In El Carmen de Bolívar, a town in the Colombian Caribbean, two parents made a decision no one would forget: to name their son Erling Haaland Estrada Arrieta. He was born in 2023, long before the world talked about the seven goals scored by his idol in this 2026 World Cup.
The story only became known in 2024, when the account Out of Context Fútbol Colombiano shared it and everyone started wondering who that little boy with the name of a Norwegian star would be. There were no cameras or big announcements, just a love of soccer so great that it ended up written into a civil registry.
Meanwhile, thousands of kilometers away, the real Haaland, 25, already has 359 goals as a professional and keeps finding the net in every match. He will never know that in Bolívar there is a boy who bears his full name, but that boy will always know who inspired his story. 💙⚽
