Lionel Messi and Miroslav Klose are tied at the top of goalscoring charts in FIFA World Cup history.

Lionel Messi scripted history on Wednesday (IST) with a stunning hat-trick for Argentina in their FIFA World Cup 2026 Group J opener against Algeria.

Argentina's World Cup-winning captain Lionel Messi, currently embarking on a historic sixth World Cup campaign, has 13 goals under his belt.

Miroslav Klose will be on the Bayern Munich bench when the Bundesliga restarts in nine days after having been suspended since mid-March due to the coronavirus.

Indian football captain Sunil Chhetri was on Monday picked among 28 past and present stars for world governing body FIFA's campaign to combat the COVID-19 pandemic.

Miroslav Klose, who is the highest goalscorer in the history of the FIFA World Cup with 16 strikes, arrived at Lazio in 2011 from German giants Bayern Munich. He has scored 47 goals in 115 games.

Having played for Kaiserslautern, Werder Bremen and Bayern Munich in Germany's top flight, Miroslav Klose currently plays for Italian side Lazio but his current contract expires at the end of the season and he is considering retiring from all football.

Lazio defeated 10-man Cagliari 4-2 to stretch their unbeaten run to six games.

World champions Germany have managed just four points from their three Euro 2016 qualfiers. Retirement of big stars and injuries to some of the current heroes in the team has compounded the problem.

The highest-scoring player in World Cups, Miroslav Klose has been an invaluable asset in the German national side.