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Erling Haaland

Norway

21 July 2000

striker

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Erling Haaland 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, and the greatest Norwegian player ever, he is known for his speed, strength, positioning, and finishing inside the box. In his debut Premier League season, Haaland broke the record for the most goals scored by a player in a single season, with 36.

Coming through the youth system, Haaland played for Norwegian sides Bryne and Molde, before relocating to Austria with Red Bull Salzburg in January 2019. His performances there earned him a move to Bundesliga club Borussia Dortmund, where he won the DFB-Pokal in 2021. In the summer of 2022, he transferred to Manchester City for a fee of €60 million (£51.2 million), and was instrumental in the club winning a continental treble in his debut campaign; his 52 goals across all competitions was the most ever for a Premier League player. Haaland was named the league's Young Player and Player of the Season, becoming the first player to win both awards in the same year.

Haaland has won several individual awards and broken various records during his career, including the 2020 Golden Boy award, while in 2021 he was named Bundesliga Player of the Season, in addition to his inclusion in the FIFA FIFPro World11 for 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024. He has also broken multiple Premier League records, including most goals scored in a season, the quickest individual to score two, three, four and five hat-tricks, and the first in league history to score hat-tricks in three consecutive home matches. In 2023, he won the Premier League Golden Boot, the European Golden Shoe and the Gerd Müller Trophy for his goalscoring success. In the same year, his performances led him to be named UEFA Men's Player of the Year, IFFHS World's Best Player and finish runner-up in the Ballon d'Or.

Haaland has represented Norway at various youth levels. In the 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup, he won the tournament's Golden Boot after scoring a record nine goals in a single match. He made his senior international debut in September 2019, and is the nation's all-time top goalscorer.

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📋 Profile & Career

: Haaland with Norway in 2025

⚽ Personal information:
Full name: Erling Braut Haaland
Birth name: Erling Braut Håland
Date of birth: (2000-07-21) 21 July 2000 (age 25)
Place of birth: Leeds, West Yorkshire, England
Height: 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)
Position(s): Striker

⚽ Team information:
Current team: Manchester City
Number: 9

⚽ Youth career:
2005–2016: Bryne

⚽ Senior career*:
Years: Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2016: Bryne 2 14 (18)
2016–2017: Bryne 16 (0)
2017: Molde 2 4 (2)
2017–2019: Molde 39 (14)
2019–2020: Red Bull Salzburg 16 (17)
2020–2022: Borussia Dortmund 67 (62)
2022–: Manchester City 100 (88)

⚽ International career‡:
2015: Norway U15 4 (4)
2016: Norway U16 17 (1)
2017: Norway U17 5 (2)
2017: Norway U18 6 (6)
2018: Norway U19 6 (6)
2019: Norway U20 5 (11)
2018: Norway U21 3 (0)
2019–: Norway 44 (43)
: * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 17:20, 31 August 2025 (UTC)‡ National team caps and goals as of 20:20, 4 September 2025 (UTC)