Erling Haaland on Monday won the Gerd Muller trophy for being the best striker of the previous season. The Norway international scored 58 goals for Club and Country in the 2022-23 season. The striker has been a revelation since he joined Pep Guardiola’s side in the summer of 2022. Erling Haaland was handed the award during Ballon d’Or 23 ceremony.
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The trophy is named in honour of the late, great German strike legend Gerd Muller and is awarded to the top striker of the past European season for club and country.
Haaland supremacy
Having joined City from Borussia Dortmund in the summer of 2022, Haaland went on to enjoy a stunning inaugural campaign at the Etihad with his goals proving pivotal in the Club’s historic Treble campaign.
Perhaps no player has had such an immediate impact in the Premier League, with Haaland setting numerous records on his way to helping City win a third league title in a row, in addition to winning the FA Cup and the Champions League.
Haaland’s total of 52 goals in a season was the most in all competitions by a player at a Premier League club and the most by any City player in our illustrious 129-year history.
The twenty-three-year-old has achieved a remarkable feat, having scored a record 36 goals in the Premier League, with six of those hat-tricks. Additionally, he has been the leading scorer in the European competition, netting 12 goals as Manchester City lifted the prestigious European Cup for the first time in their history.
In addition to his record breaking exploits for City, Haaland also hit four goals for Norway in their international programme across the 2022/23 campaign.
“It’s a huge honour to receive this prestigious trophy,” Haaland said after receiving the award.
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