B2158 words1:06Story American AccentPublished Jul 22, 2026 · Updated Jul 30, 2026

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Erling Haaland was born in England while his father played for Manchester City.

However, the young boy would grow up in the small Norwegian town of Bryne.

During his childhood, he decided to write down a very special dream.

He believed that one day he would win everything with Manchester City himself.

Haaland scored goals at an incredible speed that nobody could easily explain.

He scored a brilliant hat-trick in his very first Champions League match for Salzburg.

After that, he enjoyed an unstoppable spell of scoring at Borussia Dortmund.

Big, fast, and ice-cold, he looked like a striker built in a laboratory.

In 2022, Haaland joined Manchester City, just as he had once written.

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This amazing prophecy came true when he scored 52 goals in his first season.

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He then won the historic treble with his English club in 2023.

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However, the World Cup stage had not seen Norway since 1998, two years before he was born.

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