Erling Braut Håland was born on 21st July 2000 (Leeds, England) and started his career at his hometown club Bryne in 2016, and moved to Molde the next year where he spent two years, before signing with Austrian club Red Bull Salzburg in January 2019. With Salzburg, he won the Austrian Bundesliga and Austrian Cup. In the 2019–20 UEFA Champions League, he became the first teenager to score in five consecutive UEFA Champions League matches.

In December 2019, Haaland completed a transfer to Borussia Dortmund for a fee reported in the region of €20 million. He carried on his goal-scoring success in the 2019–20 Champions League campaign, becoming the second teenager to score 10 goals in the competition. Although eligible to play for the England national team, Haaland chose Norway. After the 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup, in which he won the Golden Boot where he scored nine goals in a match, another record, Haaland made his debut for the Norway senior team in September 2019.

Haaland has won the Golden Boy 2020 award.