Erling Haaland admits Cristiano Ronaldo is his role-model and would love to meet him

Haaland is enjoying his meteoric rise to superstardom in the UEFA Champions League and has scored 10 goals in just seven games in his debut season.

Having made a mid-season switch to Germany from Austrian side RB Leipzig, the 19-year-old has netted a staggering 39 goals in 29 games across all competitions for both sides in the 2019/20 campaign.

1. Ciro Immobile (Lazio) - 26 goals (52pts)

2. Robert Lewandowski (FC Bayern Munich) - 23 goals (46pts)

3. Cristiano Ronaldo (Juventus) - 20 goals (40pts)

4. Timo Werner (RB Leipzig) - 20 goals (40pts)

5. Erling Haaland (Borussia Dortmund & RB Salzburg) - 24 goals (40pts)

6. Jamie Vardy (Leicester City) - 17 goals (34pts)

7. Romelu Lukaku (Inter) - 17 goals (34pts)

8. Sergio Aguero (Manchester City) - 17 goals (32pts)

9. Wissam Ben Yedder (AS Monaco) - 16 goals (32pts)

10. Kylian Mbappe (Paris Saint-Germain) - 15 goals (30pts)

"I would love to meet him and tell him that I am a footballer thanks to him. For me, he was always a role model," Haaland said.

The Norway international has already been seen in training imitating Ronaldo's famous goal celebration and is currently racking up scoring statistics that rival the 35-year-old.

However, he's still some way off Ronaldo's outstanding career record of 625 club goals; as well as a further 99 for Portugal.

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