Klose hails Kane’s German legacy while Messi tops World Cup scoring

Lionel Messi has overtaken Miroslav Klose to become the sole top scorer of the World Cup Copas with eighteen goals. The German record‑breaker, now head coach of FC Nuremberg in the Segunda Division of the Bundesliga, praised Harry Kane’s continued stay in Germany as a model for young players, a referência para os jovens atletas.

Klose’s youth‑focused coaching

Klose, a former Bayern Munich and Lazio striker who scored more than three hundred professional goals, stresses the importance of developing young talent (com a sua experiência). Transfermarkt data shows Nuremberg has the lowest average age in the 2. Bundesliga at 23.3 years. Among the eleven players with the most minutes this season, seven are twenty‑two or younger. Before arriving in Nuremberg, he coached Bayern’s U‑17 side and Austria’s Rheindorf Altach, shaping his identity around youth development.

Kane’s German milestones

Harry Kane, winner of the 2026 Ballon d’Or (Bola de Ouro), joined Bayern Munich in 2023 after leaving Tottenham and quickly became a key reference in German football. Twenty years after his debut, he matched Klose’s World Cup goal tally, joining the elite scoring list. Bayern announced a contract extension for Kane until 2029. Kane has said he would trade the Ballon d’Or for a Champions League title, insisting collective trophies are why he is in Germany.

Klose’s own World Cup legacy

Klose lifted the 2014 World Cup with Germany and held the all‑time World Cup scoring record with sixteen goals across four tournaments until this year. He saw his record surpassed this year by Kylian Mbappé and Lionel Messi.

Nuremberg’s promotion push

Since Klose took charge, Nuremberg have finished tenth and eighth in his first two seasons. The club now finds itself in the race for promotion to the Bundesliga.