2. Miroslav Klose

Runners up is Miroslav Klose who just like Lukas Podolski was born in Poland. Unlike the Lukas Podolski incident Poland were eager for the front man to represent them on the international level . However Klose had his mind made up and turned down the offer to play for Poland and later went on to represent Germany. Miroslav Klose has gone down in history books as one of the greatest German plays and was part of the 2014 World Cup winning team.

He is currently the all time World Cup leading top goal scorer.