5 footballers who have smashed 5 goals in a single match

Scoring a hat trick of goals in a football match is considered one of the big achievements but what would be your reaction when you hear or see an individual scoring 5 goals in a single match? Yes, there’ve been a few superstars of the game who have achieved this unbelievable but quite sensational feat.

With Erling Haaland joining this elite list with his five goals for Manchester City against Luton Town in the ongoing FA Cup 2024, here we’ll have a look at the 5 players who have achieved this amazing milestone of scoring 5 goals in a match.

Cristiano Ronaldo

Undoubtedly one of the football greats Cristiano Ronaldo has a different stature with his amazing goal-scoring ability. The Portuguese international scored 5 goals in a match while he was in action for Real Madrid; it happened in a match between Madrid and Granada in April 2015, when Ronaldo’s excellence peaked.

Ronaldo’s five goals helped Madrid to completely outplay Granada and win the match by an unbelievable margin of 9-1.

Lionel Messi

The World Champions Argentina skipper and legendary winger Lionel Messi is also named in this list of a few players who own the sensational feat of scoring five goals in a match. Messi created this sensational record while he acted for Barcelona against Bayern Leverkusen in March 2012.

On the back of Messi’s heroics, Barcelona won this clash against Bayern Leverkusen by an outclassing margin of 7-1.

Robert Lewandowski

The Poland international Robert Lewandowski was in action for Bayern Munich in September 2015. He is known for his sensational goal-scoring skills; Lewandowski’s five-score achievement brilliance was that he was benched half of the time.

Above that, these five goals from Lewandowski scored these five goals in just 9 minutes, which is still the highest five-goal haul in the history of the Bundesliga.

Dimitar Berbatov

Former Bulgarian centre-forward Dimitar Berbatov was playing for Manchester United in the season of 2010. The Red Devils were locking horns with Blackburn Rovers in a Premier League match. In this match, Berbatov shone for the United and claimed an amazing five-goal haul.

His five goals helped the United to beat Rovers by a big margin of 7-1 to end up on a higher and winning note.

Jermain Defoe

Former England star was one of the vital cogs in the wheel for Tottenham Hotspur in the late 2000s; he achieved a sensational feat of five-goal haul in a match against Wigan Athletic. Defoe’s brilliant five goals helped Hotspur to win the match by an amazing margin of 9-1.

The major highlight of this five-goal haul by Jermain Defoe was that he completed his hat trick within only 7 minutes.