More than 500 Peruvians are called Haaland in honor of the forward of the Norwegian national team and Manchester City, as revealed by the National Registry of Civil Identification (Reniec) of Peru after the Nordic forward’s recent participation in the 2026 World Cup, where he reached the quarterfinals.
According to the civil registry of the Andean country, whose team failed to qualify for the World Cup, A total of 560 people are called Haaland in some of their names and even some were named by their parents with the names and surnames of the footballer.
There are 468 that have Haaland as some of their names, while 91 were named after Erling Haaland and 4 like Erling Braut Haalandincluding the maternal surname that the Norwegian player has worn on his shirt during this World Cup.
Haaland is not the only footballer who has inspired Peruvians to give names to their children, as there are also 1,502 people in Peru who are called Griezmann1,241 who respond to the name of Yamal319 to Salah238 to Mbappé and 175 to that of Pedrias reported by Reniec a few days after the start of the World Cup.
While, Neuer gives name to 139 Peruvians, Bellingham a 125, Lewandowski a 106, Rashford a 33, Harry Kane a 30, Rodrigo DePaul a 27, Luka Modric a 20, Vinícius Junior a 14, Lukaku a 11, Kai Havertz a 9, ‘back’ a 8, Dembele a 5, Courtouis a 2, Michael Olise to 1 and ‘Bicho’ (nickname used in Spain for Cristiano Ronaldo) to 1.
With information from the EFE agency
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