Alf-Inge Haaland
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Alf-Inge Rasdal Håland | ||
| Date of birth | 23 November 1972 | ||
| Place of birth | Stavanger, Norway | ||
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | ||
| Playing position | Defender | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1990–1993 | Bryne FK | 68 | (4) |
| 1993–1997 | Nottingham Forest | 93 | (7) |
| 1997–2000 | Leeds United | 92 | (8) |
| 2000–2003 | Manchester City | 47 | (3) |
| National team | |||
| 1994–2001 | Norway | 34 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21:55, 1 March 2012 (CET). † Appearances (Goals). |
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Alf-Inge Rasdal "Alfie" Håland (born 23 November 1972 in Stavanger), anglicised to Haaland, is a Norwegian football defender. He grew up at Bryne and played his club football for Bryne FK, and later played for Nottingham Forest, Leeds United and Manchester City. Håland won 34 caps for Norway,[1] and is one of six players to have played for the Norwegian national team without ever playing in the domestic top division.
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[edit] Feud with Roy Keane
Håland is often remembered for his feud with Roy Keane. In September 1997, when Manchester United were losing 1-0 to Håland's Leeds at Elland Road, Keane injured his anterior cruciate ligament. As Keane lay prone on the ground, Håland criticised Keane for an attempted foul and suggested that he was feigning injury to avoid punishment. Keane was booked as he was stretchered off the field. He was out of action for nearly a year afterwards, missing the remainder of the 1997-98 season.
Three and a half years later, in April 2001, Keane' fouled Håland, high up on his right knee. Initially, Keane was simply fined £5,000 and received a three-match ban. However, in his biography he admitted that he wanted to "hurt" Håland as revenge for the criticism he received years previously. After this revelation, Keane found himself subject to an FA inquiry and received an additional five game ban, and £150,000 fine.[2]
[edit] Retirement
The tackle itself did not cause any injury to Håland, nor forced him to retire as is widely reported, as he went on to finish the match and played the next game.[3] He also played in a friendly for Norway in between the two games.[4] Haaland finally retired in July 2003 after failing to recover full fitness from an long-standing injury to his left knee. Håland later implied the foul from Keane to be the root cause of his retirement as he never played a full match again.[5] Haaland professes no lasting bitterness towards Keane, hoping only that Keane is different now so that he can provide a better example to young people and the players he manages.[5]
[edit] References
- ^ http://www.home.no/greenriver/players/haaland.html
- ^ "Keane's Haaland call". Football (BBC News). 2002-09-30. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/m/man_utd/2288164.stm. Retrieved 2009-10-06.
- ^ "Premier League 00/01 / Man City vs West Ham". http://statbunker.com/football/btb/index.php?PL=match&MatchID=626.
- ^ "Match Friendlies: Norway vs. Bulgaria". http://www.footballdatabase.eu/football.coupe.norvege.bulgarie.19199.en.html. Retrieved 26 February 2012.
- ^ a b Ladyman, Ian (29 August 2008). "That Keane tackle still haunts Haaland after horror injury in 2001". Daily Mail (London). http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-1050727/That-Keane-tackle-haunts-Haaland-horror-injury-2001.html.
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