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Top 10 fastest hat trick in football history
What is the quickest hat trick in football history? In the 2015/2016 season, Argentine striker Sergio Agüero scored five amazing goals against the team of Stoke City in the English Premier League, in just 20 minutes, including a hat-trick in just 8 minutes. In the same season, but in the German league this time, Robert Lewandowski scored a famous five goals in 9 minutes, three of them in just four minutes. Although a hat trick in less than 240 seconds is amazing, it does not enter the list of the fastest hat tricks in history. And here are the top ten.
What is a hat-trick in football?
In football, a hat trick denotes a player accomplishing the feat of scoring three goals in a solitary match. This accomplishment is widely recognized as a notable individual achievement in matches, serving as a testament to the player's prowess and effectiveness in goal-scoring.
What is the quickest hat trick in football history?
The fastest hat-trick in the history of football:
- The player: Alex Tora.
- Player: Magnus Arvidsson.
- The player: Tommy Rose.
- The player: Eduardo Maglioni.
- The player: Abdel Hamid Bassiouni.
- Player: Jimmy O'Connor.
- Player: James Hayter.
- Player: Andy Loke.
- Ian St John.
- The player: Sadio Mane.
10 fastest hat trick in football history all time
10-The player: Sadio Mane
- The match: Southampton vs Aston Villa
- Event: English Premier League
- Hat-trick speed: 2 minutes and 56 seconds
The fastest hat-trick in the history of the English Premier League must be present in your mind. It was scored by the Senegalese star Sadio Mane against Aston Villa on May 16, 2015. Is it possible to break this outstanding record in the future? Let's find out.
9- Ian St John
- Match: Motherwell vs Hibernian
- Event: Scottish League Cup
- Hat-trick speed: 2 minutes and 30 seconds
Before the player's move to Liverpool, Ian St John scored three consecutive goals in 150 seconds for Motherwell on 10 August 1959.
8- Player: Andy Loke
- Match: Nantwich vs. Droylesden
- Event: English FA Cup
- Hat-trick speed: 2 minutes and 20 seconds
On September 9, 1995, Andy Loke scored the fastest hat-trick in the history of the English FA Cup when he played for Nantwich against Droylesden, and the hat-trick came during the first round qualifiers of one of the oldest football competitions in the world.
7- Player: James Hayter
- Match: Bournemouth vs. Rotherham
- Event: English Football League Championship
- Hat-trick speed: 2 minutes and 20 seconds
Six minutes before the end of the match, Bournemouth striker James Hayter scored the fastest hat-trick in English football history as a substitute, scoring three goals in just 2 minutes and 20 seconds. The match ended with a resounding victory for the home team, finishing 6-0.
6- Player: Jimmy O'Connor
- Match: Shelbourne vs Bohemians
- Event: Irish League
- Hat-trick speed: 2 minutes and 13 seconds
Former Irish player Jimmy O'Connor led his team Shelbourne to a 3-2 victory in a local league match, scoring a historic hat-trick with a right-footed shot, followed by another goal just 1 minute and 25 seconds later, and concluding with a header. The match took place on November 19, 1967.
5- The player: Abdel Hamid Bassiouni
- The match: Egypt vs Namibia
- Event: African qualifiers for the 2002 World Cup
- Hat-trick speed: 57th minute and 57 seconds
Egypt won that match with a score of 8-2, and although they did not qualify for the World Cup, player Abdel Hamid Bassiouni made a name for himself when he scored the fastest international hat-trick, a record praised by FIFA. Ironically, the former Zamalek player did not score any other goal for the Pharaohs in any other match, as if he was born only for this achievement.
4- The player: Eduardo Maglioni
- The match: Independiente vs. Gimnasia La Plata
- Event: Argentine League
- Hat-trick speed: 1 minute and 51 seconds
The Argentine League achieved fourth place in this honorary list on March 18, 1978, when player Eduardo Maglioni scored three goals in just 111 seconds, contributing to a big win for his team Independiente, with a final score of 4-1. At that time, the Argentine press praised this quick hat-trick, which still holds the top spot in Argentina to this day.
3- The player: Tommy Rose
- The match: Ross County vs Nairn County
- Event: Scottish League or one of the lower divisions in Scotland
- Hat-trick speed: 1 minute and 30 seconds
The striker Tommy Rose was only 18 years old when he amazed the world and scored a quick hat-trick for his team Ross County in the abovementioned match within a time frame of not more than 90 seconds, to etch his name in the history books. This confrontation took place on November 28, 1964, and many consider Rose's hat-trick the fastest hat-trick in the history of football.
2- Player: Magnus Arvidsson
- Match: Helsingborg vs. Landskrona
- Event: Swedish League
- Hat-trick speed: 1 minute and 29 seconds
Former Swedish player Magnus Arvidsson holds the record for the second-fastest hat-trick in history. The Helsingborg player scored his hat-trick in 89 seconds, helping his team avoid relegation to the Swedish second division in the 1994/1995 season. The match ended with a score of 5-3.
1- The player: Alex Tora
- Match: Ruson Spring vs. Win Gardeners
- Event: British Amateur League
- Hat-trick speed: 1 minute and 10 seconds
The fastest hat-trick in history is recorded in the name of the player Ruson Spring Alex Tora, who scored three very quick goals against the team Win Gardener. It is a world record entered in the Guinness Book of World Records and it is difficult for any other player to repeat it. The match took place on April 28, 2013, and ended with Tora's team winning 7-1.
