足坛传奇克洛泽退役

One of the world’s greatest strikers has hung up his boots for good. German soccer star Miroslav Klose announced his retirement on Nov 1, having netted a record 71 goals in 137 games for his country.

11月1日，德国球星米洛斯拉夫•克洛泽宣布退役，又一位世界伟大的射手正式挂靴，告别赛场。此前，他一共为德国国家队出场137次，贡献71粒进球。

Sixteen of those came in World Cups, making him the *tournament’s all-time leading scorer. Klose, 38, played in four World Cups and helped his side win in the most recent one, two years ago in Brazil.

其中，有16粒进球于世界杯比赛期间攻入，这也使他成为了世界杯第一射手。38岁的克洛泽共参加了4届世界杯，并助德国队在两年前的巴西世界杯上夺冠。

Germany has always been regarded as one of the best teams of the modern era, and Klose was a big reason for its success. Amazingly, Germany never lost a game in which Klose scored. 德国队一直被视为现代足球强队，而克洛泽则是他们制胜的一大要素。神奇的是，德国队还从未在克洛泽破门得分的比赛中输过。

Klose’s national coach, Joachim Loew, described him as a “world star” and “one of the greatest *strikers in football”. The pair will continue to work together though, with Klose moving into an assistant coaching role with the national side.

克洛泽的国家队教练，尤阿希姆•勒夫形容他是一名“世界级的巨星”、“最伟大的足球前锋之一”。在克洛泽成为国家队的一名助理教练后，两人将继续合作。

“I am very delighted that [Klose] belongs now to our team,” Loew said in a statement. “He is a role model as a human being and an athlete, who gives everything to the team and success. I am convinced that players can benefit from his presence and participation.”

“我十分高兴克洛泽能加入我们团队，”勒夫在一份声明中表示。“无论作为运动员还是为人处世，他都堪称楷模。为了全队的荣誉，他可以付出一切。我确信，在他的到场协助之下，球员们都将受益匪浅。”

Klose, who was playing for Italian club Lazio, had been linked to rumors over the past few months of a move either to the United States or to former German club Kaiserslautern. The German soccer star chose to retire from the game and enter the world of coaching, however.

在过去的几个月中，有传言称，曾效力于意甲拉齐奥足球俱乐部的克洛泽将前往美国，或者回到老东家，德甲的凯泽斯劳滕。然而，这位德国球星却选择了退役，开始他的执教生涯。

“I enjoyed my biggest successes with the national team. It was a great time and unforgettable for me. That’s why I am happy to return to the DFB (German team),” Klose told the national team’s website.

“我十分珍惜和国家队一起获得的那些至高荣誉。那段时光十分美好，令人难忘。所以我也很高兴这次能够回到德国队，”克洛泽向国家队官网表示。

“Over the past few months, the idea of staying on the pitch in another position, as a coach, got into my mind. I already enjoyed developing tactics, preparing for games and reading the game during my playing days.”

“在过去的几个月中，成为教练，以另一种身份留在球场上的想法一直萦绕在我的脑海中。作为球员时，我就很喜欢制定战术、准备比赛、解读赛况。”

Born in Poland, Klose has a strong sporting *pedigree. His parents were both pros in the sporting world, with his father playing soccer professionally in Poland and later France, while his mother was on Poland’s women’s national handball team. After moving to Germany with his family at a young age, it was in a small town that he first fell in love with soccer.

克洛泽出生于波兰的一个运动世家。他的父母都是职业运动员：父亲曾先后在波兰和法国踢职业足球，而母亲则是波兰国家手球队成员。年幼时，他随家人迁往德国。在一个小镇上，他发现了自己对足球的热爱。

Klose started his professional career with Homburg, before moving on to wear the jerseys of Kaiserslautern, Werder Bremen, Bayern Munich and Lazio.

克洛泽在洪堡队开始了他的职业生涯，后来，他又先后披上了凯泽斯劳滕、云达不莱梅、拜仁慕尼黑以及拉齐奥的球衣。

He scored five goals in each of the 2002 and 2006 World Cups, four times at the 2010 tournament and twice in his final outing two years ago. In the 2014 World Cup, he also contributed to Germany’s 7-1 *annihilation of Brazil to become the tournament’s all-time leading scorer, creating a record that is unlikely to broken for some time.

在克洛泽参加的世界杯中，他2002和2006年各攻入5球，2010年攻入4球;而在两年前他的最后一届世界杯上，他攻入了2球。在2014年德国队7-1大胜巴西队的那场世界杯比赛中，他也收获了进球，从而成为了世界杯历史上的最佳射手，创下了短期内难以打破的传奇记录。