Who finished as the top goal scorer at the 2006 World Cup Finals in Germany?
Miroslav Klose of hosts, Germany. With five goals at Germany 2006, Klose was one of the key reasons behind the host nation’s third-place finish. Klose equalled his tally at Korea/Japan 2002, taking his goals’ total in FIFA World Cup finals into double figures. Klose was awarded the adidas Golden Shoe as the top scorer at the tournamement. The striker notched his five goals in seven matches to take his total FIFA World Cup tally to ten. Finishing in second and third place respectively were Argentina’s Hernan Crespo and Brazil’s Ronaldo , providing both with some consolation for exiting the tournament at the quarter-final stage. Klose’s five-goal tally is the lowest winning total since the 1962 FIFA World Cup, not that it makes his achievement any less worthy. With two goals against Costa Rica, a further brace against Ecuador and a fine header in the quarter-final with Argentina, Klose moved into third place in the list of top German goalscorers at the FIFA World Cup finals. Ronaldo, who
