Who Is Erling Haaland: Biography, Personal Life, Girlfriend, Career and Net Worth

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Haaland Biography

Erling Braut Haaland (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. He is known for his athleticism, speed, and finishing.

Coming through the youth system, Haaland played at senior level for Bryne's reserve and senior teams. He moved to Molde in 2017 (also playing for their reserve team), with whom he spent two seasons. Haaland signed with Austrian Bundesliga side Red Bull Salzburg in January 2019, winning two league titles and one Austrian Cup. In December 2019, he moved to German Bundesliga club Borussia Dortmund, where he won the DFB-Pokal in 2020–21.

Here is Erling Haaland’s biography, early life, career, personal life and net worth.

Erling Haaland: Early Life and Education

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Erling Haaland was born in Leeds, located in the United States, on 21st July 2000. His parents Alf-Inge Rasdal Haaland his father, and Gry Martia, his mother, named him Erling Haaland after birth. His father is an ex-player footballer player who also works as his son’s agent. He was raised together with his older brother Astor Haaland and his younger sister Gabrielle Haaland. Since a young boy, he has involved himself in various sports like golf, athletics and handball. Together with his family, they reside in Norway.

Erling Haaland has not given any information about his educational background. However, his most focus was on football which he began at the age of 6 years, and his parents encouraged him and supported him. Though no details showing whether he attended school or not and which level did he attain, he is said to have attained home-schooling, which was done by his parents.

Erling Haaland: Career

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In the 15/16 season, Haaland played for the second team Brunet and was able to score 18 goals in 14 matches. Successful performances for the reserve contributed to the transition to the main team, for which the striker made his debut at the age of 15 on May 12, 2016 in the match against Ranheim. Haaland did not last long at FC Brunn, as his brilliant performances impressed the scouts of one of the best clubs in Norway, FC Molde. Already on February 1, 2017, the child prodigy became a player at Molde, where the famous Ole Solskjaer was the coach, who took care of the player’s further progress and development.

Solskjaer gave Haaland the chance to make his debut for Molde on April 26 in the cup match against Wold, which ended 3-2 and the prodigy scored his debut goal. Already on June 4, Erling played the first match in the league, coming on as a substitute, and after 6 minutes he scored a goal. In total, in the first season for the new club, the footballer played 20 matches and scored 4 goals.

The following season, Haaland scored 4 goals against Brann in 21 minutes, despite the fact that this club at that time was the undefeated leader of the championship. It took Haaland 11 minutes and 2 seconds to complete the hat-trick, and the 4 goals in total were scored by the young talent in 17 minutes and 4 seconds. After this match, the player received offers from well-known clubs, but the club rejected everything. The 2018 season was a successful one for the young Erling, who became the team’s top scorer with 16 goals in 30 meetings.

Norway career

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Haaland scored a hat-trick against the Scottish national team on March 27, 2018. As a result, Norway won 5-4 and advanced to the final honor of the UEFA European Under-19 Championship. On July 22, 2018, the striker scored against Italy at the same European Championship.

On May 30, 2019, he scored 9 goals in one match. It was the 2019 U20 FIFA World Cup match in which Norway vied with Honduras. It was Honduras’ biggest U-20 defeat and Norway’s biggest U-20 win. However, the Scandinavians failed to overcome the group stage of the World Cup, but despite this, Haaland still became the top scorer in the tournament with 9 goals scored.

After a fantastic performance at the U-20 World Cup and excellent performances at the start of the season for Red Bull Salzburg, Norwegian head coach Lars Lagerbek challenged Haaland to the Euro 2020 qualifiers against Malta and Sweden. On September 5, the player made his debut in the match against Malta, although he did not manage to score. Haaland scored his debut goal for the Norwegian home team on 5 September 2020 against Austria in the first round of the UEFA Nations League 20/21 group stage.

Haaland was named by manager Lars Lagerbäck to the Norway senior team squad on 28 August 2019, to face Malta and Sweden in UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying matches; he made his senior national team debut on 5 September 2019 against Malta. On 4 September 2020, Haaland scored his first senior international goal for Norway in a 1–2 loss against Austria in the 2020–21 UEFA Nations League B. Three days later, he scored a brace in a 5–1 victory against Northern Ireland. On 11 October, Haaland scored his first international hat-trick in Norway's 4–0 win over Romania in a Nations League B match, bringing his tally for the senior team to six goals in six matches played.

During the September 2021 international break, Haaland scored five goals in three World Cup qualification matches, including a second hat-trick for Norway in a 5–1 victory against Gibraltar.

Style of play

A prolific goalscorer, Haaland has all the attributes of a complete centre-forward. He uses his sizeable frame to hold play up effectively and involve others. He has the pace and clever movement to run in behind; he can dribble and create; and he can finish with both feet and his head. He usually comes deep to collect the ball to help his team build play, often looking to spread the ball wide for a teammate, before turning and sprinting towards goal. He sometimes comes too deep for the defenders to not follow him, as such he has the awareness to turn on the ball and create from a forward-facing position. In the penalty area, he makes small, sharp movements to spot an opportunity for a teammate to attempt to find him in space, and change the line on which he is running and accelerate into that space, make him extremely difficult for defenders to read.

He uses his body well when playing with his back to goal, protecting the ball effectively as he tries to bring it under control. Given he can use his strength to secure possession when under pressure, he is also effective in providing his team's defenders with some respite following a clearance. Haaland's creativity is most apparent when he drifts into the left inside channel. His primary aim is always to get a shot off, but he also has the vision and skill to pick out a delayed run from midfield in the centre. His ability to carry the ball at pace also helps create for others, especially on the counter-attack.

Haaland cites Cristiano Ronaldo, Michu, Jamie Vardy and Robin van Persie as inspirations, and credits Virgil van Dijk and Sergio Ramos as two of the toughest defenders he has played against.

Physical Status

Erling Haaland: Personal Life

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Haaland is the son of the Norwegian former Nottingham Forest, Leeds United and Manchester City defender Alfie Haaland, and former women's heptathlon athlete Gry Marita Braut. His cousin Jonatan Braut Brunes plays as a forward for Lillestrøm. Brunes became the youngest player ever to feature for Bryne in a game against KFUM Oslo on 16 May 2016 at the age of 15 years, 9 months, 9 days, beating the previous record set by Haaland four days earlier. His younger cousin Albert Tjåland is also a footballer, registering over sixty goals in under forty games played with Molde's youth team.

In February 2017, in an interview with Norwegian newspaper Aftenposten, Haaland stated that "The dream is to win the Premier League with Leeds." On 30 August 2016, the music video "Kygo Jo" was uploaded to YouTube by Flow Kingz, a group consisting of Haaland and his Norway U-18 teammates Erik Botheim and Erik Tobias Sandberg. By 2020, the video had surpassed 8.2 million views and 250 thousand likes.

Haaland has stated he enjoys meditation. After scoring his second goal in Dortmund's first leg Champions League match against Paris Saint-Germain in February 2020, he celebrated by mimicking a "zen" pose in reference to his meditative practice. However, Dortmund would go on to lose and be eliminated after the second leg, with PSG scorer Neymar imitating Haaland's celebration after his goal, and the majority of the French club's squad joining in on mimicking the "zen" pose in their celebrations following the conclusion of the match. This was reportedly done as a dig to Haaland due to an alleged social media post he had made prior to the game, in which he called host venue Paris "his city". Despite some sources proposing that Haaland's post had been fake, he still said that he was not bothered by the PSG celebrations, stating: "I think they helped me a lot to get meditation out in the world and to show the whole world that meditation is an important thing so I'm thankful".

Who are Erling Haaland’s Girlfriends?

Who is Erling Haaland Girlfried Now

It appears Erling Haaland is single as of August 2022. He does not seem to be interested in getting in a relationship anytime soon. He likely enjoys his single life and focuses most of his time and energy on his football career.

Haaland is not someone who grants a lot of interv iews. Even if he does, he prefers not to speak about his personal life and relationships. Erling Braut Haaland remains relatively discreet when it comes to his love life.

After breaking up with his ex-girlfriend when he transferred to RB Salzburg, he hasn’t dated anyone. He hasn’t shared any stories regarding his love life.

Currently, this talented football star is focused on his career. Erling enjoys spending time with his family with his loved ones and family. But he is most passionate about his football career.

In an interview, Erling Haaland said, “I sleep with the five balls for each hat-trick I have scored. I lie in bed and I feel good with them. I look at them every day. They are my girlfriends.”

It is known that there is no relationship between him and Pamela Reif.

Net Worth, Salary & Earnings of Erling Haaland in 2022

Erling Haaland currently has an estimated net worth of over $12 million. He has attained and gathered most of his wealth from his career as a footballer. He is a young boy of 20 and has become successful in life, and he is now a millionaire.

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