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Erling Braut Haaland (né Håland; Urban East Norwegian: [ˈhòːlɑn]; born 21 July 2000) is a Norwegian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Premier League club Manchester City and the Norway national team. Considered one of the best players in the world, he is known for his speed, strength, positioning, and finishing inside the ...
To continue his outstanding first season in English football, Haaland won the Double after City lifted the FA Cup trophy following our 2-1 win over Manchester United at Wembley Stadium.
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Haaland’s athletic prowess was already evident from a very early age. Remarkably, he still holds the world record for the longest standing long jump by a five-year-old International Age Records show that the Norwegian striker set the record on 22 January 2006, producing a remarkable leap of 1.63m
Haaland has revealed that at one stage the Champions League anthem served as his dedicated, go-to alarm call tone. “[The Champions League anthem] is my alarm tone. I wake up to it every day - it’s the last song I’m tired of,” he said speaking in 2019. “I always get a perfect start to the day.”
Before leaving Norway to play with Red Bull Salzburg in Austria, Haaland was part of a rap group called the Flow Kingz along with fellow leading young Norwegian players Erik Tobias Sandberg and Erik Botheim. Their YouTube video for Kygo jo, has so far attracted more than 9million views! “We were with the national team at Under-16 or Under-17, and w...
Despite his still tender years, Haaland is already a formidable physical presence, thanks to his tall, imposing 6ft 4ins frame. And such was his notable size and stature when playing at Molde in his native Norway, Haaland was fondly given the nickname, ‘The Man-Child’ by his teammates. Not least after one remarkable season that saw him gain 12cm in...
Haaland grew up in Bryne which is a small farmers’ town about 25 miles south of Stavanger. And he says he can see looking after and tending to animals on the land once he finishes playing football. “I don’t own cows or pigs, but I will for sure in the future,” Erling revealed speaking earlier this year. “Yeah, I think I will have a small farm, afte...
Aside from his long jump exploits, Erling also proved a natural athlete in a host of other disciplines. As a youngster, Haaland’s father Alfie introduced him to a number of sports; including cross-country skiing, handball and athletics. “It was before [Erling] started playing football,” Alfie revealed. “We used to take him to athletics so he could ...
To further illustrate his passion for football, whilst with Red Salzburg, Haaland revealed that he went to bed with the five match balls he had registered hat-tricks during a goal-laden first few months there. Haaland enjoyed a stunning start to his career with the Austrian club. And in an interview with a Norwegian news outlet, he said: “I sleep w...
The sporting prowess of Erling’s father, Alfie Haaland, is, of course, well known with the Norwegian having played football at the highest level in England, including a fondly remembered three-year spell with City between 2000 and 2003. However, his mother also has a notable sporting back-story of her own. Gry Marita Braut was a renowned Norwegian ...
As a younger player, Erling revealed how one of his motivating inspirations was former Swansea City and Spain cult striker Michu. In the wake of the forward’s spectacular exploits during the 2012/13 season in south Wales, which saw Michu score 22 goals in 43 appearances and help the Welsh club lift the League Cup, Haaland even at one stage tagged h...
Haaland was born on 21 July 2000 in Leeds a little over a month after his father Alfie Haaland had joined City from Leeds United. As Erling was born in England, it meant the forward was technically eligible to represent the English national team had he so chosen to. However, with Erling’s family having moved back to his native Norway in 2003, he su...
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May 10, 2022 · BBC Sport. Erling Haaland's first coach remembers the moment his former prodigy burst into the wider footballing consciousness. The forward had been scoring goals for Red Bull Salzburg in...
Erling Haaland, 23, from Norway Manchester City, since 2022 Centre-Forward Market value: €180.00m * Jul 21, 2000 in Leeds, England
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Erling Braut Haaland ( né Håland; born 21 July 2000) is a Norwegian professional footballer. He plays as a striker for Premier League club Manchester City and the Norway national team . Haaland was born in Leeds, England. His father, Alf-Inge Håland, is a former player who played as a defender and midfielder.
Jun 13, 2022 · 13 June 2022. Football Transfers. Getty Images. Erling Haaland is the fastest and youngest men's player to reach 20 Champions League goals. Erling Haaland says he is "in the right place to...
