Stefan Klos

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Stefan Klos
Full name	Stefan Klos
Date of birth	August 16, 1971 (1971-08-16) (age 36)
Place of birth	Dortmund, Germany
Height	1.81m (5ft 11in)
Playing position	Goalkeeper (Retired)
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1990-1998 1998-2007	Borussia Dortmund Rangers Total	254 (0) 208 (0) 462 (0)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Stefan Klos (born August 16, 1971 in Dortmund) is a retired German goalkeeper who last played for Rangers. He played for Borussia Dortmund from 1991, until he moved to Glasgow on Christmas Eve 1998.

Klos won the UEFA Champions League with Dortmund in 1997, but was never capped at full international level for Germany.

He was made Rangers' new captain in July 2004.

The German custodian picked up knee ligament damage in training in January 2005^[1] and missed the remainder of the double winning campaign and was replaced by Ronald Waterreus.^[2]

Waterreus kept his place for the start of the 2005/06 season, despite Klos regaining full fitness. The Rangers fans affectionately nickname him "Der Goalie", a play on the nickname of Andy Goram, who was known as "The Goalie".

Klos looked set to challenge new signing Lionel Letizi for the number one slot after Paul Le Guen's arrival at the start of the 2006-07 season but he suffered a biking injury which gave long-term third choice Allan McGregor the chance to impress. In October 2006, Klos returned to fitness and made his first appearance of the season for the first team against Osasuna in the UEFA Cup on 22 February after McGregor was sent off.

He left Rangers at the end of the 2006-07 season, after eight and a half years at the club. He was Rangers' longest serving player at the time of his retirement.