Ronaldo, Messi, Pele, Maradona, Haaland: Who scored the most goals before turning 23?

Erling Haaland has had an extraordinary start to his football career.

The Norwegian, who turned 22 years old just a few months ago, has already emerged into one of the very best players in world football.

Haaland is closing in on 200 goals in professional football.

He's notched 175 goals at club level, including 20 goals in 13 games for Manchester City.

The lethal striker has also scored 21 goals in 23 games for Norway.

But how does Haaland's goalscoring exploits compare to some of football's greatest ever strikers?

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Amid Haaland's incredible form in front of goal, Sport Italia correspondent Tancredi Palmeri has listed the amount of goals 21 legendary forwards scored before turning 23 years old.

The likes of Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi, Diego Maradona and Pele all feature. View the list below...

21. Cristiano Ronaldo - 66

20. Silvio Piola - 74

19. Luis Suarez - 81

18. Zico - 82

17. Romario - 86

16. Robert Lewandowski - 87

15. Wayne Rooney - 89

14. Lionel Messi - 97

13. Kylian Mbappé - 106

12. Marco Van Basten - 114

11. Gunnar Nordahl - 119

10. Johan Cruyff - 139

9. Gerd Muller - 147

8. Giuseppe Meazza - 151

7. Diego Maradona - 157

6. Jimmy Greaves - 193

5. Erling Haaland - 196* (Turns 23 in July 2023)

4. Eusebio - 199

3. Ronaldo - 208

2. Ferenc Puskas - 227

1. Pelé - 337

Official goals at 22 years:66 Cristiano Ronaldo74 Piola81 Luis Suarez82 Zico86 Romario87 Lewandowski89 Rooney97 Messi106 Mbappé114 Van Basten119 Nordahl139 Cruijff147 Mueller151 Meazza157 Maradona193 Greaves196 Haaland199 Eusebio208 Ronaldo227 Puskas337 Pelé

Haaland has had a blistering start to his professional career.

He turns 23 in 10 months but has already scored 196 goals.

That's many more