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'''Alf-Inge Rasdal Håland''' (born 23 November 1972) is a Norwegian former professional [[association football|footballer]] who played as a [[right-back]] or [[midfielder]].
'''Alf-Inge Rasdal Håland''' (born 23 November 1972) is a Norwegian former professional [[association football|footballer]] who played as a [[right-back]] or [[midfielder]].



Haaland notably played in the [[Premier League]] with [[Nottingham Forest F.C.|Nottingham Forest]], [[Leeds United F.C.|Leeds United]] and [[Manchester City F.C.|Manchester City]], and winning 34 [[Cap (association football)|caps]] for [[Norway national football team|Norway]]. He also had spells in his home country with [[Bryne FK]] and [[Rosseland BK]]. His career initially ended due to a left knee injury, although he also suffered an injury to his other leg that was caused by an infamous tackle by [[Manchester United F.C.|Manchester United]] captain [[Roy Keane]]; the pair had a history of clashes on the field.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.independent.ie/sport/soccer/city-deny-keane-depression-claims-26091770.html |title=City deny Keane depression claims |newspaper=Irish Independent |date=24 November 2012}}</ref>
Haaland notably played in the [[Premier League]] with [[Nottingham Forest F.C.|Nottingham Forest]], [[Leeds United F.C.|Leeds United]] and [[Manchester City F.C.|Manchester City]], and winning 34 [[Cap (association football)|caps]] for [[Norway national football team|Norway]]. He also had spells in his home country with [[Bryne FK]] and [[Rosseland BK]]. His career initially ended due to a left knee injury, although he also suffered an injury to his other leg that was caused by an infamous tackle by [[Manchester United F.C.|Manchester United]] captain [[Roy Keane]]; the pair had a history of clashes on the field.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.independent.ie/sport/soccer/city-deny-keane-depression-claims-26091770.html |title=City deny Keane depression claims |newspaper=Irish Independent |date=24 November 2012}}</ref>

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Alfie Haaland
Personal information
Full name Alfie Haaland[1]
Birth name Alf-Inge Rasdal Håland[2]
Date of birth (1972-11-23) 23 November 1972 (age 51)[3]
Place of birth Stavanger, Norway
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)[3]
Position(s) Right-back, midfielder[4]
Youth career
1979–1989 Bryne FK
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1989–1993 Bryne FK
1993–1997 Nottingham Forest 75 (7)
1997–2000 Leeds United 74 (8)
2000–2003 Manchester City 38 (3)
2011 Bryne FK 3 1 (0)
2012–2013 Rosseland BK 6 (1)
Total 194 (19)
International career
1990 Norway U17 1 (0)
1991–1993 Norway U21 29 (3)
1994–2001 Norway 34 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Alf-Inge Rasdal Håland (born 23 November 1972) is a Norwegian former professional footballer who played as a right-back or midfielder.

Haaland notably played in the Premier League with Nottingham Forest, Leeds United and Manchester City, and winning 34 caps for Norway. He also had spells in his home country with Bryne FK and Rosseland BK. His career initially ended due to a left knee injury, although he also suffered an injury to his other leg that was caused by an infamous tackle by Manchester United captain Roy Keane; the pair had a history of clashes on the field.[5]

Club career

Early life and career

Haaland was born in Stavanger and raised in nearby Bryne.[6] He joined the youth team of his hometown club Bryne FK in 1979[7] and made his first-team debut in 1989 aged 17.[6] He established himself in the team the following year,[6] after signing his first professional contract with Bryne.[7]

Nottingham Forest

Haaland moved to England joining First Division club Nottingham Forest after a protracted transfer. Attempts to sign Haaland started with Brian Clough in October 1992 but was completed under the management of Frank Clark in December 1993.[8] He made his debut for Forest against Leicester City.[citation needed]

Leeds United

In July 1997, Haaland joined Leeds United under George Graham. He made his Leeds debut against Arsenal on 9 August. In September, when Manchester United were losing 1–0 to Haaland's Leeds United at Elland Road, Roy Keane injured his anterior cruciate ligament running for the ball with Haaland. As Keane lay prone on the ground, Haaland, unaware of the seriousness of the injury, stood over him and criticised Keane, suggesting that he was merely feigning injury to try to gain a penalty.[9] Haaland was booked as Keane was stretchered off the field and was out of action for nearly a year afterwards. On 26 December 1997, Haaland scored a goal in a 3–1 defeat to Liverpool at Anfield,[10] a feat later achieved by his son, Erling Haaland, on 2 October 2019 while playing for Red Bull Salzburg.[11]

He was part of the Leeds team which reached the UEFA Cup semi-final during the 1999–2000 season and which also qualified for the Champions League. Haaland was mainly used as a utility player, playing in both midfield and defence under David O'Leary.[citation needed]

Manchester City

In 2000, Haaland left Leeds to join Manchester City for a fee of £2.5 million.[12][13] In April 2001, during a match against Manchester United, Roy Keane tackled Haaland, kicking him high on his right knee, for which he was immediately sent off. Of the incident, Haaland said: "I'm only glad my leg was off the ground, otherwise he would have done me a lot of damage".[14] Keane was subsequently fined £5,000 and received a three-match ban. In his autobiography, published a year later, Keane stated that the tackle was a pre-meditated, deliberate act of vengeance against Haaland for the on-field criticism he received from him three and a half years previously. After this revelation, Keane found himself subject to an FA inquiry. He claimed inaccurate paraphrasing by his ghostwriter, but received an additional five-game ban and a £150,000 fine for bringing the sport into disrepute.[15][16] Following the tackle, Haaland had initially claimed Keane would not dare to look him in the eye, and he once said: "I really dislike (Manchester) United and I can't stand their players".[17]

At the time of Keane's tackle, Haaland's left knee was already giving him sufficient problems for him to have to play with strapping around it.[18] After the tackle, Haaland finished the match and played a midweek friendly for Norway coming off at half-time,[19] and the next league game, coming off in the 68th minute.[20] That summer, he underwent surgery on his left knee, but only managed a further four substitute appearances the following season,[21] and finally retired in July 2003 after failing to recover full fitness. Haaland was originally contracted with Manchester City until the end of the 2004–05 season, but in his contract it was stated that City could terminate the contract if medical conditions indicated that he could not play first-team football again, and decided to use this option.[22]

Following the release of Keane's autobiography in 2002, Haaland and Manchester City stated that they were considering taking legal action against Keane. However, it emerged that Haaland had stated on his personal website that he had been playing with the injury to his left knee a few months, that his left leg did not receive a knock in the game (Keane kicked his right thigh), and that Keane did not cause his long term injury.[23][24][25] Legal action was dropped in February 2003 after the club reviewed the medical advice.[26]

Rosseland BK

Haaland came out of retirement after eight years, to play for the Bryne-based club Rosseland BK in the Norwegian Third Division in August 2011.[27] He retired again in 2013.[citation needed]

International career

Haaland made his debut for Norway in friendly match against Costa Rica in January 1994. He was later named in Norway's squad for the 1994 FIFA World Cup where he played the matches against Mexico and Italy. Haaland was capped a total of 34 times, with his last international appearance against Bulgaria in April 2001.[28] Haaland is – along with Hallvar Thoresen, Dan Eggen, Espen Baardsen, Hans Herman Henriksen and Joshua King – among the few players to have played for the Norwegian national team without ever playing in the domestic top division.[22]

Personal life

His son, Erling Haaland, is also a professional footballer who will join Manchester City in the summer of 2022.[29] His nephew, Albert Tjåland, plays as a striker for Bryne.[30]

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] League cup[b] Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Nottingham Forest 1993–94[31] First Division 3 0 0 0 0 0 — 3 0
1994–95[31] Premier League 20 1 1 0 1 0 — 22 1
1995–96[31] Premier League 17 0 2 0 0 0 5[c] 0 24 0
1996–97[32] Premier League 35 6 3 0 3 0 — 41 6
Total 75 7 6 0 4 0 5 0 90 7
Leeds United 1997–98[33] Premier League 32 7 2 0 3 0 — 37 7
1998–99[34] Premier League 29 1 4 0 0 0 3[c] 0 36 1
1999–2000[35] Premier League 13 0 0 0 0 0 6[c] 0 19 0
Total 74 8 6 0 3 0 9 0 92 8
Manchester City 2000–01[36] Premier League 35 3 3 0 5 0 — 43 3
2001–02[37] First Division 3 0 1 0 0 0 — 4 0
2002–03[38] Premier League 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0
Total 38 3 4 0 5 0 — 47 3
Bryne FK 3 2011[1] Norwegian Fifth Division 1 0 — — — 1 0
Rosseland 2012[1] Norwegian Fourth Division 4 1 3 0 — — 7 1
2013[1] Norwegian Fourth Division 2 0 0 0 — — 2 0
Total 6 1 3 0 — — 9 1
Career total 194 19 19 0 12 0 14 0 239 19
  1. ^ Includes FA Cup, Norwegian Football Cup
  2. ^ Includes Football League Cup
  3. ^ a b c Appearances in UEFA Cup

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year[39]
National team Year Apps Goals
Norway 1994 5 0
1995 8 0
1996 7 0
1997 5 0
1998 6 0
1999 2 0
2001 1 0
Total 34 0

References

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  2. ^ "Formuetoppen i Time" [Fortune in Time]. Stavanger Aftenblad (in Norwegian). 6 October 2006. Retrieved 3 April 2022.
  3. ^ a b "Alf Inge Haaland: Overview". Premier League. Retrieved 3 April 2022.
  4. ^ "Alf-Inge Haaland". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 3 April 2022.
  5. ^ "City deny Keane depression claims". Irish Independent. 24 November 2012.
  6. ^ a b c "1972–1994: The Early Years". Icons.com. Archived from the original on 26 March 2007.
  7. ^ a b "Erling Haaland: Die Karriere des jungen Stürmer-Stars des BVB" [Erling Haaland: The career of BVB's young star striker]. WA.de (in German). 23 July 2020. Retrieved 3 April 2022.
  8. ^ "Football: How Fenton received pounds 45.000 after Haaland's move to Forest". The Independent. London. 19 September 1997. Retrieved 3 April 2022.
  9. ^ Jimmy Greaves (2008). Football's Great Heroes and Entertainers: The History of Football through its biggest heroes. Hachette UK. ISBN 9781444718157.
  10. ^ "Liverpool 3–1 Leeds United". lfchistory.net.
  11. ^ "My father always says he scored at Anfield... now, so have I". The 42.ie. 3 October 2019.
  12. ^ "Alf-Inge Haaland". Leeds United A.F.C. 3 December 2003. Archived from the original on 3 July 2018. Retrieved 15 June 2019.
  13. ^ "Haaland signs for Man City". BBC Sport. Retrieved 15 June 2019.
  14. ^ "Keane heads trio in the dock". BBC Sport. 22 April 2001.
  15. ^ Brodkin, Jon (5 September 2002). "Keane charged with two counts of misconduct".
  16. ^ Whittell, Ian (15 October 2002). "Keane fined and banned". The Guardian.
  17. ^ "City deny Keane depression claims". Irish Independent. 24 November 2012.
  18. ^ "Roy Keane / Alf Inge Haaland Incident". 11 March 2013. Archived from the original on 21 December 2021 – via YouTube.
  19. ^ "Friendlies : Norway vs. Bulgaria". footballdatabase.eu.
  20. ^ "Premier League 00/01 / Man City vs West Ham". Archived from the original on 17 July 2012.
  21. ^ Taylor, Daniel (16 August 2002). "Stakes raised in football's grudge match". The Guardian.
  22. ^ a b Aarre, Eivind (13 February 2003). "City sa opp Håland" (in Norwegian). Stavanger Aftenblad. Archived from the original on 22 February 2013. Retrieved 9 January 2013.
  23. ^ "Haaland admission could wreck case". London Evening Standard. 19 August 2002.
  24. ^ "Keane plans defence". BBC Sport. 5 September 2002.
  25. ^ "Cole earns 'conman' tag". BBC Sport. 19 August 2002.
  26. ^ "Keane escapes legal action". BBC Sport. 13 February 2003.
  27. ^ "Håland til Rosseland" (in Norwegian). Jærbladet. 26 August 2011. Archived from the original on 3 July 2018. Retrieved 20 August 2012.
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  29. ^ "Erling Haaland: The striker's meteoric rise and what happens next". BBC Sport. 10 May 2022. Retrieved 11 May 2022.
  30. ^ "Albert (16) har tilbud fra Bryne, men vet ikke hvor han spiller fotball til høsten". Jærbladet (in Norwegian). 12 May 2020.
  31. ^ a b c "Player Details: Alf-Inge Haaland". English National Football Archive. Retrieved 3 April 2022.
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  33. ^ "Games played by Alf-Inge Haaland in 1997/1998". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 3 April 2022.
  34. ^ "Games played by Alf-Inge Haaland in 1998/1999". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 3 April 2022.
  35. ^ "Games played by Alf-Inge Haaland in 1999/2000". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 3 April 2022.
  36. ^ "Games played by Alf-Inge Haaland in 2000/2001". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 3 April 2022.
  37. ^ "Games played by Alf-Inge Haaland in 2001/2002". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 3 April 2022.
  38. ^ "Games played by Alf-Inge Haaland in 2002/2003". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 3 April 2022.
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