Haaland named Norway’s best player for the fifth year in a row.

Manchester City striker Erling Haaland has been name Norway’s Player of the Year for the fifth year in a row.

Haaland enjoyed a breakthrough season for City last term, scoring 27 Premier League goals as they defended their title and finished as top scorer for the second time. He also netted six in the Champions League and six for Norway.

As for his performance this season, the Sky Blues striker has had a sluggish period, but has started to regain his form in the latter period, scoring 16 goals in the league, earning him the Gullballen award, or Norwegian Player of the Year, for 2024. 

This latest win makes Haaland’s fifth คาสิโนออนไลน์ UFABET ฝากถอนรวดเร็ว เริ่มต้นเล่นง่าย consecutive win, having first won the award in 2020. 

Meanwhile, Barcelona’s Caroline Graham Hansen was name Women’s Player of the Year for the fifth time in the past six years at the Norwegian Football Federation awards ceremony on Friday.

Haaland’s brace in a Euro 2024 qualifier against Cyprus on 12 October 2023 brought his international tally to 27 goals in 27 appearances, surpassing Einar Gundersen as Norway’s second-highest all-time top scorer.On 5 June 2024, Haaland scored a third hat-trick for his country in a 3–0 friendly win against Kosovo, bringing him within three goals of Norwegian top scorer Jørgen Juve.

On 10 October 2024, Haaland scored a brace in a 3–0 Nations League win over Slovenia, reaching 34 international goals to become Norway’s all-time top scorer at the age of just 24, and overtaking Juve’s record that had stood since 1937. On 17 November, he recorded a fourth international hat-trick in a 5–0 win against Kazakhstan, helping Norway clinch promotion to League A of the Nations League for the first time.