Player profile
Erling Braut Haaland is a Norwegian footballer who plays as a striker for Manchester City and the Norway national team. He is known for his speed, strength, and finishing inside the box. Haaland started his career playing for Bryne and Molde before signing with Red Bull Salzburg in January 2019. He won two league titles and one Austrian Cup with Salzburg before moving to Borussia Dortmund in December 2019, where he won the DFB-Pokal in 2020–21. Haaland won several individual awards and broke various records during his career, including becoming the first teenager to score goals in five consecutive UEFA Champions League matches. He has represented Norway at various youth levels and made his senior international debut in September 2019.
Game style
Haaland is a complete centre-forward who possesses several attributes, including the ability to hold play up, run in behind, create, and finish with both feet and his head. He is effective at coming deep to collect the ball and spread it wide, before sprinting towards goal. Haaland uses his body well when playing with his back to goal and can protect the ball effectively, providing his team’s defenders with respite. He idolizes Zlatan Ibrahimović and Cristiano Ronaldo, and cites Michu, Jamie Vardy, Sergio Agüero, and Robin van Persie as inspirations, and credits Virgil van Dijk and Sergio Ramos as two of the toughest defenders he has played against.
Life achievement
Haaland has won numerous individual awards and broken several records throughout his career. He was the first teenager to score goals in five consecutive UEFA Champions League matches and was the top scorer of the Champions League for the 2020–21 season. He has won the Golden Boy award and was named Bundesliga Player of the Season in 2021, and was included in the FIFA FIFPro World11 in both 2021 and 2022. Haaland has also broken several Premier League records with Manchester City. He has represented Norway at various youth levels and won the Golden Boot in the 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup, and made his senior international debut in September 2019.
Playing team
Manchester City Football Club is an English team founded in 1880 and based in Manchester. They play in the Premier League and their home ground is the Etihad Stadium. The club has won numerous titles, including eight league titles, six FA Cups, eight League Cups, six FA Community Shields, and one European Cup Winners’ Cup. They experienced a period of success in the late 1960s and early 1970s, followed by a decline and relegation to the third tier of English football in 1998. After being taken over by Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan in 2008, the club entered a new era of unprecedented success, winning numerous titles, including four consecutive Premier League titles from 2018 to 2022. They are currently owned by City Football Group Limited and topped the Deloitte Football Money League in 2020-2021, making them the football club with the highest revenue in the world.
