Erling Haaland is a Norwegian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Bundesliga club, Borussia Dortmund. Let’s have a look at some of his famous rivalries.
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Erling Haaland is a Norwegian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Bundesliga club, Borussia Dortmund. Even at the age of 21, he is regarded as one of the best strikers in the world and many predict him being the future best player in the world. Haaland started his senior career at his hometown club, Bryne and later on transferred to Molde. His rise to prominence started with Austrian side, RB Salzburg where his spectacular displays in the Champions League 2019/20 caught the eyes of the world. It didn’t take long for Borussia Dortmund to act and capture his signature in January 2020. With the German club, the youngster has improved his game tremendously and that has earned him a move to Manchester City in the summer if 2022.
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Haaland was the recipient of the 2020 Golden Boy Award along with Bundesliga Player of the Season a year later. He also earned a place in the 2021 FIFA FIFPro World 11 in 2021. Having finished with 10 goals in the 2020/21 Champions League season, Haaland was also named the UEFA Forward of the Season. Combining pace with strength and physicality, Haaland is considered as one of the most complete strikers currently with plenty of potential for improvement still there. Now let’s have a look at some of his famous rivalries.
The two best youngsters in football, Mbappe and Haaland have displayed extraordinary levels of consistency given their age. Many experts have predicted these two to replicate the Ronaldo and Messi rivalry in the future. While Mbappe plays as a winger, he is more complete with his goals and assists rising to world-class levels in recent years. Haaland, on the other hand plays as a centre forward and has a splendid collection of goals to his name. When these two faced each other in the knockout round of Champions League in 2020, Mbappe came out the winner but much of the limelight was taken by Haaland due to his brace in the first leg of the tie.
Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund have been involved in an intense rivalry for years now. Naturally, their two poachers have been subject to continuous debates and matchups. Two special players, Haaland and Lewandowski have come into the spotlight whenever they have come against each other. Both have continued to push each other to world-class levels. Somewhere owing to the qualities of the squads they are a part of, Lewandowski has managed to edge his counterpart when it comes to statistics and honours.
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Vinicius Jr. has really come of age during the current season. The Brazilian who was initially heavily criticized for his end-product has now become one of the most productive players in Europe. Haaland, meanwhile has been regarded as one of the most promising footballers for a good part of three years now. The pair are undoubtedly the best two U-21 players in the world currently. In fact, they lead the charts when it comes to U-21 players with the most goal contributions with Vinicius at the first place with 37 goals and assists and Haaland just below him with 36.
