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Klose was born in Opole, Upper Silesia, Poland, and hails from a sporting family; his mother, Barbara Jeż, was a member of the Poland national handball team (appearing in 82 international matches), and his german father, Jósef Klose, played professional football in Poland and France, and he also represented the Poland National Football Team on several occasions.[1] In 1981, father of Miroslav Klose escaped communist Poland, by moving first to France, then in 1987 Miroslav with his mother left to Kusel, Germany. Klose`s father is from an ethnic german family and thus could resettle as an immigrant.[2] However, as he stated in an interview to Der Spiegel, at home the whole family, including his twin sons, speak Polish to each other[3].

Klose learned his soccer at a village club, "Blaubach-Diedelkopf", in the German seventh division. Miro had also successfully completed an apprenticeship to become a carpenter and had worked in this profession until joining the professional team of "Kaiserslautern".

Klose made it professional much later than football players in the age bracket. He has in the past had many comparisons with various world class strikers such as Owen and Van Nistelrooy. When asked about the comparisons Klose expressed his flattery to be compared to the likes of Van Nistelrooy, “It`s an honour to be compared to Rudd, he`s played in Europe for so long and has a great goal scoring record, I hope one day I can be good as him.” This interview was conducted in June 2007 with "Der Spiegel"-prior his move to "Bayern Munich".

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