Erling Haaland marked his first game as Norway captain by becoming his country’s all-time leading scorer in a 3-0 win over Slovenia on Thursday.
The Manchester City striker scored a right-footed shot from a rebound in the seventh minute of Norway’s home match against Slovenia in the Nations League for his 33rd international goal to move level with the late Jorgen Juve on the country’s list of record scorers.
Haaland added his second after the break from an Alexander Sørloth assist to surpass Juve and add to Norway’s lead after Sørloth scored their second.
Juve, who made 45 appearances for Norway, had held the record since 1937.
The 24-year-old Haaland seemed destined to break the record. He had 32 goals in his first 35 games with the national team prior to breaking the record Thursday.
Information from The Associated Press was used in this story.
