Researching Josef Klose
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 9 people with the Klose surname? In that year Klose was ranked number 3570 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Josef means "form of JOSEPH - God shall add" and is of German origin.
Records of Josef Klose on Ancestry
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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.
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 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.
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, which they did in 1985, settling down in Kusel.
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