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 25 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

Key
^4	Player scored four goals
^5	Player scored five goals
^§	Player's team lost the match

FIFA World Cup hat-tricks

Sequence	Player	Time of goals	For	Result	Against	Tournament	Round	Date	Ref
1.	Patenaude, BertBert Patenaude	10', 15', 50'	United States	3–0	Paraguay	1930	8 First round	17 July 1930	[8]
2.	Stábile, GuillermoGuillermo Stábile	8', 17', 80'	Argentina	6–3	Mexico	1930	8First round	19 July 1930	[9]
3.	Cea, PedroPedro Cea	18', 67', 72'	Uruguay	6–1	Yugoslavia	1930	3Semi-final	27 July 1930	[10]
4.	Schiavio, AngeloAngelo Schiavio	18', 29', 64'	Italy	7–1	United States	1934	8First round	27 May 1934	[11]
5.	Conen, EdmundEdmund Conen	66', 70', 87'	Germany	5–2	Belgium	1934	8First round	27 May 1934	[12]
6.	Nejedlý, OldřichOldřich Nejedlý	19', 71', 80'	Czechoslovakia	3–1	Germany	1934	3Semi-final	3 June 1934	[13]
7.	Ernest Wilimowski^4	53', 59', 89', 118'	Poland	5–6 a.e.t.^§	Brazil	1938	8First round	5 June 1938	[14]
8.	Leônidas	18', 93', 104'	Brazil	6–5 a.e.t.	Poland	1938	8First round	5 June 1938	[14]
9.	Wetterström, GustavGustav Wetterström	32', 37', 44'	Sweden	8–0	Cuba	1938	5Quarter-final	12 June 1938	[15]
10.	Andersson, HarryHarry Andersson	9', 81', 89'	Sweden	8–0	Cuba	1938	5Quarter-final	12 June 1938	[15]
11.	MiguezÓscar Míguez	14', 45', 56'	Uruguay	8–0	Bolivia	1950	8First round	2 July 1950	[16]
12.	Ademir^4	17', 36', 52', 58'	Brazil	7–1	Sweden	1950	2Final round	9 July 1950	[17]
13.	Kocsis, SándorSándor Kocsis	24', 36', 50'	Hungary	9–0	South Korea	1954	8First round	17 June 1954	[18]
14.	Probst, ErichErich Probst	4', 21', 24'	Austria	5–0	Czechoslovakia	1954	8First round	19 June 1954	[19]
15.	Borges, CarlosCarlos Borges	17', 47', 57'	Uruguay	7–0	Scotland	1954	8First round	19 June 1954	[20]
16.	Kocsis, SándorSándor Kocsis^4	3', 21', 67', 78'	Hungary	8–3	West Germany	1954	8First round	20 June 1954	[21]
17.	Sargun, BurhanBurhan Sargun	37', 64', 70'	Turkey	7–0	South Korea	1954	8First round	20 June 1954	[22]
18.	Morlock, MaxMax Morlock	30', 60', 77'	West Germany	7–2	Turkey	1954	8First round	23 June 1954	[23]
19.	Theodor Wagner	25', 27', 53'	Austria	7–5	Switzerland	1954	5Quarter-final	26 June 1954	[24]
20.	HugiJosef Hügi	17', 19', 58'	Switzerland	5–7^§	Austria	1954	5Quarter-final	26 June 1954	[24]
21.	Fontaine, JustJust Fontaine	24', 30', 67'	France	7–3	Paraguay	1958	First round	8 June 1958	[25]
22.	Pelé	52', 64', 75'	Brazil	5–2	France	1958	3Semi-final	24 June 1958	[26]
23.	Fontaine, JustJust Fontaine^4	16', 36', 78', 89'	France	6–3	West Germany	1958	4Third-place playoff	28 June 1958	[27]
24.	Albert, FlóriánFlórián Albert	1', 6', 53'	Hungary	6–1	Bulgaria	1962	8First round	3 June 1962	[28]
25.	Eusébio^4	27', 43' (pen.), 56', 59' (pen.)	Portugal	5–3	North Korea	1966	5Quarter-final	23 July 1966	[29]
26.	Hurst, GeoffGeoff Hurst	18', 98', 120'	England	4–2 a.e.t.	West Germany	1966	1Final	30 July 1966	[30]
27.	MullerGerd Müller	27', 52' (pen.), 88'	West Germany	5–2	Bulgaria	1970	8First round	7 June 1970	[31]
28.	MullerGerd Müller	19', 26', 39'	West Germany	3–1	Peru	1970	8First round	10 June 1970	[32]
29.	Bajević, DušanDušan Bajević	8', 30', 81	Yugoslavia	9–0	Zaire	1974	8First round	18 June 1974	[33]
30.	Szarmach, AndrzejAndrzej Szarmach	30', 34', 50'	Poland	7–0	Haiti	1974	8First round	19 June 1974	[34]
31.	Rensenbrink, RobRob Rensenbrink	40' (pen.), 62', 79' (pen.)	Netherlands	3–0	Iran	1978	8First round	3 June 1978	[35]
32.	Cubillas, TeófiloTeófilo Cubillas	36' (pen.), 39' (pen.), 79'	Peru	4–1	Iran	1978	8First round	11 June 1978	[36]
33.	Kiss, LászlóLászló Kiss	69', 72', 76'	Hungary	10–1	El Salvador	1982	First round	15 June 1982	[37]
34.	Rummenigge, Karl-HeinzKarl-Heinz Rummenigge	9', 57', 66'	West Germany	4–1	Chile	1982	8First round	20 June 1982	[38]
35.	Boniek, ZbigniewZbigniew Boniek	4', 26', 53'	Poland	3–0	Belgium	1982	6Second round	28 June 1982	[39]
36.	Rossi, PaoloPaolo Rossi	5', 25', 74	Italy	3–2	Brazil	1982	6Second round	5 July 1982	[40]
37.	Elkjær Larsen, PrebenPreben Elkjær Larsen	11', 67', 80'	Denmark	6–1	Uruguay	1986	8First round	8 June 1986	[41]
38.	Lineker, GaryGary Lineker	9', 14', 34'	England	3–0	Poland	1986	8First round	11 June 1986	[42]
39.	Belanov, IgorIgor Belanov	27', 70', 111' (pen.)	Soviet Union	3–4 a.e.t.^§	Belgium	1986	7Second Round	15 June 1986	[43]
40.	Butragueño, EmilioEmilio Butragueño^4	43', 56', 80', 88' (pen.)	Spain	5–1	Denmark	1986	7Second Round	18 June 1986	[44]
41.	Michel Míchel	22', 61', 81'	Spain	3–1	South Korea	1990	8First round	17 June 1990	[45]
42.	Skuhravý, TomášTomáš Skuhravý	12', 63', 82'	Czechoslovakia	4–1	Costa Rica	1990	7Second Round	23 June 1990	[46]
43.	Batistuta, GabrielGabriel Batistuta	2', 44', 89' (pen.)	Argentina	4–0	Greece	1994	8First round	21 June 1994	[47]
44.	Salenko, OlegOleg Salenko^5	14', 41', 44' (pen.), 72', 75'	Russia	6–1	Cameroon	1994	8First round	28 June 1994	[48]
45.	Batistuta, GabrielGabriel Batistuta	73', 78', 83' (pen.)	Argentina	5–0	Jamaica	1998	8First round	21 June 1998	[49]
46.	Klose, MiroslavMiroslav Klose	20', 25', 70'	Germany	8–0	Saudi Arabia	2002	8First round	1 June 2002	[50]
47.	Pauleta	14', 65', 77'	Portugal	4–0	Poland	2002	8First round	10 June 2002	[51]
48.	Higuaín, GonzaloGonzalo Higuaín	33', 76', 80'	Argentina	4–1	South Korea	2010	8First round	17 June 2010	[52]
49.	Müller, ThomasThomas Müller	12' (pen.), 45', 78'	Germany	4–0	Portugal	2014	8First round	16 June 2014	[53]
50.	Shaqiri, XherdanXherdan Shaqiri	6', 31', 71'	Switzerland	3–0	Honduras	2014	8First round	25 June 2014	[54]

See also

• FIFA World Cup
• FIFA World Cup records

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External links

• "FIFA Facts: World Cup Goals" (PDF). FIFA. pp. 2–3. Retrieved 2007-12-06.
• "World Cup Trivia - Hat-tricks". RSSSF. Retrieved 2006-10-09.