Man. City Gets New Number 9, 'Scary' Statistics of Haaland
Monster numbers for a footballer who will turn 22 in July. Erling Haaland always leaves a mark with his confidence in front of the gates and Manchester City that has just welcomed him is ready to enjoy the spectacle.
Pep Guardiola will finally have the number 9 he asked for last summer after the departure of Sergio Aguero and failed to transfer Harry Kane from Tottenham. But he has already guaranteed a goal machine.
With the double marked in the League of Nations challenge against Sweden, Haaland climbed to the quota of 20 goals with the Norway jersey in just 21 official matches. His debut with the national team dates back to September 5, 2019, when he became active starter in the 2-0 home success against Malta. A year later came the first goal in the match valid for the first tournament of the League of Nations lost 2-1 against Austria. Since then he has not stopped.
42 goals in 39 games is the balance of the season that just closed with the club and the national team. Crazy figures. His goal average is incredible: with the Salzburg shirt, where he played during the 2019-’20 season, he scored 29 goals in 27 games. With Borussia Dortmund are 86 goals in 89 games. In the European Cups 27 goals in 25 meetings. These are machine statistics that break record after record: in September 2019, he had just turned 19, he entered the history of the Champions with his debut, scoring with the Salzburg jersey three goals in the 6-2 victory over Genk in 45 ? First. He became the second youngest footballer after Wayne Rooney to score a hat-trick in his Champions League debut.
In March 2021 Haaland signed another record in this competition: with the double against Sevilla, he became the youngest player to reach the quota of 20 goals in the Champions, scored in just 14 games, thus surpassing Harry Kane (24 games, Del Piero 26, Filipo Inzagi 28). And now begins the new adventure at Manchester City.