Lionel Messi’s hat-tricks: 50 and counting

Lionel Messi’s hat-tricks: 50 and counting

Lionel Messi has racked up a remarkable 50 trebles for Barcelona and Argentina to date and is showing no signs of slowing down. UEFA.com crunches the numbers behind Messi's hat-trick heroics.Messi's first career treble came against Real Madrid in March 2007, his most recent against Sevilla in February 2019; in over a decade of goalscoring, the Argentinian has returned eight hat-tricks in the UEFA Champions League, 32 in the Spanish Liga, three in the Copa del Rey, one in the Spanish Super Cup and a further six at international level. Messi's hat-tricks by numbers

All you ever wanted to know: Champions League hat-tricks

All you ever wanted to know: Champions League hat-tricks

PLAYERSMost hat-tricks 7= Lionel Messi (Barcelona) 7= Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid) 3= Filippo Inzaghi (Juventus 2, AC Milan) 3= Mario Gomez (Bayern) 3= Luiz Adriano (Shakhtar)All of Ronaldo's hat-tricks to date came in an 18-month spell between December 2015 and May 2017.Most hat-tricks in one season3 Cristiano Ronaldo (2015/16) 2= Cristiano Ronaldo (2016/17) 2= Lionel Messi (2011/12, 2016... UEFA.com - News