Erling Haaland is on the cusp of creating more history as he looks set to break a 90-year international record.
The Manchester City marksman has been in imperious form this season – chipping in with 11 goals from ten matches in all competitions.
His stunning start has seen him bring up 100 goals for the Citizens – just two years after joining from Borussia Dortmund.
And he equalled Cristiano Ronaldo‘s record for hitting a century of goals for one side in the least time having done so in 105 matches.
While he still has some way to go before he catches Sergio Aguero‘s record haul of 260 for City, he only needs one more to go level on Norway’s all-time list.
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Haaland has found the back of the net 32 times for Norway from his 35 caps since making his debut in 2019.
He is one behind Jorgen Juve’s tally of 33, which has stood since before the Second World War.
Juve’s international career spanned from 1927-1938, where he featured 45 times for the Scandinavian nation.
His 33rd international goal came in 1934, with the ex-Basel marksman failing to score from his following 18 matches.
Though that is because Juve was largely used as a defender in his final years for Norway, where he captained his country to a bronze medal at the Berlin Olympic Games in 1936.
Of the 211 FIFA-affiliated nations, Norway’s outright individual record for all-time top scorer is the longest-standing.
But Juve’s record could finally be equalled – or broken – by Haaland during the October international break.
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Norway face Slovenia and Austria in the Nations League, with Haaland grabbing the winner against the latter in their previous outing last month.
And should Haaland score in either fixture on Thursday or Sunday, he would equal or eclipse Juve’s total in less appearances.
Haaland is one of two players that have entered Norway’s top five goalscorer list in the 21st century.
Einar Gundersen scored 26 times for the Lions during his 11-years with the national team from 1917-1928.
Meanwhile Harald Hennam banged in 25 goals from 1949-1960.
And completing the top five is Aston Villa cult hero Jon Carew, who managed 24 strikes across two centuries – from 1998-2011.
Should Haaland manage to score during the October break, it would be one of a handful of records he has set already this season.
His hat-trick on matchweek two against Ipswich extended his own record of scoring against all 23 top-flight teams he has faced.
He followed that up with another treble at West Ham – seeing him break the feat for most goals scored by a player in a team’s first three matches of a Premier League campaign [seven].
A brace against Brentford followed, which saw him break Wayne Rooney’s 13-year record of scoring the most goals after four fixtures [nine].
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And after scoring against Arsenal the following week in his fifth match, he beat Newcastle icon Micky Quinn’s 22-year record by becoming the fastest player to score ten Premier League goals.
No stranger to finding himself in the history books, it’s surely only a matter of time before he enters Norway’s.
