Erling started his football career at the academy in his home town of Bryne when he was five years old.
Erling Haaland at Bryne reserve team
Throughout the 2015-16 season, he was a member of Bryne’s reserve team and impressed scoring eighteen goals in fourteen appearances during that season.
He was a young coach and had a close relationship with Berntsen, with whom he worked closely. Three months before the young man’s sixteenth birthday, he had the opportunity to start his first job.
The striker’s debut against Ranheim
On May 12, 2016, he made his debut in a game against Ranheim played in Second Division 1.
After playing a few games on the flank, Berntsen brought him inside to play the striker position, which is his preferred central role. The footballer’s first year at Bryne was supposed to be his breakout year, but he didn’t score a single goal.
The footballer showed his skills at German club 1899 Hoffenheim
Before moving to Molde to show off his skills for Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, he had the opportunity to try out for German club 1899 Hoffenheim. Bryne participated in a total of sixteen different games.
Molde signed him in 2017
On February 1, 2017, Molde announced that the club had signed Haaland, who was only 16 years old. Likewise, he made his debut for his club on April 26 against Volda TI and scored one goal during the game.
On June 4, Erling made his debut for Eliteserin after being brought on as a 71st-minute substitute against Sarpsborg 08. In the 77th minute, shortly after receiving a yellow card for his actions on the pitch of game just over a minute earlier, he scored the winning goal for Molde.
Moreover, the player scored four goals for his club in the first 21 minutes of their match against Brann, which ended in a 4-0 win over the then league leaders, who were still unbeaten. .
After the match, Molde coach Ole Gunnar Solskjaer compared Haaland’s style of play to that of Belgian striker Romelu Lukaku. He also said the club had turned down numerous offers for the striker from different teams.
Haaland has signed a five-year contract with Red Bull Salzburg
Reigning Austrian Bundesliga winners Red Bull Salzburg announced on August 19, 2019 that Haaland would join the team on January 1, 2019, signing a five-year contract.
On January 18, 2020, Erling made his debut for Dortmund in a game against FC Augsburg. He entered the game as a second-half substitute and scored a hat-trick in just 23 minutes, helping Dortmund to a 5–3 win.
He set a record for being the fastest football player to accomplish this mark, as he was the first footballer in the Bundesliga to score five goals in the first two games of the season. Likewise, he received the Player of the Month award for the Bundesliga.
Haaland has competed for Norway in many age categories while representing the country. He led his team to win against Scotland by scoring a hat-trick in their 5–4 triumph which helped them qualify for the 2018 UEFA European Under-19 Championship.
On 22 July 2018, he converted a penalty against Italy in the final of the competition, which ended in a 1–1 draw. Likewise, he scored nine goals as the Norway Under-20 team beat Honduras 12-0 at the 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Lublin, Poland on May 30, 2019.
