List of FIFA World Cup hat-tricks

Gabriel Batistuta of Argentina is the only player to score a hat-trick at two World Cups

This is a list of all hat-tricks scored during FIFA World Cups; that is, the occasions when a footballer has scored three or more goals in a single football World Cup match (not including FIFA World Cup qualification matches). Scoring a hat-trick in a World Cup is a relatively rare event: only 50 hat-tricks have been scored in over 700 matches in the 19 editions of the World Cup tournament. As FIFA is the governing body of football (soccer), official hat-tricks are only noted when FIFA recognises that at least three goals were scored by one player in one match.

The first hat-trick was scored by Bert Patenaude of the United States, playing against Paraguay in 1930; the most recent (as of 000000002014-06-25-000025 June 2014) was by Xherdan Shaqiri of Switzerland, playing against Honduras in 2014.

The only World Cup not to have at least one hat-trick scored was the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany. The record number of hat-tricks in a single World Cup tournament is eight, during the 1954 FIFA World Cup in Switzerland.

Notable World Cup hat-tricks

• Bert Patenaude was the first player to score a hat-trick in a World Cup match, on 17 July 1930 against Paraguay. However, until 10 November 2006 the first hat-trick that FIFA acknowledged had been scored by Guillermo Stábile of Argentina, two days after Patenaude. In 2006 FIFA announced that Patenaude's claim to being the first hat-trick scorer was valid, as teammate Tom Florie's goal in the match against Paraguay was reattributed to him.^[1]
• Four players have scored two hat-tricks in World Cup matches: Sándor Kocsis (both 1954); Just Fontaine (both 1958); Gerd Müller (both 1970); and Gabriel Batistuta (1994 and 1998).^[2] Batistuta is thus the only person to score hat-tricks in two World Cups. He has another unique record of scoring hat-tricks, both were achieved on 21 June of the year, against World Cup finals debutants (Greece and Jamaica), and each time the third goal was a penalty.^[3] Kocsis and Müller scored their hat-tricks in consecutive matches.
• Oleg Salenko is the only player in World Cup history to have scored five goals in a single match. He did this during the 1994 FIFA World Cup match between Russia and Cameroon.^[4]
• One player has scored a hat-trick on his international début: Guillermo Stábile (1930).^[5]
• One player has scored four goals for the losing side: Ernest Wilimowski (5-6, 1938).^[6]
• Two players have scored a hat-trick for the losing side: Josef Hügi (5-7, 1954); and Igor Belanov (3-4, 1986).
• There have been three occasions when two hat-tricks have been scored in the same match. Two occurred during the 1938 FIFA World Cup: when Sweden defeated Cuba, Gustav Wetterström and Harry Andersson, both playing for Sweden, scored three goals, with the former completing his in the first half. In the Brazil vs Poland, Leônidas did it for Brazil and Ernest Wilimowski for Poland. One occurred in 1954: when Austria defeated Switzerland, Theodor Wagner and Josef Hügi scored hat-tricks for Austria and Switzerland respectively.
• Only one man has scored a hat-trick in a World Cup Final. Geoff Hurst scored three for England against West Germany in the 1966 Final.^[2][7] This is also the longest hat-trick to be completed - most time between the first and third goals. His first goal came at 10', while the second goals were in extra time at 98' and 120'.
• The quickest hat-trick is Erich Probst, who scored at 4', 21', and 24' in 1954, playing for Austria against Czechoslovakia in the first round.
• The briefest hat-trick to be completed - that is, the shortest time between the first and third goals - is the one by László Kiss in 1982 against El Salvador. He scored at 69', 72', and 76', making the time between his first and third 7 minutes. This is also the only hat-trick scored by a substitute.
• The only players to have scored from three headers in a single match are Tomáš Skuhravý in 1990 and Miroslav Klose in 2002.^[2]
• The youngest player to score a hat-trick is Pelé, at 17 years and 244 days.

List of World Cup hat-tricks

FIFA World Cup hat-tricks

Sequence	Player	Time of goals	For	Result	Against	Tournament	Round	Date	Ref
7000100000000000000♠1.	Patenaude, BertBert Patenaude	7001100000000000000♠10', 15', 50'	United States	7000330000000000000♠ 3–0	Paraguay	1930	8 First round	000000001930-07-17-000017 July 1930	[8]
7000200000000000000♠2.	Stábile, GuillermoGuillermo Stábile	7000800000000000000♠8', 17', 80'	Argentina	7000360000000000000♠ 6–3	Mexico	1930	8First round	000000001930-07-19-000019 July 1930	[9]
7000300000000000000♠3.	Cea, PedroPedro Cea	7001180000000000000♠18', 67', 72'	Uruguay	7000560000000099999♠ 6–1	Yugoslavia	1930	3Semi-final	000000001930-07-27-000027 July 1930	[10]
7000400000000000000♠4.	Schiavio, AngeloAngelo Schiavio	7001180000000000000♠18', 29', 64'	Italy	7000670000000000000♠ 7–1	United States	1934	8First round	000000001934-05-27-000027 May 1934	[11]
7000500000000000000♠5.	Conen, EdmundEdmund Conen	7001660000000000000♠66', 70', 87'	Germany	7000350000000000000♠ 5–2	Belgium	1934	8First round	000000001934-05-27-000027 May 1934	[12]
7000600000000000000♠6.	Nejedlý, OldřichOldřich Nejedlý	7001190000000000000♠19', 71', 80'	Czechoslovakia	7000230000000099999♠ 3–1	Germany	1934	3Semi-final	000000001934-06-03-00003 June 1934	[13]
7000700000000000000♠7.	Ernest Wilimowski4	7001530000000000000♠53', 59', 89', 118'	Poland	6998950000000000000♠ 5–6 a.e.t.§	Brazil	1938	8First round	000000001938-06-05-00005 June 1938	[14]
7000800000000000000♠8.	Leônidas	7001180000000000000♠18', 93', 104'	Brazil	7000160000000000000♠ 6–5 a.e.t.	Poland	1938	8First round	000000001938-06-05-00005 June 1938	[14]
7000900000000000000♠9.	Wetterström, GustavGustav Wetterström	7001320000000000000♠32', 37', 44'	Sweden	7000880000000000000♠ 8–0	Cuba	1938	5Quarter-final	000000001938-06-12-000012 June 1938	[15]
7001100000000000000♠10.	Andersson, HarryHarry Andersson	7000900000000000000♠9', 81', 89'	Sweden	7000880000000000000♠ 8–0	Cuba	1938	5Quarter-final	000000001938-06-12-000012 June 1938	[15]
7001110000000000000♠11.	MiguezÓscar Míguez	7001140000000000000♠14', 45', 56'	Uruguay	7000880000000000000♠ 8–0	Bolivia	1950	8First round	000000001950-07-02-00002 July 1950	[16]
7001120000000000000♠12.	Ademir4	7001170000000000000♠17', 36', 52', 58'	Brazil	7000670000000000000♠ 7–1	Sweden	1950	2Final round	000000001950-07-09-00009 July 1950	[17]
7001130000000000000♠13.	Kocsis, SándorSándor Kocsis	7001240000000000000♠24', 36', 50'	Hungary	7000990000000000000♠ 9–0	South Korea	1954	8First round	000000001954-06-17-000017 June 1954	[18]
7001140000000000000♠14.	Probst, ErichErich Probst	7000400000000000000♠4', 21', 24'	Austria	7000550000000000000♠ 5–0	Czechoslovakia	1954	8First round	000000001954-06-19-000019 June 1954	[19]
7001150000000000000♠15.	Borges, CarlosCarlos Borges	7001170000000000000♠17', 47', 57'	Uruguay	7000770000000000000♠ 7–0	Scotland	1954	8First round	000000001954-06-19-000019 June 1954	[20]
7001160000000000000♠16.	Kocsis, SándorSándor Kocsis4	7000300000000000000♠3', 21', 67', 78'	Hungary	7000580000000000000♠ 8–3	West Germany	1954	8First round	000000001954-06-20-000020 June 1954	[21]
7001170000000000000♠17.	Sargun, BurhanBurhan Sargun	7001370000000000000♠37', 64', 70'	Turkey	7000770000000000000♠ 7–0	South Korea	1954	8First round	000000001954-06-20-000020 June 1954	[22]
7001180000000000000♠18.	Morlock, MaxMax Morlock	7001300000000000000♠30', 60', 77'	West Germany	7000570000000000000♠ 7–2	Turkey	1954	8First round	000000001954-06-23-000023 June 1954	[23]
7001190000000000000♠19.	Theodor Wagner	7001250000000000000♠25', 27', 53'	Austria	7000270000000000000♠ 7–5	Switzerland	1954	5Quarter-final	000000001954-06-26-000026 June 1954	[24]
7001200000000000000♠20.	HugiJosef Hügi	7001170000000000000♠17', 19', 58'	Switzerland	6998850000000000000♠ 5–7§	Austria	1954	5Quarter-final	000000001954-06-26-000026 June 1954	[24]
7001210000000000000♠21.	Fontaine, JustJust Fontaine	7001240000000000000♠24', 30', 67'	France	7000470000000000000♠ 7–3	Paraguay	1958	First round	000000001958-06-08-00008 June 1958	[25]
7001220000000000000♠22.	Pelé	7001520000000000000♠52', 64', 75'	Brazil	7000350000000000000♠ 5–2	France	1958	3Semi-final	000000001958-06-24-000024 June 1958	[26]
7001230000000000000♠23.	Fontaine, JustJust Fontaine4	7001160000000000000♠16', 36', 78', 89'	France	7000360000000000000♠ 6–3	West Germany	1958	4Third-place playoff	000000001958-06-28-000028 June 1958	[27]
7001240000000000000♠24.	Albert, FlóriánFlórián Albert	7000100000000000000♠1', 6', 53'	Hungary	7000560000000099999♠ 6–1	Bulgaria	1962	8First round	000000001962-06-03-00003 June 1962	[28]
7001250000000000000♠25.	Eusébio4	7001270000000000000♠27', 43' (pen.), 56', 59' (pen.)	Portugal	7000250000000000000♠ 5–3	North Korea	1966	5Quarter-final	000000001966-07-23-000023 July 1966	[29]
7001260000000000000♠26.	Hurst, GeoffGeoff Hurst	7001180000000000000♠18', 98', 120'	England	7000240000000000000♠ 4–2 a.e.t.	West Germany	1966	1Final	000000001966-07-30-000030 July 1966	[30]
7001270000000000000♠27.	MullerGerd Müller	7001270000000000000♠27', 52' (pen.), 88'	West Germany	7000350000000000000♠ 5–2	Bulgaria	1970	8First round	000000001970-06-07-00007 June 1970	[31]
7001280000000000000♠28.	MullerGerd Müller	7001190000000000000♠19', 26', 39'	West Germany	7000230000000099999♠ 3–1	Peru	1970	8First round	000000001970-06-10-000010 June 1970	[32]
7001290000000000000♠29.	Bajević, DušanDušan Bajević	7000800000000000000♠8', 30', 81	Yugoslavia	7000990000000000000♠ 9–0	Zaire	1974	8First round	000000001974-06-18-000018 June 1974	[33]
7001300000000000000♠30.	Szarmach, AndrzejAndrzej Szarmach	7001300000000000000♠30', 34', 50'	Poland	7000770000000000000♠ 7–0	Haiti	1974	8First round	000000001974-06-19-000019 June 1974	[34]
7001310000000000000♠31.	Rensenbrink, RobRob Rensenbrink	7001400000000000000♠40' (pen.), 62', 79' (pen.)	Netherlands	7000330000000000000♠ 3–0	Iran	1978	8First round	000000001978-06-03-00003 June 1978	[35]
7001320000000000000♠32.	Cubillas, TeófiloTeófilo Cubillas	7001360000000000000♠36' (pen.), 39' (pen.), 79'	Peru	7000340000000000000♠ 4–1	Iran	1978	8First round	000000001978-06-11-000011 June 1978	[36]
7001330000000000000♠33.	Kiss, LászlóLászló Kiss	7001690000000000000♠69', 72', 76'	Hungary	7000995000000099999♠ 10–1	El Salvador	1982	First round	000000001982-06-15-000015 June 1982	[37]
7001340000000000000♠34.	Rummenigge, Karl-HeinzKarl-Heinz Rummenigge	7000900000000000000♠9', 57', 66'	West Germany	7000340000000000000♠ 4–1	Chile	1982	8First round	000000001982-06-20-000020 June 1982	[38]
7001350000000000000♠35.	Boniek, ZbigniewZbigniew Boniek	7000400000000000000♠4', 26', 53'	Poland	7000330000000000000♠ 3–0	Belgium	1982	6Second round	000000001982-06-28-000028 June 1982	[39]
7001360000000000000♠36.	Rossi, PaoloPaolo Rossi	7000500000000000000♠5', 25', 74	Italy	7000130000000000000♠ 3–2	Brazil	1982	6Second round	000000001982-07-05-00005 July 1982	[40]
7001370000000000000♠37.	Elkjær Larsen, PrebenPreben Elkjær Larsen	7001110000000000000♠11', 67', 80'	Denmark	7000560000000099999♠ 6–1	Uruguay	1986	8First round	000000001986-06-08-00008 June 1986	[41]
7001380000000000000♠38.	Lineker, GaryGary Lineker	7000900000000000000♠9', 14', 34'	England	7000330000000000000♠ 3–0	Poland	1986	8First round	000000001986-06-11-000011 June 1986	[42]
7001390000000000000♠39.	Belanov, IgorIgor Belanov	7001270000000000000♠27', 70', 111' (pen.)	Soviet Union	6998930000000000000♠ 3–4 a.e.t.§	Belgium	1986	7Second Round	000000001986-06-15-000015 June 1986	[43]
7001400000000000000♠40.	Butragueño, EmilioEmilio Butragueño4	7001430000000000000♠43', 56', 80', 88' (pen.)	Spain	7000450000000000000♠ 5–1	Denmark	1986	7Second Round	000000001986-06-18-000018 June 1986	[44]
7001410000000000000♠41.	Michel Míchel	7001220000000000000♠22', 61', 81'	Spain	7000230000000099999♠ 3–1	South Korea	1990	8First round	000000001990-06-17-000017 June 1990	[45]
7001420000000000000♠42.	Skuhravý, TomášTomáš Skuhravý	7001120000000000000♠12', 63', 82'	Czechoslovakia	7000340000000000000♠ 4–1	Costa Rica	1990	7Second Round	000000001990-06-23-000023 June 1990	[46]
7001430000000000000♠43.	Batistuta, GabrielGabriel Batistuta	7000200000000000000♠2', 44', 89' (pen.)	Argentina	7000440000000000000♠ 4–0	Greece	1994	8First round	000000001994-06-21-000021 June 1994	[47]
7001440000000000000♠44.	Salenko, OlegOleg Salenko5	7001140000000000000♠14', 41', 44' (pen.), 72', 75'	Russia	7000560000000099999♠ 6–1	Cameroon	1994	8First round	000000001994-06-28-000028 June 1994	[48]
7001450000000000000♠45.	Batistuta, GabrielGabriel Batistuta	7001730000000000000♠73', 78', 83' (pen.)	Argentina	7000550000000000000♠ 5–0	Jamaica	1998	8First round	000000001998-06-21-000021 June 1998	[49]
7001460000000000000♠46.	Klose, MiroslavMiroslav Klose	7001200000000000000♠20', 25', 70'	Germany	7000880000000000000♠ 8–0	Saudi Arabia	2002	8First round	000000002002-06-01-00001 June 2002	[50]
7001470000000000000♠47.	Pauleta	7001140000000000000♠14', 65', 77'	Portugal	7000440000000000000♠ 4–0	Poland	2002	8First round	000000002002-06-10-000010 June 2002	[51]
7001480000000000000♠48.	Higuaín, GonzaloGonzalo Higuaín	7001330000000000000♠33', 76', 80'	Argentina	7000340000000000000♠ 4–1	South Korea	2010	8First round	000000002010-06-17-000017 June 2010	[52]
7001490000000000000♠49.	Müller, ThomasThomas Müller	7001120000000000000♠12' (pen.), 45', 78'	Germany	7000440000000000000♠ 4–0	Portugal	2014	8First round	000000002014-06-16-000016 June 2014	[53]
7001500000000000000♠50.	Shaqiri, XherdanXherdan Shaqiri	7000600000000000000♠6', 31', 71'	Switzerland	7000330000000000000♠ 3–0	Honduras	2014	8First round	000000002014-06-25-000025 June 2014	[54]

See also

• FIFA World Cup
• FIFA World Cup records

References

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