Erling Braut Haaland
Erling Braut Haaland is a Norwegian professional footballer who plays as a striker for German Bundesliga club Borussia Dortmund and the Norway national team.
Born: 21 July 2000 (age 20 years), Leeds, United Kingdom
Nationality: Norwegian
Height: 1.94 m
Weight: 88 kg
Parents: Alf-Inge Håland
Current teams: Borussia Dortmund (#9 / Forward), Norway national football team (Forward), Norway National Under 21 football team(forward)
Haaland started his career at his hometown club Bryne in 2016, and moved to Molde the next year where he spent two years, before signing with Austrian club Red Bull Salzburg in January 2019. With Salzburg, he won the Austrian Bundesliga and Austrian Cup.
In the 2019–20 UEFA Champions League, he became the first teenager to score in five consecutive UEFA Champions League matches. In December 2019, Haaland completed a transfer to Borussia Dortmund for a fee reported to be in the region of €20 million. He carried on his goal-scoring success in the 2019–20 Champions League campaign, becoming the second teenager to score 10 goals in the competition.
Although eligible to play for the England national team, Haaland chose Norway. After the 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup, in which he won the Golden Boot where he scored nine goals in a match, another record, Haaland made his debut for the Norway senior team in September 2019.
Haaland is the son of the Norwegian former Nottingham Forest, Leeds United and Manchester City defender Alf-Inge Håland, and of the former women's heptathlon athlete Gry Marita Braut. He was born in Leeds and supports Leeds United. In February 2017, in an interview with Norwegian newspaper Aftenposten, Haaland stated that "The dream is to win the Premier League with Leeds." He moved to Bryne in Norway with his family at the age of three.
Recognised for his explosive acceleration and pace, athleticism, strength and precise off the ball movement, Haaland's runs in behind defenders often see him in ideal positions to score. Haaland is also quick to recognise when an opponent is preoccupied or caught ball watching, leading him to pounce when a gap opens between defenders to offer a great option for his teammates. During his short career, Haaland has established himself as a versatile goalscorer, with him being able to score through powerful long-range shots, well-placed finishes, composed finishes during a one-on-one with goal keepers, headers, and dinks.
A team player, Haaland is also an instinctive and quick reader of the play, which contributes to his quick leaps to go with his large body frame in helping him win second balls or flick long passes onto runners in behind. During his time at Dortmund, his strategic pinning and drawing of markers away from space for others to use has provided players like Jadon Sancho, Achraf Hakimi and Thorgan Hazard with space to run into to either assist or score goals. When Haaland drops deep to link play, he also acts as a good reference point through using his strength to protect the ball to hold off his opponent.
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