June 13 Not long ago, Manchester City officially announced that Haaland joined
team.
When the long-awaited came out, Manchester City officials also listed ten things about Harland that fans must not know.
details as follows:
1. Harland is also the world record holder in the standing long jump (5 years old)
On January 22, 2006, the 5-year-old Harland scored 1.63 meters in the standing long jump, which also broke the world record for the standing long jump of a 5-year-old kid at the time.
2. The most hated song turned out to be the theme song of the Champions League
In this regard, Haaland said: “The Champions League theme song is my alarm clock, I wake up to this music every morning – this is also the song I hate the most.”
3. Harland was also a Rapper
Before Haaland left Norway to join Red Bull Salzburg, Haaland was still a member of a rap group called Flow Kingz. Their previous rap video had as many as 9 million hits on Youtue.
Regarding this experience, Harland said: “I was a member of Norway U16 and U17 at the time, and I was good friends with the other members of the rap group. We tried to do a lot of things together, and then we had a good relationship.
The idea — to do a music video. That song was really good and it got a lot of hits.”
4. Harland once grew 12 centimeters a year and was called “The Man-Child” by the locals
Harland, who is 194 centimeters tall, has always been the most eye-catching one on the field before. His teammates called him “The Man-Child”. He also grew nearly 12 centimeters in one season.
5. Harland also considered being a small farmer
Haaland, who grew up in a rural town, once revealed: “After I retire, I will go back to my hometown in Bern to raise some animals.”
“I don’t have any cows or pigs to keep, but I will definitely have one in the future and maybe consider some goats as well.”
6. Harland was also exposed to other sports when he was young
In addition to his excellent long jump ability, Haaland’s father also exposed him to cross-country skiing, handball and track and field.
Haaland also played handball before the age of 14, and practiced skiing and track and field. It is worth mentioning that his handball skills were also favored by the coach of the Norwegian handball national team.
In this regard, Haaland’s father said: “It is important to develop comprehensively, which is always useful.”
7. Haaland once slept with 5 footballs in his arms and called them his girlfriends.
In order to further prove his passion for football to the outside world, Haaland once revealed that he scored too many goals in the months when he played for Red Bull Salzburg. He completed many hat-tricks.
A hat-trick and I’m going to sleep with five footballs, it’s a good feeling when I’m in bed. I watch them every day and these footballs are my girlfriends.”
8. Excellent family genes
Haaland’s father is well known to everyone and also played for Manchester City from 2000 to 2003.
It is worth mentioning that Harland’s mother Marita Braut was also a well-known heptathlon champion in Norway in the 1990s.
9. Idol
Haaland previously regarded former Swansea striker Michu as his idol, and he also compared himself to him on his INS.
10. Haaland might have been able to represent England
Harland was born in Leeds, England on July 21, 2000. Since he was born in England, this means that he was eligible to represent the England team.
But his family eventually moved back to Norway in 2003, and he subsequently chose to represent the Norwegian national team.