Which players have scored five goals in single Champions League knockout game?

Rajarshi has been part of Khel Now since 2022, and he covers world football.

Published at :March 16, 2023 at 4:35 AM

Modified at :March 16, 2023 at 4:42 AM

Which players have scored five goals in single Champions League knockout game?

Only two footballers have achieved this feast ever

One of the finest ways to elevate your standing in Europe is to score in the Champions League, and players who consistently do this are among the best players, but a hat-trick is another fantastic ambition that every football player strives to achieve. So far, there are merely two players who have ever scored five goals in the Champions League; find out how they did it in the article below.

Lionel Messi

Lionel Messi's impressive display against Bayer Leverkusen in March 2012 made him the very first player to record five goals in a single UEFA Champions League match.

Messi, who scored the third away goal in the first-leg victory in Germany, helped Barcelona enter the second leg of this round of 16 matches with a 3-1 advantage. Yet there was no denying that he was the highlight of this 7-1 triumph at the Nou Camp.

Messi has only ever scored five goals in a club game, and they occurred during the record-breaking 2011–12 campaign at Barcelona. He scored a startling 73 goals in 60 competitive club outings during that season, which is a record for him at the club level.

Erling Haaland

Erling Haaland may possibly challenge for the title of football's all-time great after scoring an incredible five goals in Manchester City's 7-0 rout of RB Leipzig. When the German team visited the city in the Champions League, the Norwegian striker had already scored 34 goals in 35 outings since joining Manchester City last summer.

Haaland scored two goals in the first minute of the match against Leipzig to put City comfortably in control of the last-16 match. This was the player's sixth season-to-date triple and second in the Champions League.

With his second attempt, Haaland scored a historic goal, giving him 31 goals overall in the Champions League. The 22-year-old now becomes the youngest player to achieve that total after scoring 30 goals in just 25 games.

In addition, Haaland reached 30 goals in Europe's premier tournament faster than Kylian Mbappe, Cristiano Ronaldo, and Lionel Messi combined.

Rajarshi Shukla

After earning a bachelor's degree in mass media, Rajarshi began his career as a sports writer in 2019, driven by his passion for sports journalism. He has been working in the field for over six years. A devoted fan of Lionel Messi and Barcelona, Rajarshi has been involved in sports since childhood. Before turning his focus to journalism, he even represented his college at the state level. Along with covering football, he enjoys playing the game, watching movies, and experimenting with new recipes in his spare time, as cooking is one of his favorite hobbies.