Yearender 2021: Erling Haaland, goals and records

Sky
seems
to
be
the
limit
for
the
former
Red
Bull
Salzburg
forward
as
he
keeps
on
impressing
for
Borussia
Dortmund
week
in
week
out.

Dortmund
only
managed
to
finish
third
in
Bundesliga
last
campaign
and
currently
find
themselves
second
in
the
standings
albeit
they
are
nine
points
behind
league
leaders
Bayern
Munich.
However,
Haaland
has
consistently
delivered
goals
for
the
Black
and
Yellows
and
if
not
for
him,
the
club
would
have
struggled
to
maintain
their
top
four
position.

The
Norway
international
continues
to
be
linked
with
a
mega-money
move
away
from
Signal
Iduna
Park
and
it
is
hardly
a
surprise
that
almost
every
top
club
in
Europe
is
chasing
his
signature.
It
would
be
interesting
to
see
where
he
ends
up
eventually
and
how
long
can
Dortmund
manage
to
retain
him.

Here,
we
look
at
how
the
21-year-old
fared
during
2021.

Goals

Haaland
has
been
synonymous
to
goals
since
his
emergence
into
the
European
footballing
circuit
and
he
keeps
defying
the
odds
to
keep
up
his
incredible
record
in
front
of
the
net.
2021
has
been
not
an
exception
for
the
wonderkid
tipped
to
challenge
for
every
individual
honour
in
world
football
in
years
to
come.
The
21-year-old
finished
third
in
the
race
for
Bundesliga
Golden
Boot
last
season
and
finds
himself
third
in
the
race
this
season
as
well.
Haaland
has
scored
a
total
of
49
goals
for
club
and
country
during
this
calendar
years.
Among
those,
six
have
been
for
his
country
while
43
has
been
in
the
colours
of
BVB.

Assists

Haaland
might
be
famous
for
his
exceptional
eye
for
goals
but
he
is
also
quite
good
in
terms
of
creativity
as
well.
He
has
produced
a
total
of
14
assists
during
this
calendar
year
with
five
of
them
coming
during
this
season
and
the
rest
during
the
second
half
of
the
last
campaign.
It
is
only
due
to
the
player’s
incredible
ability
to
find
the
net
that
his
ability
to
create
goals
for
his
teammates
does
not
get
the
due
recognition.

Records

During
2021,
Haaland
added
several
records
to
his
name.
He
has
become
the
fastest
player
to
reach
50
Bundesliga
goals
as
well
as
the
youngest
player
to
reach
50
Bundesliga
goals.
The
21-year-old
also
became
the
fastest
player
to
have
scored
100
career
goals
for
club
and
country
previously
held
by
Kylian
Mbappe.
He
took
only
146
games
to
reach
the
milestone
in
comparison
to
Mbappe’s
180.
If
the
21-year-old
can
maintain
his
goalscroing
record,
he
could
potentially
end
up
as
the
greatest
striker
of
all
time
and
he
certainly
has
all
the
ingredients
to
achieve
such
feat.