Ronaldo's stunning hat-trick reminds of some historic hat-tricks in World Cup history
Authored By Wion Web Desk
Published: Jun 16, 2018, 03:09 IST | Updated: Jun 16, 2018, 03:09 IST
Cristiano Ronaldo scored his 51st career hat-trick (club and country), and also the 51st hat-trick scored in World Cup history
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Cristiano Ronaldo - Portugal
Cristiano Ronaldo scored a hat-trick in Portugal's opener clash against Spain in football World Cup 2018. He scored his 51st career hat-trick (club and country), and also the 51st hat-trick scored in World Cup history.
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Bert Patenaude - America
The first hat-trick in World Cup was scored by Bert Patenaude of the United States while playing against Paraguay in 1930. However, the goal was a bit controversial. Until 10 November 2006, the first hat-trick that FIFA acknowledged had been scored by Argentine Guillermo Stabile but two days after, FIFA announced that Patenaude's claim to being the first hat-trick scorer was valid.
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Pele - Brazil
Brazilian star player Pele is the youngest player to score a hat-trick. He scored the hat-trick in 1958 at 17 years and 244 days of age.
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Oleg Salenko - Russian-Ukrainian
Oleg Salenko - a retired Russian-Ukrainian footballer - has scored five goals in a single match in 1994 World Cup playing against Cameroon.
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Geoff Hurst - England
Geoff Hurst is the only player who has scored a hat-trick in a World Cup Final.
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Thomas Muller - Germany
In the previous tournament, on 16 June 2014, in Germany's opening match of the World Cup, Thomas Muller scored the first hat-trick of the tournament. He bagged the first World Cup hat-trick for Germany since Miroslav Klose in 2002.
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