The most recent of Haaland’s achievements occurred just a week ago on Tuesday when he broke the record for the quickest player to reach 30 goals in the Champions League by scoring an incredible five times for City in a match against RB Leipzig.
Erling Haaland of Manchester City has been breaking records this season
Erling Haaland’s achievements began when he was only five years old
Erling Haaland set a world record for five-year-olds in the long jump
It took him just 35 minutes to score all five goals, bringing his total tally for the season to 39 goals in 36 games, a figure that saw him break the Citizens’ all-time record for goals scored, which had been set by Tommy Johnson 94 years earlier.
However, the star striker’s exploits did not begin until he was in the first grade when he broke a world record for the long jump for five-year-olds.
In 2006, while still a student at Bryne, the Norway international cleared a height of 1.63 meters.
When the 22-year-old was playing for Borussia Dortmund in 2020, he also displayed tremendous speed, so that wasn’t the only time he showed athletic prowess; of course, that wasn’t the only time he showed athletic prowess.
A time of 6.64 seconds was recorded for the 60-meter dash by the prominent Norwegian athlete, which would have qualified him for the final of the indoor competition at the 2018 World Championships.
His father, Alf-Inge, who is also Haaland’s agent, had a successful Premier League career playing for Leeds, Nottingham Forest, and of course, City. It would appear that Haaland inherited a passion for sports from his father.
The mother of the former star of Red Bull Salzburg, Gry Marita, who won the national heptathlon championship in Norway, was also a champion.
While his cousins on his mother’s side, Albert Tjaland, and Jonatan Braut Brunes, play for the Norwegian clubs Bryne and Start respectively.
Despite the fact that Haaland has already scored a staggering 28 goals in only 26 Premier League matches, it does not appear that he will slow down any time soon.
Many people believe that he possesses the skills necessary to one day break Alan Shearer’s record for the most goals scored in Premier League history.
