Sunday, May 23, 2021

Erling Haaland Swapped Shirts With Veteran Bundesliga Referee Manuel Grafe After Officiating His Final Match


Borussia Dortmund striker Erling 
Haaland showed his class by exchanging his shirt with referee Manuel Grafe and posing for pictures after a Bundesliga game.

Borussia Dortmund as a team also bade a wonderful farewell for referee Manuel Gräfe after 17 years in the Bundesliga. One of the best in the business, has received an enormous amount of praise from players & clubs.

Manuel Gräfe can no longer officiate in the Bundesliga after reaching the age of 47 the age limit set by the DFB.

Manuel Gräfe is a German football referee who is based in Berlin.  He was a FIFA referee between 2007 and 2018. 


Meanwhile Erling Haaland becomes the first Under-21 player to reach the 40-goal mark in a season with a European Top 5 club in an official competition since Ronaldo de Lima with FC Barcelona in 1996/97.

40 goals scored in one season for the first time by U-21 players from Europe's top 5 leagues:

Erling Haaland - 20 years old

Ronaldo - 20 years old

Kylian Mbappé - 22 years old

Leo Messi - 22 years old

Cristiano Ronaldo - 23 years old.


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