Karo ta ƙarshe da Norway ta shiga gasar Kofin Duniya, Erling Haaland bai ma haife ba. Yanzu, bayan shekaru 23, ya dawo da su — har zuwa zagaye na kusa-ƙarshe, ba ƙaramin abu ba — da ƙwallaye bakwai a wasanni huɗu a wannan gasar kaɗai.

Tafarkin da ya kai shi nan ya fara a Leeds, inda aka haife shi a shekarar 2000 yayin da mahaifinsa, Alf-Inge Haaland, yana kammala lokacinsa a Leeds United kafin ya koma Manchester City. Bayan shekaru uku, iyalin sun ƙaura zuwa Bryne a Norway bayan rauni ya kawo ƙarshen aikin mahaifinsa, kuma wannan shawarar ta canza komai.

Daga Bryne zuwa shahara ta duniya

Masu gano basira a ƙungiyar Bryne ta Norway sun lura da hazakar Haaland tun yana ƙarami, suka kuma ba shi damar hawan mataki a cikin ƙungiyoyin matasa. Sauya zuwa Molde — da Ole Gunnar Solskjaer ke horar da ita — ya taimaka masa wajen zama ƙarfin kai farmaki. Solskjaer ya bayyana tabbatacce nadamarsa game da rashin iya kawo Haaland zuwa Manchester United lokacin da yake kocin kulob ɗin.

Bayan haske a Red Bull Salzburg, Haaland ya sanar da kansa gaske a duniya yayin lokacinsa a Borussia Dortmund, inda ya gina ƙaunar abota ta kusa da ɗan Ingila Jude Bellingham. Sauya zuwa Manchester City a 2022 ya yi kama da an riga an ƙaddara shi, la'akari da alaƙar mahaifinsa da kulob ɗin da kuma ƙaunar Haaland da aka yi wa rikodi ga ƙwallon ƙafa na Ingila.

Duk da haka, ko da yake ya ci kowane lambar yabo da ƙwallon kulob zai iya ba da su a City, kuma yana da shahara da ke jawo kwatankwacin Lionel Messi da Cristiano Ronaldo, Haaland bai taɓa daina dawowa Norway ba. Yana da dukiyoyi a sassan ƙasar, yakan ziyarci ƙaramin garinsa a Rogaland, kuma yakan sanya kansa a hannayen kafofin watsa labarun Norway duk lokacin da yake wakiltar ƙungiyar ƙasa.