Hundreds of Peruvian Babies Named After Erling Haaland

  • Publish date: Friday، 17 July 2026 Reading time: 1 min read

Hundreds of Peruvian Babies Named After Erling Haaland

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Peru is a country that has not qualified for a World Cup since 2018, something remarkable is occurring in maternity wards. They're naming their babies Haaland. Not after a Peruvian legend, not after Messi, not even after Neymar this time. Not Lionel. Haaland. A Norwegian, who was born in Yorkshire, and who has just done something nobody in Norwegian football history has ever managed before.