Dragon Ball Z character Majin Buu has an uncanny similarity to one of soccer’s brightest players, Erling Haaland. Dragon Ball is one of the longest-running anime franchises. The franchise is famous for various things, energy-based attacks, and stretched-out fights with many powerful characters among them. One such powerful character who changes form in the series is Majin Buu.
Majin Buu is the last major enemy in the Dragon Ball Z storyline. Furthermore, the villain has the power to absorb his foes and learn their moves to deliver a strong punch. The character is one of the strongest characters in the franchises.
Haaland: 21 goals in 17 games in the Champions League.
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Quite surprisingly, soccer fans have found a Majin Buu counterpart in the soccer world. Manchester City’s Erling Haaland has earned the nickname of the mighty Majin Buu. Fans have found an uncanny resemblance between the player and the Dragon Ball Z villain.
Erling Haaland and Majin Buu are a lot similar in their physical attributes. Erling Haaland has shown great physical strength in matches much like Majin Buu. That is one of the reasons why fans have nicknamed the player after one of the most formidable villains in Dragon Ball.
Erling Haaland shares his favorite nickname and it is not Majin Buu
The player has surprised his teammates, coaches, and fans many times with his ball-playing abilities. Haaland managed to surprise the fans again this time, however, for a different reason.
The Norwegian is on his way to breaking goalscoring records created by Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi. And like these great soccer players, the City player has accumulated some nicknames from the fans. Cristiano Ronaldo likes the nickname El Bicho, which the player received when he was at the peak of his career.
The Manchester City player has been called many names, Android, Machine, The Terminator, Striking Viking, Daemon, and Majin Buu are just a few of them.
Erling Haaland revealed his favorite nickname in an interview on the official Manchester City channel. The player was asked about his favorite nickname given to him by the fans.
To this Haaland replied, “I like [being called] ‘The Terminator’, it’s nice. It fits me well, I think.”
In his debut season, Erling Haaland scored 36 goals in the 2022-23 Premier League season. Not only that, his amazing performances helped Manchester City win the treble that season. They became only the second English team after Manchester United to accomplish the feat. It meant that Haaland ended City’s wait for the Champions League trophy.