Benfica, beware: Haaland joins Eusébio after flying Club World Cup start | OneFootball

Erling Haaland continues to be one of the standout performers in a memorable World Cup campaign for Norway. The Manchester City striker was on target again in the win over Brazil, which secured the Nordics a place in the quarter-finals of the competition, while maintaining an impressive record in the tournament: seven goals in just four matches played.

The Norway international has found the net in every game played so far at the 2026 World Cup, establishing himself as one of the tournament’s leading figures. With seven goals to his name, Haaland not only tops the competition’s scoring charts, level with Kylian Mbappé and Lionel Messi, but has also achieved a rare feat in World Cup history.

According to PlaymakerStats data, since Gerd Müller at the 1970 World Cup, no player had managed to score seven or more goals in the first four matches of a finals tournament. At the time, the German legend struck eight times at the start of the competition, setting a mark that remained out of reach for more than five decades.

Before Müller, the last footballer to reach this milestone had been Eusébio. At the 1966 World Cup in England, the iconic Benfica figure scored seven goals in Portugal’s first four matches, launching an unforgettable campaign that would end with the national team finishing in third place and him winning the tournament’s Golden Boot. The exclusive list also includes historic names such as Just Fontaine, Sándor Kocsis, Ademir and Guillermo Stábile.

Now, Haaland joins that select group of goalscorers who defined generations on football’s biggest stage. Norway’s centre-forward continues to dream of winning the World Cup and, if he maintains his current scoring pace, he could still break new records before the end of the competition.

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