Another aim, one other document for Erling Haaland.
The Manchester City striker turned the fastest participant to rating 50 goals within the Champions League in a 2-0 win over Napoli on Thursday (September 18, 2025) — reaching the landmark in his forty ninth recreation in European membership soccer’s prime competitors.
Haaland surpassed the earlier document by former Manchester United and Real Madrid ahead Ruud van Nistelrooy, who took 62 video games to reach that whole.
“He seems to break every record going. At his age, it’s unheard of what he’s doing,” City teammate Phil Foden mentioned.
At the age of 25, Haaland seems to be able to chasing down Cristiano Ronaldo’s all-time Champions League document of 141 goals. “The numbers speak for itself,” City supervisor Pep Guardiola mentioned. “If he plays 10, 12 years… if he maintains this progression, absolutely (he can),” he added.
Haaland already took Van Nistelrooy’s Champions League document because the fastest participant to rating 30 goals, again in 2023. That identical 12 months he turned the fastest participant to rating 50 within the Premier League.
He has 130 goals in 151 appearances since becoming a member of City from Borussia Dortmund in 2022. “How lucky and fortunate we are to have to him,” added Guardiola, who mentioned Haaland’s document places him among the many recreation’s greats like Ronaldo, Lionel Messi and Robert Lewandowski.
The Norway worldwide’s newest strike got here from a looping header early within the second half on the Etihad Stadium.
He has scored 12 goals in seven appearances for membership and nation this season — together with 5 in Norway’s 11-1 win over Moldova final week. He additionally struck twice in City’s 3-0 victory over United on Sunday (September 14, 2025).
Haaland has now surpassed a few of European soccer’s greats on the Champions League and European Cup all time scorers record. He moved forward of Madrid icon Alfredo di Stefano and Zlatan Ibrahimovic.
He is degree with Filippo Inzaghi and one behind Thierry Henry, who’s eleventh on UEFA’s record.
Messi is still the youngest participant to rating 50 goals — reaching that determine on the age of 24 years, 284 days.
Kylian Mbappe reached 50 goals in 79 appearances, and the Madrid ahead is at present on 57 within the competitors.
The subsequent goal in Haaland’s sights is Messi’s document of 60 Champions League goals in 80 video games. Messi additionally holds the document for the fewest video games (90) to reach 70 goals.
Lewandowski’s 80 Champions League goals in 100 video games are one other document.
While Ronaldo leads the scoring record, Messi is second with 129 goals and Lewandowski third on 105.
