A Norwegian football phenomenon

Erling Braut Haaland might be the world’s most famous Norwegian right now. After hammering in goal after goal for the Norwegian national team and the major German club Borussia Dortmund, the world’s biggest clubs all want to sign him, which Manchester City recently did. Erling is the golden boy who smiles a lot, trains a lot and scores a lot.

Norway may have never produced such an enormous talent. How did Erling Braut Haaland get so good? How did a slip of a boy from the small town of Bryne in southern Norway become one of the biggest stars in the world’s biggest sport?

This wonderfully illustrated book takes the reader on a journey of ups, downs and an unstoppable desire to improve. The book will inspire all children who are interested in football and dream of becoming profes- sional footballers.

The book is illustrated by Thomas Kirkeberg. Format: 18 cm × 25 cm, 157 pages.

Ørjan Zazzera Johansen (b. 1974) is an author and literary scholar. He stopped playing football twenty years ago but still dreams of going pro.