At the head of them is Messi, Ronaldo and Mbappe .. What did the stars do at the age of 22 after the historic trilogy of Haaland?
Achieving a title at the age of 22 from the field and with great contributions throughout a hard season is very difficult, let alone achieving a hat-trick consisting of the English Premier League title – the strongest in the world – and the European Champions League for the first time in the club’s history, and the FA Cup in the city derby! It is the outcome of Erling Haaland’s wheel in his first season with the Manchester City shirt.
Haaland did not really show his usual ability to tear the net during the final meters of the season, but he rained the nets of the goalkeepers almost all the time, as he scored 52 goals in all tournaments, and assisted 9 other goals, which contributed to 61 goals in only 53 games.
Despite all this, it seems that the Norwegian international is still hungry for more and sees that he has time to develop further, and this was confirmed by his response to the advice of Thierry Henry, the Arsenal legend, when he told him that he had to improve the use of his right foot, so Halland told him: “Yes, I agree with you, but in the second I’m 20 years old, think about where you were at that time in your life, I have time to learn, and we’ll see what happens in three years.”
The words of the 22-year-old were addressed to everyone in the analytical studio for the Champions League final match, in which Henry, the icon of Arsenal, Jamie Carragher, the legend of Liverpool, Peter Schmeichel, captain of Manchester United, and Micah Richards, the star of Manchester City, were present.
In this report, we review many of the famous names in the world of football, and take a look at what they reached when they were 22 years old, in an attempt to answer Haaland’s inquiry!
Wayne Rooney
The star of Manchester United and the England national team, he began to show his abilities quickly at the age of only 16, when he scored a goal against Arsenal in the Everton shirt, thus becoming the youngest to score in the English Premier League, and in extinguishing his 19 candle it was the time of igniting his career in Manchester United, Rooney before he was already over 21 years old He scored more than 100 goals, a journey that led to him becoming the top scorer for Germany with 208 goals.
At the level of titles, when he reached the middle of the age of 22, he won the English Premier League, the European Champions League, the English League Cup and the Charity Shield during the 2006/2007 and 2007/2008 seasons.
Lionel Messi
The Argentine football icon ate green and dry, and achieved his goal in the 2022 World Cup, but what did he reach when he was still a young man establishing his name in the world of football.
113 goals, the best player in the 2008 Champions League final, the 2009 Ballon d’Or, the historic six-time champion (La Liga, King’s Cup, European Champions League, European Super Cup, Spanish Super Cup, Club World Cup) and an Olympic medal with Argentina.
Cristiano Ronaldo
Ronaldo started his career well, but the real explosion was after the 22nd, but at that time he had reached 79 goals, in addition to winning the English Premier League twice, the English League Cup twice, the FA Cup once, the Charity Shield twice and the Portuguese Super.
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The legendary Brazilian Ronaldo, in his 20th year, was receiving the Best of the Year and Golden Ball awards in 1996 and 1997, and to add poetry, he was already the World Cup champion with Brazil in 1994 at the age of 17, and the 1996 Copa America champion.
He also won the Spanish League and the European League. As for the numbers, there is no problem, 92 goals with clubs and 7 in the Brazilian shirt.
Zinedine Zidane
The career of the French football star did not know titles before 25 years, with leaving Bordeaux and joining Juventus, and with the French team he won the award for best young player in the French League, the best player in the French League, and the European Union Cup runner-up (currently the European League), and during his period with a shirt Al-Kahli and Al-Abyad played 179 matches, scored 39 goals, and assisted 22 others. Raul Gonzalez
The Prince of Real Madrid, at the age of 22, was crowned with the second European Champions League in his career, and he also won the Spanish League twice, in addition to the Spanish Super Cup once and the Intercontinental Cup once (now the Club World Cup).
He scored 132 goals in all competitions with Real Madrid.
Pep Guardiola
Haaland coach, when he was 22, tasted titles, winning the European Champions League and the Spanish League three times, the Spanish Super Cup three times as well, and an Olympic medal with Spain.
Kylian Mbappe
Everyone predicted that the end of the Ronaldo and Messi era would be succeeded by Mbappe and Halland, so let’s take a look at the numbers of the French international.
Mbappe recently completed his 24th year, but at the age of 22 he reached 164 goals, and he was the 2018 World Cup champion, that is, at the age of 18.
The French star collected 12 local championships with the shirts of Monaco and Paris Saint-Germain, with the French League 4 times, the French Cup three times, the French League Cup twice and the French Super Cup three times, in addition to the European Nations League 2021 with France.
Ousmane Dembele
Dembele was seen as Neymar’s successor in Barcelona, and indeed it seems that he succeeded him in the series of injuries. Despite this, the French international managed to fill his championship coffers before he exceeded the age of 22, as he was crowned with the 2018 World Cup, the German Cup once, the Spanish League twice, the European Cup. King of Spain once, Spanish Super Cup once.
Neymar
The talented Brazilian, at the age of 22, was crowned European Champions League champion, and before that he won the Copa Libertadores Cup, the Recopa Sudamericana Cup, the Brazilian League once, the Spanish League once, the Spanish Super Cup once, and the King’s Cup once.
Diego Maradona
The Argentine legend, by the time he reached the age of 22, had won the Argentine League, the Spanish Super Cup and the King’s Cup with Boca Juniors and Barcelona shirts.
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Brazilian football icon By the time he reached the age of 22, he had won the 1958 and 1962 World Cups, the Brazilian League three times, the Copa Libertadores twice, and the Intercontinental Cup twice.
