Record hat-trick scorers in each of Europe's top 5 leagues

4. Mario Gomez - Bundesliga: 13 (with VfB Stuttgart and Bayern Munich)

Borussia Dortmund v FC Bayern Muenchen - UEFA Champions League Final.

Though Robert Lewandowski may be breaking every other goalscoring record in the Bundesliga currently, he still has some catching up to do with former Bayern Munich star Mario Gomez in terms of trebles scored.

The now-retired German international bagged a total of 13 hat-tricks in his top-flight career spanning over 15 years, with the first three coming for his boyhood club VFB Stuttgart and the latter 10 for the Bavarian giants.

Though he is now plying his trade in the second division with Die Schwaben he has been one of the top German strikers in recent memory and one of the finest traditional No.9s of the century.

He has won the Bundesliga thrice, the Bundesliga Golden Boot once, won the UEFA Champions League with Bayern and was even voted the German footballer of the Year in 2007, but unfortunately missed out on the ultimate prize in Die Mannschaft's 2014 World Cup triumph due to an injury spell that kept him out of the final squad.

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