but when he was about 12, 13, he grew very fast. the thing about erling haaland is i think you have to start- with the parents, i with the genetics. because we talk about his father a lot, of course, i alfie haaland, but we don t talk enough about erling i haaland s mother, who was, at youth level, at one point, | the national champion in heptathlon. - his grandmother s brother on the mother s side - is gabriel hoyland, - who is the record appearance holder of bryne football club. so he was born into a real sporting family with just l incredible pedigree on all sides. -
he doesn t speak long sentences, and that s normal here. growing up in bryne is very much about football. it s basically been the one thing that this town is all about. the football team bryne were in the top divisionl for a very long time, - they finished second twice in the 805, they won the cup in 1987. - it s always been a place that people around norway- will have known about. this area is actually the place in norway with the least snow, so the best teams in the country used to come here in march to play on grass. this was before we got artificial grass of course. erling was born in leeds, came with his family in bryne in 2004, started to play in a team when he was five or six years old. he was very small,
but he knew that he wanted to go further. he knew and we knew that he had a lot more in store for the future. i m a simple guy. when i do something and i like it, i want to do it more. i would love to win more trophies because of the feeling. and exactly the same with the goals, exactly the same with winning games, you know, cos just the feeling is so nice. so, for me, it s a natural thing. when we first saw how good he s gonna be was our best player at the moment, and erling just passed him and, like, pushed him. i think still he s somewhere, and he was going to go and everyone just said, ok, wow, now we see how this guy is going. two days later, he signed for molde. it was very exciting when he went to molde as a 16 year old guy. alfie and erling himself,
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it s surreal that one of the most famous footballers in the world has come out of this little place! a child like erling is spotted from the first kick on the ball in fact. every time erling changes club, this town changes colour. - fantastic guy, everybody liked him. he knew and we knew that he had a lot more in store for the future. when i was young, i wanted to become the best in the world. dreams do come true. my name is andreas vollsund. i m mayor of time kommune. bryne is the big city in this community.