Germany's Miroslav Klose (in white nearest camera) scores against Ghana in World Cup Finals in Brasil
Germany's all-time leading goal-scorer, Miroslav Klose, has retired from international football.
The 36-year-old Lazio striker helped his country win the World Cup in the summer, becoming the record scorer in the tournament's history.
Klose scored 71 goals in 137 internationals for Germany and became the third player to score at four World Cup finals.
The Poland-born striker scored twice in the tournament in Brazil to surpass Brazilian Ronaldo's competition record of 15 goals, said the time was right to end a 13-year career with the German national team. Klose's new world cup tournament goal scoring record now stands at 16.
He is the second member of the German team to quit after the tournament following captain Philipp Lahm last month.
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