miroslav klose has scored the most in world cup.
miroslav klose has scored the most in world cup.
who has scored the most in world cup?
miroslav klose
klose scored his record-equalling 15th world cup goal to help germany to a 2–2 draw against ghana on 21 june 2014, after entering the game as a 69th minute substitute for mario götze (who had scored germany's first goal) with his team trailing 2–1. this tied him with the brazilian player ronaldo. with this goal, klose became the third player in history to score in four different world cups. on 8 july, klose scored a record 16th world cup goal in the 23rd minute against brazil in the semi-finals, his second goal of the 2014 world cup. that goal gave germany a 2–0 lead, "en route" to a 7–1 win over brazil, and klose surpassed ronaldo's previous record of 15 world cup goals. klose set another record by becoming the first player to appear in four consecutive world cup semi-finals. klose started in the world cup final against argentina, playing until the 88th minute when he was substituted for mario götze. götze would score the 113th-minute goal which held up as the winning goal in germany's 1–0 victory over argentina, earning germany's fourth world cup title overall and first as a reunited country. klose announced his retirement from international football one month after the world cup final.
miroslav klose
as a member of the (west) german national team, brehme took part at uefa euro 1984, the 1984 summer olympics, the 1986 fifa world cup, uefa euro 1988, the 1990 fifa world cup, uefa euro 1992, and the 1994 world cup; he has named to the team of tournament at euro 84, and helped germany to the semi-finals of euro 88, on home soil, scoring a goal in the nation's 1–1 opening draw against italy. at euro 1992, he won a runners-up medal, as germany lost out 2–0 to denmark in the final; he was once again named to the team of the tournament. brehme won a runners-up medal at the 1986 fifa world cup, as germany lost the final to argentina, yet he won the world cup in 1990 against the same opponents, later being named to the competition's all-star team. in the 1986 world cup semi-final he scored a deflected free-kick against france, and in the 1990 semi-final he also scored a free-kick goal against england, which also took a deflection off of english defender paul parker, however. in the 1990 edition of the tournament, en route to the final, he also previously set up klinsmann's headed goal in germany's opening 4–1 against yugoslavia, and scored the second goal against the dutch side with a right-footed curler in the second round. in the 1990 world cup final, a 1–0 victory over argentina, he scored the decisive goal, a penalty kick by his right foot. the only other penalty kick, taken in open play for germany, was against england in a 1986 world cup warm-up match in mexico. brehme missed his spot-kick, however, with peter shilton saving his shot. brehme scored in the victorious penalty-shootout against mexico in the 1986 world cup quarter-finals with his left foot, while he scored his nation's first spot-kick in the penalty shoot-out victory against england in the 1990 world cup semi-finals with his right foot. brehme's last of his 86 caps for the national team came during the 1994 fifa world cup, which ended with a disappointing quarter-final exit for his team.
andreas brehme