Erling Haaland moved to Borussia Dortmund during the winter transfer period of the 2019-20 Bundesliga season, making a record-breaking impression on his new team once action continued in January. Combined with his sterling first half of the season with Red Bull Salzburg, Haaland’s performance with Dortmund left him as the most anticipated rookie in the 2019 Topps Chrome Bundesliga set, with collectors seeking out marquee cards such as this /50 Gold Refractor Auto.
Topps began producing Bundesliga cards in 2008 but did not introduce the top German players to its Chrome brand until 2013. After a two-year hiatus in 2016 and ’17, Topps Chrome Bundesliga returned in 2018, bringing Refractor parallels to the product for the first time. Refractors helped boost the profile of the set, but Haaland’s inclusion on the 2019 checklist helped push Topps Chrome Bundesliga’s popularity to new heights in the expanding soccer card industry.
Haaland is one of 32 players on the 90-card checklist to get the auto treatment, though he did not feature in any of the other signed inserts. Topps manufactured three parallels of the base autos, including the /50 Gold print run of which this offering is part. No example assessed by BGS has earned a higher mark than this 9.5.
The certification number on this card has been checked against the third-party grader's online database and is active as of 1/6/2025.
