Erling Haaland
Haaland began his senior career with Bryne and Molde before signing with Red Bull Salzburg in 2019, where he won the Austrian Bundesliga and the Austrian Cup. Haaland joined Bundesliga club Borussia Dortmund in 2020, where he won the DFB-Pokal in 2021. In 2022, Haaland transferred to Manchester City for a fee of €60 million (£51.2 million) and won the continental treble in his debut campaign: he set the record for most goals scored by a player in a Premier League season (36) and most goals by a Premier League player in all competitions in one season (52), winning the Premier League Golden Boot, European Golden Shoe and the Gerd Müller Trophy. He was also named UEFA Men’s Player of the Year, IFFHS World’s Best Player, and finished runner-up in the Ballon d’Or. He also ranks as Manchester City’s ninth-highest all-time top goalscorer.
Early life
Erling Braut Haaland was born Erling Braut Håland on 21 July 2000 in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, as his father Alfie Haaland was playing for Leeds United in the Premier League at the time.In 2004, at the age of three, he moved to Bryne, his parents’ hometown in Norway.
Along with playing football from an early age, Haaland took part in various other sports as a child, including handball, golf, and track and field.He also reportedly achieved a world record in his age category for the standing long jump when he was five, with a recorded distance of 1.63 metres in 2006.
Molde
Erling Braut Haaland was born Erling Braut Håland on 21 July 2000 in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, as his father Alfie Haaland was playing for Leeds United in the Premier League at the time.In 2004, at the age of three, he moved to Bryne, his parents’ hometown in Norway.
Along with playing football from an early age, Haaland took part in various other sports as a child, including handball, golf, and track and field.He also reportedly achieved a world record in his age category for the standing long jump when he was five, with a recorded distance of 1.63 metres in 2006.
International career
Haaland plays for Norway, and has represented them at various age groups. On 27 March 2018, while with the Norway under-19 side, Haaland scored a hat-trick against Scotland in a 5–4 victory, helping his country secure qualification to the 2018 UEFA European Under-19 Championship.[172] On 22 July 2018, Haaland scored a penalty against Italy in a 1–1 draw during the tournament finals.On 30 May 2019, Haaland scored nine goals in the Norway under-20 team’s 12–0 win against Honduras at the 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Lublin, Poland.This was Norway’s biggest ever win at U-20 level, as well as Honduras’ heaviest ever defeat. Haaland also set a new U-20 World Cup record for most goals scored by a single player in a match, with the result additionally being the biggest win by any team in the history of the tournament.Despite the Norwegians being eliminated in the group stage, and Haaland not scoring in any other matches at the tournament, he still won the Golden Boot as the competition’s top scorer.
Career statistics
Club
As of match played 1 October 2025
| Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | League cup[b] | Europe | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Bryne 2 | 2015[218] | 3. divisjon | 3 | 2 | — | — | — | — | 3 | 2 | ||||
| 2016[218] | 3. divisjon | 11 | 16 | — | — | — | — | 11 | 16 | |||||
| Total | 14 | 18 | — | — | — | — | 14 | 18 | ||||||
| Bryne | 2016[218] | 1. divisjon | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 16 | 0 | |||
| Molde 2 | 2017[218] | 3. divisjon | 4 | 2 | — | — | — | — | 4 | 2 | ||||
| Molde | 2017[218] | Eliteserien | 14 | 2 | 6 | 2 | — | — | — | 20 | 4 | |||
| 2018[219] | Eliteserien | 25 | 12 | 0 | 0 | — | 5[c] | 4 | — | 30 | 16 | |||
| Total | 39 | 14 | 6 | 2 | — | 5 | 4 | — | 50 | 20 | ||||
| Red Bull Salzburg | 2018–19[220] | Austrian Bundesliga | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | 1[c] | 0 | — | 5 | 1 | ||
| 2019–20[220] | Austrian Bundesliga | 14 | 16 | 2 | 4 | — | 6[d] | 8 | — | 22 | 28 | |||
| Total | 16 | 17 | 4 | 4 | — | 7 | 8 | — | 27 | 29 | ||||
| Borussia Dortmund | 2019–20[220] | Bundesliga | 15 | 13 | 1 | 1 | — | 2[d] | 2 | — | 18 | 16 | ||
| 2020–21[220] | Bundesliga | 28 | 27 | 4 | 3 | — | 8[d] | 10 | 1[e] | 1 | 41 | 41 | ||
| 2021–22[220] | Bundesliga | 24 | 22 | 2 | 4 | — | 3[d] | 3 | 1[e] | 0 | 30 | 29 | ||
| Total | 67 | 62 | 7 | 8 | — | 13 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 89 | 86 | |||
| Manchester City | 2022–23[221] | Premier League | 35 | 36 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11[d] | 12 | 1[f] | 0 | 53 | 52 |
| 2023–24[222] | Premier League | 31 | 27 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 9[d] | 6 | 2[g] | 0 | 45 | 38 | |
| 2024–25[223] | Premier League | 31 | 22 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9[d] | 8 | 5[h] | 3 | 48 | 34 | |
| 2025–26[224] | Premier League | 6 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2[d] | 3 | — | 8 | 11 | ||
| Total | 103 | 93 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 31 | 29 | 8 | 3 | 154 | 135 | ||
| Career total | 259 | 206 | 27 | 23 | 2 | 1 | 56 | 56 | 10 | 4 | 354 | 290 | ||
Club career
Bryne
Haaland started in the academy of his hometown club Bryne at the age of five.
During the 2015 and 2016 seasons, Haaland played for Bryne 2 (Bryne’s reserve team) in the Norwegian fourth tier and impressed, scoring 18 goals in 14 matches. He debuted for Bryne 2 on 5 October 2015 in the Group 6 of the 2015 fourth division in a 1–0 home loss against Start reserves and five days later he scored his first goal on senior level against Hei in a 2–1 defeat away to Heistad. The following season he appeared more often in the Bryne 2 squad and he scored his first career hat-trick on 19 September 2016, aged 16 and 2 months, in an away 5–3 win over Vard Haugesund 2 in the Group 6 of the Norwegian fourth tier.
In May 2016, Gaute Larsen was sacked as Bryne manager, and youth coach Berntsen was promoted to caretaker manager. Having worked closely with Haaland in other youth teams, the interim manager handed the teenager his first start, three months before his 16th birthday.His first game with Bryne FK was a second-tier 1. divisjon match against Ranheim on 12 May.
