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Lionel Messi is the player with the most La Liga hat-tricks in history. Below is the complete list of players that have scored three goals (a hat-trick) or more in a single La Liga match since the league's inception in 1929. Over 100 players have scored at least one hat-trick throughout the history of the league.
Hat-tricks. Marco van Basten (pictured in 2006) was the first player to score four goals in a match. Raúl (pictured in 2012) scored a hat-trick aged 18 years and 114 days. Andy Cole (pictured in 2014) was the first player to score two hat-tricks. Ruud van Nistelrooy (pictured in 2006) scored hat-tricks for PSV Eindhoven and Manchester United.
Cristiano Ronaldo holds the men's record for most international hat-tricks. He became the first male player to score 10 hat-tricks for a national team on 12 October 2021 in Portugal's 5–0 win against Luxembourg, breaking Sven Rydell's record. [20] Sven Rydell.
In the second El Clásico of the season on 23 March 2014, Messi became the all-time top scorer in the fixture after he scored a hat-trick, including two penalty kicks, as Barcelona defeated Real Madrid 4–3, while Ronaldo also scored a goal from the penalty spot which initially put Real Madrid 3–2 in front; it was a match described as ...
Career of Lionel Messi. Lionel Messi at Barcelona (left), where he spent a majority of his club career, and with Argentina (right), who he represents internationally. Lionel Messi 's individual achievements include eight Ballon d'Or awards, the most for any footballer. Having won 44 team trophies, [ note 1 ] he is the most decorated player in ...
A hat-trick in a 2023 friendly against Curaçao saw Messi reach 100 international goals; he became the third player and the first South American in history to achieve this milestone. [210] Later that year, a goal against Peru during a World Cup qualifier saw Messi become the all-time top goalscorer in CONMEBOL World Cup qualifiers. [ 211 ]
[3] [4] He also holds the record for most goals by a South American male, surpassing Brazilian Pelé's 77 goals with a hat-trick against Bolivia on 9 September 2021. [5] Messi made his debut for Argentina in a 2–1 away win over Hungary on 17 August 2005, [ 6 ] and scored his first international goal the following year in his sixth appearance ...
Most Copa América tournaments played: 7 – Lionel Messi in 2007, 2011, 2015, 2016, 2019, 2021 and 2024. Most Copa América appearances made: 39 – Lionel Messi. Youngest player: Diego Maradona, 16 years, 120 days old against Hungary on 27 February 1977. Youngest player to reach 100 caps: Lionel Messi, 27 years, 361 days old against Jamaica ...