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SCORES HAT TRICK IN DORTMUND DEBUT

Erling Haaland made one heck of a first impression in his debut match with Borussia Dortmund in January of 2020. Arriving in Germany amid a haze of hype swirling around the talented striker and his penchant for producing goals in bunches, he lived up to all the hearty praise by striking for a hat trick in a 5–3 win over Augsburg. Remarkably, it took him a mere 23 minutes to do so. Haaland was inserted into the contest early in the second half with his club trailing 3–1 and scored three minutes after entering the match. He then struck twice more— three goals on three shots!—to secure the win. The dynamic debut put Haaland in the Bundesliga record books as the second youngest to ever record a hat trick and just the seventh player to do so in their league debut. He also became the first substitute ever to record three goals in a debut.

Erling Haaland scored a hat trick in his debut for Dortmund in a 5–3 win over Augsburg in January 2020.

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World Class Footballers: Erling Haaland