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Erling Haaland (Pic: Twitter)
Norwegian star footballer Erling Haaland broke yet another record on Sunday with his 9th-minute goal in City’s 2-2 draw against Arsenal at the Ethihad Stadium. Haaland, with that goal, became the 19th Manchester City player to cross the 100-goal mark for the Etihad side. However, he did it in the fewest matches, i.e. 105.
Apart from Haaland, other notable names on the list are the club’s all-time highest goalscorer Sergio Aguero, midfield maestro Kevin De Bruyne, Raheem Sterling, etc.
|
Player |
Matches |
Goals |
|
Sergio Aguero |
390 |
260 |
|
Eric Brook |
493 |
177 |
|
Tommy Johnson |
355 |
166 |
|
Colin Bell |
501 |
153 |
|
Joe Hayes |
364 |
152 |
|
Billy Meredith |
394 |
152 |
|
Francis Lee |
330 |
148 |
|
Tommy Browell |
247 |
139 |
|
Billy Gillespie |
231 |
132 |
|
Fred Tilson |
275 |
132 |
|
Raheem Sterling |
339 |
131 |
|
Alec Herd |
288 |
126 |
|
Horace Barnes |
235 |
125 |
|
Frank Roberts |
222 |
124 |
|
Dennis Tueart |
275 |
109 |
|
Neil Young |
416 |
108 |
| Kevin De Bruyne |
386 |
103 |
|
Shaun Goater |
212 |
103 |
| Erling Haaland |
105 |
100 |
The Norwegian, in the process, also equalled Cristiano Ronaldo’s record of the fastest to 100 goals for a European club. The Portuguese set the record back in 2011 while playing for Real Madrid.
Top 10 players with fastest 100 goals for a European club
|
Player |
Club |
Games |
| Erling Haaland |
Manchester City |
105 |
| Cristiano Ronaldo |
Real Madrid |
105 |
| Luis Suarez |
Barcelona |
120 |
|
Zlatan Ibrahimovic |
Paris Saint-Germain |
124 |
| Cristiano Ronaldo |
Juventus |
131 |
| Ruud Van Nistelrooy |
Manchester United |
131 |
| Edinson Cavani |
Napoli |
135 |
|
Robert Lewandowski |
Bayern Munich |
136 |
| Kylian Mbappe | Paris Saint-Germain |
137 |
| Christian Vieri |
Inter Milan |
138 |
Other Premier League records by Haaland
Erling Haaland, who holds the record for the most goals in a Premier League season with 36 goals is also joint number four with Thierry Henry, Harry Kane and Micheal Owen in the list of highest number of Premier League hat-tricks with 8. City legend Sergio Aguero leads this list with 12 Premier League hat-tricks, while Alan Shearer and Robbie Fowler are second and third on this list with 11 and 9 hat-tricks respectively.
Erling Haaland: Full list of career goals
Haaland in his entire footballing career has played 288 matches, while amassing 235 goals and 50 assists in the process.
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Full list of goals by Erling Haalnd |
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Competition |
Matches Played |
Goals scored |
Assists |
|
Premier League |
71 |
73 |
12 |
|
Bundesliga |
67 |
62 |
19 |
|
UEFA Champions League |
40 |
41 |
5 |
| The elite series |
39 |
14 |
5 |
|
Bundesliga |
16 |
17 |
6 |
| The OBOS league |
16 |
0 |
0 |
| DFB Cup |
7 |
8 |
1 |
|
FA Cup |
7 |
8 |
0 |
|
NM-Cup |
6 |
2 |
0 |
|
UEFA Europa League Qualifying |
5 |
4 |
1 |
|
OFB-Cup |
4 |
4 |
0 |
|
Community Shield |
3 |
0 |
0 |
|
DFL-Supercup |
2 |
1 |
1 |
|
EFL Cup |
2 |
1 |
0 |
|
UEFA Super Cup |
1 |
0 |
0 |
|
UEFA Europa League |
1 |
0 |
0 |
|
UEFA Youth League |
1 |
0 |
0 |
|
Total |
288 |
235 |
50 |
First Published: Sep 23 2024 | 11:38 AM IS