Erling Haaland: The Norwegian Prodigy

At 6’4 feet, weighing 185 pounds, the newly 22-year-old Erling Braut Haaland is an imposing presence on the world stage. The Norwegian scores more goals than he plays games and he performs effortlessly against the best defenders of the world. His scoring ability in combination with his power and speed make an interesting mix. Erling Haaland – former footballer Alf-Inge’s son – is a prodigy, who’s still at the start of his career. If he continues down this line, he’ll easily break the goalscoring records of players like Messi, Ronaldo, Benzema and Lewandowski.

The early years of Haaland in Norway

Haaland was born on the twenty-first of July in the year 2000 in Leeds. His father played for Leeds United at that time. It soon became clear that Erling had talent. He played at the Norwegian Bryne FK during his youth and he signed his first professional contract there. He played 16 matches in the season of 2016/17 and he didn’t score once. Haaland was transferred to Molde FK. He played 39 matches there and scored 14 goals. Red Bull Salzburg bought the left-footed player in the summer of 2018.

Haaland is doing well in Salzburg

During his first season at the Austrian club, Haaland only played two matches and scored in one. This appeared to be the quiet before the storm, because during the first half of the following season, the Norwegian prodigy scored 28 goals in 22 matches. Haaland scored eight goals in six matches in the Champions League, amongst them one hattrick. During the same period, he managed to score nine goals in one match when he was not even 20 years old; a world record. From this season on – 2019/20 – the Norwegian was on every top club’s scouting lists. A departure from Austria followed.

Haaland at Borrusia Dortmund

Borrusia Dortmund bought Haaland for 20 million euros from Salzburg during the winter of 2019/20. There was no need for him to get used to anything; he continued scoring quite easily. In the national competition, as well as the German Cup competitions and the Champions League. Haaland scored 62 times in the 76 matches he played for Dortmund. He also scored ten goals in seven Champions League matches. The Norwegian was awarded the Golden Boy Award for these accomplishments, the price for the best young footballer of Europe. Many top clubs wanted to buy Haaland. Barcelona, Real Madrid, Manchester City and many others wanted this scoring machine playing for them. Haaland himself chose to play for Manchester City in July 2022 and he left Dortmund for England.

Haaland at Manchester City

The media frequently expressed doubts whether the tall Norwegian would fit into City's technical game. Connoisseurs expected that Haaland would need some time to get used to Manchester City’s and the Premier League’s level. This proved to be unnecessary. In his first five matches he scored nine goals, amongst them two hattricks. In doing so, he set another record: the most scoring footballer during the first five matches of the Premier League. A short period afterwards, the left-footed player scored a hat-trick in three consecutive home games; another record.

The tally stood at 15 goals after ten league games. Haaland has already scored five goals in the first three Champions League games of the group stage. Knowing the Norwegian, this will add up quickly. Erlin Haaland's salary is around 40 million euros a year at Manchester City. At Dortmund, he earned a fraction of that: around six to seven million euros a year, and he became a multi-millionaire within a few years.

Would you like to see Haaland live in action?

Would you like to see the Norwegian phenomenon play in real life and, most probably, score? Then you should definitely book a football trip to Manchester City and visit a match of the Citizens: great football and lots of goals guaranteed!

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