6 Players With Most Hat-tricks in Football History
As today marks 6 years since Cristiano Ronaldo scored his 50th hattrick, we look at 6 players with most hat tricks in football history.
A hat-trick of goals is complete when a player scores three or more goals in a game. However, in Bundesliga they have a different rule for a hat-trick to count, scoring three goals in a game in Bundesliga is not enough to bag a hat-trick. Instead, all three goals need to be scored in the same half. For instance, Harry Kane recently scored three goals in Bayern’s 8-1 win against Mainz 05, but his hat-trick didn’t count since he scored the three goals in the two different halves.
As today marks 6 years since Cristiano Ronaldo scored his 50th hattrick, in this article we will look at 6 players with most hat tricks in football history.
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6. Luis Suarez- 30 Hat-tricks
The Uruguay international is regarded as one of the greatest of all time. The Former Ajax, Liverpool and Barcelona also played for Atletico Madrid before moving to his boyhood club Nacional and later moved to Brazilian side Gremio where he left in January to join his former Barcelona teammate Lionel Messi at MLS side Inter Miami.
Despite being one of the best clinical finishers, Luis Suárez’s football career was full of controversy when he was severally involved in altercations with opponent players. In 2010 while playing for Netherlands side Ajax, he was barred for seven games after biting Ottman Bakkal in an Eredivisie match, that incident earned him the nickname the Cannibal of Ajax from a Dutch newspaper. In January 2011, he was sold to England giants Liverpool just as that ban ended, and in 2013 he sparked another controversy when he was caught on video biting Chelsea’s defender Branislav Ivanovic during a premier League match where he was handed 10 matches ban for the incident.
5. Robert Lewandowski- 31
The Poland captain and former Borussia Dortmund and Bayern Munich striker Robert Lewandowski is one of finest strikers of this generation. Lewandowski who moved to Spanish giants Barcelona in July 2022 he missed out to win his first Ballon D’Or award in 2021 where he finished second after Argentine legendary striker Lionel Messi who won it.
Lewandowski has scored 562 goals for both club and country level in his career so far, in 2022 while playing for Bayern Munich he scored 5 goals in 9 minutes in a Bundesliga match against VfL Wolfsburg.
4. Ali Ashfaq – 35
The 38-year-old striker Ali Ashfaq may not be a familiar name to many football fans, since he spent his entire playing football career in his native country of the Maldives. Ali Ashfaq kicked off his football career at Club Valencia as a youth player before making his senior debut for the club in 2001.
Throughout his career at various clubs like Club Valencia, New Radiant, TC Sports Club the striker has magnificently scored more goals than the number of appearances he made. In 21st Century, only Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi have scored more hat-tricks than him.
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3. Lionel Messi- 56 Hat-tricks
The legendary Argentina and Barcelona forward is ranked second as the player with most Hat-tricks in the 21st century. The 8-time Ballon D’Or winner bagged his first career Hat-trick during El-Classico match one of the biggest Derbies in the world between Barcelona and Real Madrid in a 3-3 draw in March 2007 at Camp Nou.
Since then, Messi has gone to score a total of 56 career hat tricks in his football career. The Argentine magician has recently earned a move to MLS side Inter Miami where he has scored 5 goals and assisted another two after just 5 appearances in the MLS new season.
2. Cristiano Ronaldo- 63 Hat-tricks
The Portuguese legendary striker who just turned 39 years old in February and regarded the Greatest player of all time in football history. Cristiano Ronaldo kickstarted his playing career in his native country Portugal with Sporting Lisbon before being spotted by legendary manager Sir Alex Ferguson where he was signed by Manchester United in 2003.
Ronaldo scored his first hat-trick against Newcastle United in 2008 in a Barclays Premier League match before helping Manchester United win the UEFA Champions League in the same year. His impressive season earned him his first Ballon D’Or award becoming the last first and only player from the English Premier League to do so.
The all-time top scorer for both club and international level, bagged 30 hat-tricks before turning 30 years and has scored 33 hat-tricks since turning 30 and still going strong. Cristiano Ronaldo scored his third hat-trick for Manchester United in 2021 on his second stint at the club against Tottenham 3-2 dramatic win.
1. Pele- 92 Hat-tricks
The Brazilian iconic player who played his entire football career for Santos in Brazil league. The legendary striker passed away on 29th December 2022 aged 2022 after battling skin cancer for a long time.
According to Guiness Book of Records, Pele is only footballer to have won more world cups as he has clinched a total of three with Samba Boys of Brazil.
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