Erling Haaland vs Lionel Messi: Stats comparison at age of 24

Haaland has been a beast in front of goal for Man City.

With 52 goals in the inaugural season with Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City, Erling Haaland claimed the treble. He has perhaps already accomplished everything possible in the club game.

Compared to Lionel Messi at the of 24, Haaland who is 24 has scored far more goals, having surpassed the Argentine by over a hundred.

Even though his second season at the Etihad was largely underwhelming, he still won the Premier League title and the Golden Boot. Year after year, Erling Haaland is breaking records for the most goals scored in a season. He is literally scoring goals just for fun.

His goalscoring records speak for himself. Compared to a 24-year-old then Messi, the Norwegian is way ahead. Messi had scored a lot fewer goals than Haaland at the age of 24.

But it’s important to keep in mind that Messi was mostly a winger during his early career and hardly ever played as a striker.

Haaland has scored 99 goals since joining Man City two years ago, so there’s a good chance the Norwegian will keep scoring goals at an incredible rate for the rest of his career.

Erling Haaland vs Lionel Messi: Stats compared at the age of 24

The striker is already tearing apart the Premier League with his goalscoring exploits and has already reached 99 goals in just 104 games in his third season with Manchester City.

At the age of 24, the former Borussia Dortmund player has recorded 256 goals in just 314 games which speaks volumes about how fast he is moving with his goal tally at such a young age.

When we compare Haaland’s goals record to Messi’s when he was 24 there is a big difference in terms of goals scored at that age. Messi had only managed to produce 197 goals in 356 games.

With the speed of Haaland scoring goals, he can certainly surpass Lionel Messi’s goalscoring record with ease should he remain fit more often than not for the entirety of his playing career.

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