Seven goals in 133 minutes of play: Erling Haaland set a historic Bundesliga record for his debut with Borussia Dortmund. Before challenging PSG, Borussia made an excellent deal by recruiting the Norwegian phenomenon, 19 years old, full of maturity and who wants to leave nothing to chance to become in the next few years the best in the world at his post. Here are the secrets of the prodigy.
It is still found in the directory. In Bryne, the Norwegian city where he grew up, he has his habits at the Chinese restaurant Wen hau House. “When he comes to visit his family and friends, Erling comes to see us. He's still the same. He did not take the big head, “says Hui-Zhu Wang, the owner of the establishment. Haaland is a very simple young man. As proof, in the directory of this small town of 12,000 inhabitants, there is always its address and telephone number ...
Still single. After his three goals in 20 min during his debut with Borussia Dortmund in Augsburg (5-3), he had brought the ball home before the BVB published on Twitter: "In Dortmund for only three weeks and already a new girlfriend. The Leeds native is still single, but he becomes a very courted character. On Instagram, he can boast today having 1.8 million followers, 300,000 more on average per week. His life remains very peaceful. His father Alf-Inge insisted that his son immediately find an apartment on the shore of Lake Phoenix in Dortmund to avoid sleeping at the hotel. In Bryne or Dortmund, he often walks on the banks of the lake listening to Norwegian rap.
All good here in Dortmund😄 pic.twitter.com/WDK2msaA2j
- Erling Haaland (@ErlingHaaland) January 18, 2020He protects his eyes to keep his reflexes. If he wears anti-flashing glasses during his hours of rest, it is so as not to damage his eyes when he is in front of the television or on his mobile phone and to have a good night, he who sleeps on average between eight and nine o'clock. Result: he better anticipates match actions, always fully awake, like his goals at BVB. He has an exceptional success rate: 1 goal every 58 minutes with Dortmund.
No food gap. If this athlete (1.94 m, 84 kg) is constantly in Olympic shape, it is above all because he is particularly careful with his lifestyle: never going out to the nightclub, never alcohol or follies. On the nutritional level, he loves avocados, nuts and seeds. "I never set foot in fast foods," he said. Very rarely injured, his only medical concern was pneumonia contracted when he was 15 years old and which kept him off the pitch for several months.
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Not a fan of the media . Appointments with the media are not the favorite occupation of this young player, not really comfortable with the microphone unlike Kylian Mbappé. His answers are often shorter than the questions asked. The longest interview he had ever given was to a Norwegian TV station when interviewed by former international Jan Age Fjörtoft. Duration of the interview: 8 minutes!