Erling Braut Håland breaks U-20 World Cup record with nine goals in one match

• Norwegian’s father is former Man City player Alf-Inge
• Eighteen-year-old is eligible to play for England

It’s perhaps not a surprise that Norway’s Erling Braut Håland is excelling at the Under-20 World Cup. He has the genetics – his father is former Man City and Leeds player Alf-Inge Håland – and the size – at 6ft 3in he towers over many of the other players at the tournament. But few would have predicted he would score nine goals in a single match, as he did against Honduras on Thursday.

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