Josef Klose

Josef Klose (born 3 October 1947) is a former Polish footballer of German origin. He is the father of former German national striker and 2014 world cup-winner Miroslav Klose.

Józef Klose
Personal information
Full name Józef Klose[1]
Date of birth (1947-10-03) 3 October 1947
Place of birth Sławięcice, Poland
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1966–1978 Odra Opole (36)
1978–1980 AJ Auxerre 57 (11)
1981–1984 FC Chalon 57 (4)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Josef Klose began his career at Energetyk Sławięcice. From 1966 he was a forward for Odra Opole, winning the 1977 Polish League Cup and subsequently playing in the 1977–78 UEFA Cup. In November 1978, the year his son was born, he joined French side AJ Auxerre [2] when in Ligue 2. He helped them reach the 1979 Coupe de France final and get promoted in 1980 to Ligue 1 where he played 14 games, scoring twice. From 1981 to 1984, already in his mid-thirties, he played for fourth league side FC Chalon.

He is married to Barbara Jeż, a former member of the Poland women's national handball team[3].

His family, of Silesian-German ancestry, had been German citizens in the Province of Upper Silesia (until 1945) and thus could resettle in West Germany as Aussiedler,[4] which they did in 1985, settling down in Kusel.

References
  1. "HISTORIA OKS "Odra" Opole". Retrieved 15 June 2012.
  2. UEFA.com
  3. uefa.com - Magazine Archived 2002-06-07 at the Wayback Machine
  4. Thomas Urban (2006-06-26). "Stolz von Oberschlesien - Der Vater von Miroslav Klose will nur eines nicht: als Pole gelten" (in German). Süddeutsche Zeitung online. Archived from the original on 2007-10-17. Retrieved 2008-02-18.
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