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.

The 36-year-old Miroslav Klose scored two goals in Brazil at the FIFA World Cup, making him the highest-scoring player in World Cup history with 16, one ahead of Brazil's Ronaldo. With a career total of 71 goals, Klose is also the highest-scoring player for Germany.

Germany are attempting to become the first side from Europe to win a World Cup in the Americas, determined that a golden generation will finally gets it reward after a string of near-misses.

The 36-year-old Miroslav Klose is the sole survivor from Germany's last World Cup final in 2002 and is eager to taste victory at Rio de Janeiro's Maracana Stadium in his fourth World Cup finals.