- Josef Klose
Josef Klose (born as "Józef Kloze" on
October 3 ,1947 inSławięcice (Slawentzitz ),Kędzierzyn-Koźle (Kandrzin-Cosel, Heydebreck),Silesia ,People's Republic of Poland ) is a former footballer. He is the father of currentBayern Munich striker and German national footballerMiroslav Klose .Josef Klose began his career at "Energetyk Sławięcice". Since 1966 he was a forward for
Odra Opole and also for thePoland national football team [cite web | url = http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,2144,2055266,00.html | title = Germany's Strikers Eye Crunch Game With Mixed Emotions | accessdate = 2008-02-18 | date =2006-06-14 | publisher = dw-world.de] . In November of 1978, the year his son was born, he joined French sideAJ Auxerre [ [http://www.uefa.com/competitions/UCL/players/player=56589/index.html UEFA.com] ] when inLigue 2 . He helped them getting promoted in 1980 toLigue 1 where he played 14 games, scoring twice. From 1981 to 1984, already in his mid-thirties, he played for fourth league side "Châlons-sur-Saône FC".He is married to Barbara Jeż, a former member of the
Poland women's national handball team (appearing in 82 international matches as goalkeeper [ [http://www.uefa.com/magazine/news/kind=512/newsid=17515.html uefa.com - Magazine ] ] ). His family of Silesian-Germanancestry had been Imperial German citizens in theProvince of Upper Silesia (until 1945) and thus could resettle inWest Germany as an "Aussiedler" [cite web | url = http://www.sueddeutsche.de/sport/weltfussball/artikel/202/79123/ | title = Stolz von Oberschlesien - Der Vater von Miroslav Klose will nur eines nicht: als Pole gelten | language = German | accessdate = 2008-02-18 | date =2006-06-26 | publisher =Süddeutsche Zeitung online | author = Thomas Urban] . In 1985, they rejoined inKusel ,Germany .According to newspapers interviews for German
Süddeutsche Zeitung and Polish tabloidFakt , Josef Klose does not want to be regarded as Polish, declaring himself asSilesian and European, and stating that the success of his son is due to himself and German clubs.References
External links
* [http://www.aja.fr/siteofficiel/fichejoueur.asp?Num=143 Profile on AJ Auxerre official site]
* [http://www.histoaja.free.fr/joueurs/klose.htm Career]
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