UFC Michelstetten – Haas’ incredible quote: 344 goals in 225 games

Four goals to start against Prinzendorf, six after that against Neuruppersdorf, four against SG Hüttendorf/Paasdorf and four again on Friday against Haringsee II: Michelstetten striker Manuel Haas is in absolute top form, with 18 goals after three games – because even though Neuruppersdorf stopped playing, the six goals from this match are counted.

“He feels good, he just likes it when he can play with his friends,” explains father and coach Roman, describing the recipe for success of the striker, who has repeatedly received inquiries from higher-class clubs in the past, but has been loyal to his Michelstetten team for over eleven years.

A look at the absolute numbers of his career so far provides even more insight. The current rate is anything but an outlier. Haas has scored 344 goals in 225 competitive matches in the first team, or 1.53 per game. In 2013, when he was 15, he took his first steps in the 3rd division of Mistelbach. Back then, he was still a substitute and scored six goals. Since the 2014/15 season, Haas has only scored fewer than 20 goals once, and that was in this season.

Unforgettable are June 4, 2017, when he scored nine goals in the 20-1 win against Drösing, and the 2021/22 season, which he finished with an incredible 45 goals. His personal best is likely to be in jeopardy in the current season. If he maintains the average of four goals per game, he would have 96 goals at the end of the season.