World Cup: Haaland now sixth player to score multiple goals in first two appearances

Norway striker, Erling Haaland, is now the sixth player to score multiple goals in each of his first two FIFA World Cup appearances.

Haaland achieved this feat after scoring a brace in Norway’s 3-2 win against Senegal on Tuesday morning.

The Manchester City star had also scored a brace in Norway’s 4-1 win against Iraq a few days ago.

According to OptaJoe, here is the list of players to score multiple goals in their first two appearances at the World Cup in history:

1930 – Guillermo Stabile (first 3)

1954 – Sándor Kocsis (first 4)

1958 – Just Fontaine

1974 – Grzegorz Lato

2018 – Harry Kane

2026 – Erling Haaland

Haaland will now hope to lead Norway to victory when they face France in their final group game encounter later this week.

World Cup: Haaland now sixth player to score multiple goals in first two appearances