Erling Haaland: Stats and facts about the superstar striker

It's fair to say that superstar striker, Erling Haaland has made a big impact at Manchester City.

Last season he scored 36 goals in 35 Premier League games and so far this season he's up to 17 in the 21 games he's played. In City's most recent match against Luton, he scored five goals in just 58 minutes.

He has also become the first player to score hat-tricks in three games back-to-back, and has already scored as many Premier League hat-tricks as Cristiano Ronaldo and Jamie Vardy!

The Norway goal machine joined City from German club Borussia Dortmund for 60m euros (£51.2m), and last year helped the team win the historic treble.

Haaland is a still rising star in the game, and along with Kylian Mbappé he's looking to take over in the legend stakes from Ronaldo and Messi.

Here are some cool things you need to know about one of the hottest properties in world football.

He's got a famous dad

Alf-Inge Haaland (left) played for Manchester City and Leeds United in the late Nineties

Haaland's dad is also a big deal in Norway.

When Haaland was born, his dad, Alf-Inge Haaland, was playing in the English Premier League for Leeds United.

He went on to play for - and captain - Manchester City, which could be why Erling wanted to play for the club too.

This is a proud day for me and my family," said Haaland when he joined.

"I have always watched City and have loved doing so in recent seasons. You can't help but admire their style of play - it's exciting and they create a lot of chances, which is perfect for a player like me."

Out of nowhere

Haaland was probably only known by football experts until he stormed onto the scene by scoring nine goals in a match for Norway at the Under-20 World Cup in 2019.

In just five games for the Under-20 side, Haaland scored an incredible 11 times and was quickly fast-tracked into the senior set-up.

His goal-scoring exploits made news all over the world as lots of experts called him 'one to watch'.

Record breaker

He's already broken records where ever he goes!

As well as his Premier League hat-trick heroics, he also became is the youngest player to reach 50 Bundesliga goals.

He also became the first teenager to score in five consecutive UEFA Champions League matches.

He's also the youngest player to have scored over 20 Champions League goals.

Big impact at 15

Haaland played for Ole Gunnar Solskjaer at Molde

Haaland made his senior debut in football at just 15 when he came off the bench in a Norway second-tier league game for Bryne FK against Ranheim IL.

He impressed then-Molde boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer enough to secure a move to the top division.

Within a year of moving to Molde, he was off again. This time, he was signed by Austrian champions, Red Bull Salzburg before moving to Borussia Dortmund and then on to Man City.

Can he play for England?

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Haaland was born in Leeds... and that mean's he's eligible to play for England....

But before you get too excited, he's already been capped by Norway so there's no chance of him leading England to World Cup victory in the future.

A brilliant alarm tone

Haaland is known for his big confident statements.

For example, when he was talking about his performances in the Champions League, he said: "The Champions League anthem is my alarm tone. I wake up to it everyday... it's the last song I'll get tired of."

Another good one was: "I sleep with the balls that I scored a hat-trick with... I look at them every day."

Catch him if you can

At six foot four, Haaland has a lot of body to shift.

Despite this, during a match against PSG in 2020, Haaland ran so fast that he would have qualified for the 60 metres at the 2018 World Athletics Championships.

That's about 36 km/h (22 mph) in case you were wondering.