Erling Haaland was born in Leeds, Yorkshire, England. He is a Norwegian male football player who serves as a forward and currently plays for Manchester City Football Club.

Haaland was born in the youth training camp of Brune Football Club in Norway and joined Molde Football Club in 2017. He joined Red Bull Salzburg in January 2019 and won the Austrian Football Super League championship once with the team; he joined Borussia Dortmund in December.

In 2020, he won the European Golden Boy Award. In 2021, he won the 2020-21 Champions League Golden Boot and the Best Forward. In January 2022, he won the FIFA Team of the Year; in June of the same year, he joined Manchester City Football Club. On August 13, "France Football" announced the 2022 Ballon d'Or nominees, and Erling Haaland was on the list.

National team career

In March 2018, Haaland represented the Norwegian U19 team in the U19 European Youth Championship qualifiers; on March 27, the Norwegian U19 team defeated 5-4 In the Scotland U19 team's game, Haaland scored a "hat trick". In July, Haaland represented the Norwegian U19 team in the 2018 U19 European Youth Championship, and eventually helped the Norwegian U19 team qualify for the 2019 Poland U20 World Cup.

On May 31, 2019, in the third round of Group C of the World Youth Championship in Poland, the Norwegian U20 team defeated the Honduras U20 team 12-0. Haaland scored 9 goals alone and became the first player in the World Youth Championship. The player with the most goals in a single game in history. On August 28, the Norwegian Football Association officially announced the national team roster, and Haaland was selected. On September 6, in the fifth round of Group F of the European Cup qualifiers, Norway defeated Malta 2-0, Haaland started and completed his debut for the Norwegian men's national football team.