedia)
Background
Klose was born in Opole, Poland (German: Oppeln). Both of his parents were active in sports; his mother, Barbara Jeż, was a member of the Poland women's national handball team. read more...
As Footballer
Klose learned his football at a village club, Blaubach-Diedelkopf, in the German seventh division. Klose had also successfully completed an apprenticeship to become a carpenter and read more...
Miroslav Klose (pronunciation (help·info), born as Mirosław Marian Kloze on June 9, 1978 in Opole, Opole Voivodeship, Poland, is a German footballer who plays as a striker. read more...