Miroslav Klose's 15 World Cup finals goals – in pictures

1 June 2002: Klose opens his account for Germany as he stoops low to head his side's first during the 2002 World Cup group match against Saudi Arabia in Japan. Photograph: CHRISTOPH STACHE/AP

1 June 2002: Klose rises high to head his side's second past Saudi goalkeeper Mohammed Al Deayea during the 2002 World Cup group match against Saudi Arabia. Photograph: MURAD SEZER/AP

1 June 2002: Klose nets his first hat-trick for Germany in the second half against Saudi Arabia. Photograph: David Cannon/Getty Images Sport

5 June 2002: Klose's fourth World Cup goal came against Republic of Ireland, whose goalkeeper Shay Given watches on in vain, during their Group match in Ibaraki. Photograph: Michael Dalder/Reuters

11 June 2002: Klose couldn't miss from this distance as he nets past Cameroon's goalkeeper Boukar Alioum in the Group E match in Shizuoka.
Photograph: Reinhard Krause/Reuters

9 June 2006: Klose's first World Cup goal on home soil was Germany's third against Costa Rica in Munich in the group stages - Luis Marin and goalkeeper Jose Porras are well beaten.
Photograph: Dylan Martinez/Reuters

9 June 2006: Klose powered past Costa Rica's defence to score twice in Munich in the group stages. Photograph: Tom Jenkins/Guardian

20 June 2006:Klose continued his brilliant form in the 2006 World Cup in Germany as he scored his team's first against Ecuador in Berlin - Ecuador's Edwin Tenorio can't close the scorer down. Photograph: Damir Sagolj/Reuters

20 June 2006: Klose made it four goals in two games when he tapped in his second past Ecuador's goalkeeper Cristian Mora as Geovanny Espinoza watches on helpless.
Photograph: Yves Herman/Reuters

30 June 2006: One of Klose's most important World Cup goals came in the quarter-final against Argentina at the Olympic Stadium in Germany - he is far left of the picture. Photograph: Shaun Botterill/Getty Images

13 June 2010: Klose's opened his 2010 World Cup campaign in South Africa with a header past Australia's goalkeeper Mark Schwarzer as Lucas Neill fails to get the right side of him at Moses Mabhida stadium. Photograph: Rogan Ward/Reuters

27 June 2010: England had to feel the force of Klose's skill eventually and they did, as the German scored the first of the game past goalkeeper David James, with Matthew Upson a spectator, at Free State stadium in Bloemfontein. Photograph: Tom Jenkins/Guardian

3 July 2010: Klose scored in the World Cup finals against Argentina in 2006, and he managed a double against the same opponents in 2010 at Cape Town. His first was past Nicolas Burdisso and goalkeeper Sergio Romero at Green Point stadium. Photograph: Oleg Popov /Reuters

3 July 2010: Lukas Podolski provided Klose's second against Argentina in the quarter-final as Germany thrashed their opponents 4-0 - Klose had four goals in the tournament, one more than he scored in the Bundesliga all season. Photograph: Ina Fassbender/Reuters

21 June 2014: Klose stick out a boot to convert Benedikt Hüwedes’ flick-on for his 15th goal on the World Cup stage - only Ronaldo has scored as many, and only Pelé, Uwe Seeler and Klose have scored in four different tournaments. Photograph: Eddie Keogh/Reuters