Elling Holan, a “monster striker” of Manchester City in the English Premier League (EPL), has achieved the tie record of “100 shortest goals in a single club in the five major European leagues.”
Holan opened the scoring nine minutes into the first half of the 2024-2025 EPL fifth round home match against Arsenal at the Etihad Stadium in Manchester, England, on the 23rd (Korea time). Holan received a penetrating pass from Savinho’s midfield and shook the net with a left-footed shot in front of the penalty area. With this score, Holan has achieved his 100th goal since he joined Manchester City in May 2022. Specifically, Holan completed 100 goals with 73 goals with his left foot, 14 with his right foot, 12 with his head, and one with his body.
As he scored 100 goals in 105 official matches (73 goals in 71 matches of the EPL, 8 goals in 7 matches of the English Football Association Cup, 1 goal in 2 matches of the League Cup, 18 goals in 21 matches of the European club competition, and no goals in 4 other matches), he will share the 100th goal in the shortest league match for a single club in five European leagues with Cristiano Ronaldo (Alnasr). Earlier, Ronaldo, wearing a Real Madrid uniform, scored two goals in the 2011-2012 UEFA Champions League group league match against Lyon (France) on November 3, 2011, and has scored 100 goals in 105 official matches since joining Real Madrid. Holan was on par with Ronaldo for the first time in 13 years since he set the 100th goal record for the shortest single club match in five European leagues.
In addition, Holan scored multiple goals (2nd to 4th rounds) in three matches including two hat tricks (2nd to 3rd rounds) through the fifth round of the EPL, surpassing the “double-digit score” by scoring 10 goals. He is five goals behind Luis Díaz (Liverpool, 5 goals), who ranks second in overall score tally. According to the statistics magazine Squaka, Holan also broke the EPL record of 10 goals in the shortest period of a single season.
According to BBC, Holan has scored 235 goals in 271 matches in Europe so far. Ronaldo has scored 117 goals in 313 matches and Messi 184 goals in 274 matches at the age of 24. He has many records to break in the future.
For starters, Holan has scored 32 goals (35 matches) for the Norwegian team, ranking second in scoring after Jurgen Yube (33 goals in 45 matches) who played for the Norwegian team between 1928 and 1937. If he scores one more goal, he will set the record of the fewest goals scored in the history of the Norwegian team.
On top of that, he also effectively reserved the record of 100 goals in the shortest EPL match ever. This record is held by Alan Shearer (100 goals in 124 matches), who has scored 73 goals in 71 matches in the EPL.안전놀이터
In the long run, Ronaldo may well be able to achieve 140 goals (183 matches), the most in the history of the UEFA Champions League. According to the BBC, Holan has scored 41 goals in the UCL so far, and if he scores more than eight goals each season, he is expected to break Ronaldo’s record in the next 12 years.