Former German striker Miroslav Klose, the top scorer in World Cup history, will take on the first coaching job of his career after being appointed coach of Austrian First Division club Altach.

The club announced in a statement that Klose would sign a contract on Sunday to be presented on Monday.

For his part, Klose (44) said: “I am looking forward to my new job here. I had a positive feeling from the very beginning of the negotiations.”

Previously, Klose served as assistant coach for Germany (2016-2018) and Bayern Munich (2020-2021).

He retired from international football in 2014, a month after helping Germany to the world title at the expense of Argentina in the final. He also retired from football in 2016 after spending the last five seasons of his career with Italian side Lazio.

At the World Cup in Brazil, he scored his 16th World Cup final goal, beating the previous record of 15 set by Brazilian phenom Ronaldo, and is considered Germany’s all-time leading scorer with 71 goals. goals in 137 matches.