#4 Quickest hat trick in international
Hattricks are one of the most celebrated events in football. Scoring one goal in a game is a difficult task in itself, so scoring a treble of goals in the same game is something that deserves to be celebrated.
When it comes to scoring hattricks, the first person that springs to the mind is Cristiano Ronaldo. The Real Madrid star has scored 47 hattricks in his career thus far – fun fact: that’s just 3 less than the number of hattricks scored in each World Cup combined since 1930 – and is likely to score more before he hangs up his boots.
But did you know that he is not the footballer to score the quickest hattrick in international football? No, it is not even Lionel Messi or any other top player in the world as this distinction belongs to Egypt’s Abdul-Hamid Bassiouny when he scored a hattrick in 155 seconds against Namibia in a World Cup qualifier.
Another fun fact: that was Bassiony’s only three goals with his country in the 14 times that he played for them.
