Erling Haaland is the newest superstar of soccer who is growing in stature with every passing season. Since his move to Manchester City, Haaland stardom has reached a new level. New fandom has increased the queries about his multilingual capabilities.
To answer the title query, I traced back his professional career to provide a concrete answer about his vocabulary prowess in different languages. I am covering his days from the Norwegian league to the English Premier League,
Native Language of Erling Haaland
Erling Haaland is a Norwegian soccer player, however, he was born in Leeds, England. It was so because Erling’s father Alfie Haaland, who was a professional soccer player himself, was playing in England at Leeds United.
Erling Haaland spent his formidable years in Norway as his family moved back to the native country when he was three years old. Haaland’s native language is Norwegian in which he is quite fluent.
It is to be noted that there are two languages in Norway – Norwegian and Sami. However, Sami is spoken by indigenous people of the region of Sápmi which falls under Norway too. There is no video evidence that I could find in which Erling Haaland was speaking Sami. If there is any video or article confirming this, please let me know in the comments.
During his childhood, Erling Haaland played for the academy of his hometown club Bryne. He later moved to another Norwegian team, Molde at the age of 17. During his stint with these two clubs, Haaland spoke only Norwegian.
Move to Red Bull Salzburg – Austria
The first major move for Haaland came in 2019 when Austrian side, Red Bull Salzburg signed him on a five-year contract. In Austria, German is the official language.
Erling Haaland started learning German when he moved to Austria, however, it wasn’t fluent by the time he left the club. Haaland impressed during his time with Salzburg, he played 27 games for them and scored 29 goals and seven assists in 12 months.
Move to Borussia Dortmund – Germany
Just after 12 months in Austria, Haaland moved to the Bundesliga when Borussia Dortmund signed him for $21 Million in 2020. During his stint at Dortmund, Haaland opened up more when he improved his German.
Haaland gave more interviews and post-match comments. He improved his skills on the field with his finishing and off-the-field with his German. There are plenty of interviews where Haaland can be seen speaking fluent German.
Haaland spent 2.5 years at Dortmund where he played 89 matches. He scored 86 goals and 23 assists for the German club and learned the German language.
Move to Manchester City – Can Erling Haaland speak English?
In the summer of 2022, Haaland moved to Manchester City for $63 Million. For any other foreign player, moving to England can be tricky due to the language barrier of English. However, it was different for Erling Haaland.
Erling Haaland is the son of former professional soccer player Alfie Haaland who had spells in England with Leeds United and Manchester City. Being a soccer player himself, Alfie knew the importance of English and made sure that Erling learned the language early in his language.
Erling Haaland must be learning English behind the scenes because he was already fluent in English before he joined the Premier League. The language barrier was nonexistent for Haaland as he quickly adapted to the former club of his dad.
Haaland had a record-breaking debut season with Manchester City where he won the treble and scored 36 goals in 35 appearances in the Premier League to make a new goal-scoring record.
Total number of languages spoken by Erling Haaland
So, there you have it, as per my research at present, Erling Haaland can speak three languages in total. Haaland is fluent in English, German, and Norwegian. This post will be worth updating when Haaland moves to another country or retires from the sport.
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