Top 8 players who scored hat-tricks in the Champions League

Vinicius Junior just scored his first hat-trick atChampions League, also the third of his professional football career.

Since UEFA renamed the European Cup to the Champions League in 1992, 108 different players from 37 countries have scored at least three goals in a match.

A total of 154 hat-tricks were scored, representing 53 clubs from 17 leagues across Europe.

Vinicius also helpsReal Madridrose to become the team with the most hat-tricks, with a total of 15 times.

Right behind Real Madrid is rival Barcelona, ​​who have 14 hat-tricks. Next are Bayern Munich (12), Man City (7) and MU (7).

The individual record belongs to Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo, who have both scored eight hat-tricks on Europe's most prestigious stage.

All eight of Messi's hat-tricks have come for Barca, with the last coming in a win over PSV in 2018.

Messi's first hat-trick, which actually saw him score four goals (poker), came on April 6, 2010, in a 4–1 win over Arsenal at Camp Nou.

Ronaldo's first hat-trick came more than two years later: Real Madrid beat Ajax 4-1 at the Bernabeu on October 3, 2012.

Of Ronaldo's eight hat-tricks, seven came with Real Madrid and the other when he moved to Juventus.

Interestingly, the Portuguese star scored a hat-trick in the most prestigious tournament both times.footballEurope is all 3-0 win against Atletico.

Right behind the Messi - Ronaldo duo is Robert Lewandowski, with 6 hat-tricks in his Champions League career.

Lewandowski has scored three or more goals five times for Bayern Munich. The last time he did this was with Barca in 2022.

The Polish striker has the opportunity to be on par with Messi and Ronaldo, even surpass these two superstars when he is showing good form with Barca.

Four players have scored three hat-tricks. Sixteen have scored two hat-tricks, including current stars like Kylian Mbappe and Erling Haaland.