Scoring six goals in the school playground or local park may be common, but in professional football it is even rarer.
While hat-tricks are quite frequent, even four and five goals are exceptions at the highest level of the game.
It’s rare to score two hat-tricks, but there have been a number of players over the years who have achieved the feat.
Here, take a look at those who did and the teams they punished…
16. Wesley Sank
Wesley Sonk is one of Belgium’s finest strikers of this generation, having spent his career playing for the likes of Ajax and Borussia Monchengladbach, but achieved his greatest success in his native Genk. success.
Sonk scored 80 goals during three prolific seasons with the Belgian club, including six in a 9-0 top-flight win over Mechelen in November 2002 .
15. Ted McDougall
Ted McDougall was a Scottish striker who spent almost his entire career in England and holds the record for the most goals in an FA Cup match.
In November 1971, McDougall scored nine goals in the Bournemouth Cup, helping Bournemouth defeat Margate 11-0, setting a record that will never be broken.
14. Eulogio Martinez
Only once in the history of the Copa del Rey has a player completed two hat-tricks, and that was Eulogio Martinez in May 1957.
Martinez, who was born in Paraguay and later represented Spain, scored seven goals in the 8-1 win over Atletico Madrid. He won two league and cup titles with Barcelona and scored the first goal in history at the inauguration of the Camp Nou in September 1957.
13. Fernando Perroteo
Fernando Peroteo is a legend of Portuguese football. He spent his entire career at Sporting Lisbon, scoring more than 500 goals for the Lisbon team.
In February 1942, Peroteo scored 9 goals in a 14-0 victory over Lesa, and in October 1948, he scored 8 goals in a 12-1 victory over Boavista.
12. Alfonso Alves
Alfonso Alves’ career may not have quite lived up to its early promise, but the Brazilian forward has definitely had his moments.
His most memorable game was the match between Heerenveen and Hercules Armelo in the Eredivisie in October 2007, when he scored 7 goals to help Heerenveen win 9-0. A move to Middlesbrough followed, but was less successful and he spent his career in Qatar.
11. Silvio Piola
Silvio Piola was the first player in Serie A to score two hat-tricks and one of two players ever to achieve the feat, in October 1933. Scored 6 goals for Pro Vercelli in a 7-2 win over Fiorentina.
Piola won the 1938 World Cup with Italy and also won Serie A runner-up three times with Lazio and Juventus.
10. Omar Sivori
Omar Sivori, one of only two players in Serie A history to score six goals in a match, scored two hat-tricks to help Juventus to a huge victory.
In June 1961, Sivori scored six times as Juventus beat rivals Inter Milan 9-1. The Argentinian-Italian scored the Bianconeri’s first three goals before adding his fifth, seventh and ninth goals in a historic win.
9. Erling Haaland
Double hat trick? Erling Haaland has been better as ever, scoring three hat-tricks for Norway U-20s against Honduras at the 2019 U-20 World Cup.
Haaland was 18 years old at the time and playing for Red Bull Salzburg. His nine goals in Norway’s 12-0 win certainly marked his emergence as one of the most exciting forward players in the world.
8. Dieter Müller
Dieter Müller won the 1977/78 Bundesliga title with FC Köln and was the top scorer that season and the previous season.
Müller scored over 150 goals for Cologne and holds the Bundesliga record for most goals in a single game: six in a 7-2 win over Werder Bremen in August 1977. ball.
7. Telmo Zara
Telmo Zara is Athletic Bilbao’s all-time leading goalscorer. The legendary former Spanish striker was the most prolific striker in La Liga history until many of his records were lost to Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo breaks.
Zara scored 20 goals in 20 games for Spain and spent almost his entire career at Athletic Bilbao, scoring in a 10-0 win over Lleida in November 1950. Scored six goals.
6. Lothar Emmerich
Lothar Emmerich was one of the best German forwards of his generation, having a long and successful spell with Borussia Dortmund in the 1960s.
In October 1965, Emmerich scored six goals for Dortmund in an 8-0 victory over Maltese team Floriana in the European Cup Winners’ Cup. The following year, he reached the World Cup final in England with West Germany.
5. Laszlo Kubala
Barcelona built the Camp Nou because not enough fans could make it into their home in Le Corte to watch the legendary Laszlo Kubala play.
Kubala, later immortalized in a statue outside the new stadium, was a legend of his time, scoring 288 goals for the Catalan club, including unofficial matches. Seven of those goals came in a 9-0 La Liga victory over Sporting Gijon in February 1952.
4. Bailey
Pele is one of the greatest players of all time and the best by many, and he is also one of the highest scorers in football history.
How many goals he scored is open to debate, but he did score eight goals in one match for Santos against Botafogo (SP) in the Paulista Championship in April 1964.
3. Edmundo
One of the most talented Brazilian forwards of his generation, Edmundo played for Serie A side Fiorentina and had five spells with Rio de Janeiro club Vasco da Gama.
In September 1997, Edmundo scored all six goals for Vasco in a 6-0 victory over São Joao United, which is still a record in Brazil’s top league.
2.Julian Alvarez
Julian Alvarez signed for Manchester City in January 2022 but was loaned back to River Plate for the next six months.
The striker scored six goals in the Buenos Aires club’s 8-1 victory over Lima in the Copa Libertadores in May and went on to win the World Cup with Argentina later that year .
1. Ted Drake
Ted Drake is a center forward who plays for Arsenal and Southampton and holds the record for goals in England’s top flight.
In December 1935, Drake scored all seven goals in Arsenal’s 7-1 victory over Aston Villa. He also made five appearances for the England national team, scoring six goals.
