[1] Hailing from Haugesund, he started his youth career in Vard and joined Haugar as a junior player.
In late 1993, Haugar merged to form FK Haugesund, where Haaland played for the senior team from 1994.
[11] Brann did not opt to buy the player,[12] and Haaland missed the entire 2003 season due to injury.
[13][14] After seeing the contract through, he had several offers from Norway and went on trial with Randers and Silkeborg before signing for FK Haugesund.
[19][20][21] In 2011 he played 4. divisjon for Vedavåg,[11] before moving to Denmark where he was hired as coach for Aarhus Gymnastikforening's U17 team.