Since its inception, football has revealed many talents, some have actually made their name in history and more and more new stars are appearing with a differential, enormous achievements and extreme skill. One of those beasts that has shown to be in an absurdly good phase and has been for some time is Erling Haaland. Anyone who sees his 1.94 m tall, his already grown-up physiognomy and his absurd ability in football doesn’t even say that he is just a 22-year-old boy. Well, the UK-born Norwegian has been on the rise for some time because of his impressive football achievements. He was a star at Borussia Dortmund and after nothing more and nothing less than 60 million euros, he is being more ace than ever at Manchester City.
At such a young age, he already has extremely impressive numbers, which puts him in the position of one of the best strikers in the world and, logically, one of the youngest as well. His feats are indeed surprising and draw praise from other giants, such as his current coach, Pep Gardiola, in which, in a press conference before the game against Borussia, he highlighted the player’s qualities, claiming to be surprised. To get a clear idea, according to the chart released by the Premier League itself, it is possible to see Haaland’s numbers, where he has already scored 17 games in just 11 games. Data reveal that no one had ever done something like this and the projection for this year is that he will break more and more new records.
Another data raised by the last Premier League game, his start at Manchester City is already greater than Lionel Messi in his best season for Barcelona, in 2011/12, where the Argentine, in the first 15 games of that season, had 16 goals and 10 assists, six goals less than Haaland. His current numbers are also higher than Lewandowski’s in the 2019/20 season, when the Pole was voted best in the world, in his first 15 games, he had scored 19 goals and given no assists. His start, however, equals the Portuguese Cristiano Ronaldo, in his top-scoring season in 2014/15, where he scored 22 goals and 4 assists in his first 15 games.
Haaland is close to scoring 200 professional goals at just 22 years old. In the last four seasons alone, there were 149 goals in 157 games for Borussia Dortmund, Manchester City and the Norwegian national team. It is indeed a phenomenon. Still extremely young and, if his good performance continues, he can break more and more records and overcome giant names in football.