Miroslav Klose joined the elite 100 club on Saturday, cementing his place in German football history while edging closer to Ronaldo's World Cup goal-scoring record with his brace in the 4-0 win over Argentina.

The Bayern Munich striker's 100th cap, in front of German Chancellor Angela Merkel, put him in the company of top players like Franz Beckenbauer, Juergen Klinsmann and Lothar Matthaeus as one of only nine Germans to reach the milestone.

Regarded as an old-fashioned centerforward, the 32-year-old now sits joint seventh on the list alongside defender Han-Juergen Doerner and Ulf Kirsten, one cap below Thomas Haessler.