List of all hat-tricks scored by Lionel Messi

Messi equalled Cristiano Ronaldo’s 10 international hat trick record against Bolivia.

Imagine scoring your first career hat-trick against Real Madrid. That’s Lionel Messi for you. He has done things that people can only wonder about throughout his career.

Lionel Messi, the Argentine footballing genius, began his career with Barcelona in Spain. A player whose career started at a big club had to be special. Messi debuted for Blaugrana on 16 November 2003. It was in a friendly against Portuguese giants FC Porto when a 16-year-old wonderkid stepped onto the pitch.

His first career hat trick came on 10/03/2007, almost 39 months after his club debut. The special case about his first-ever three-goal haul were the opponents against whom he scored – Real Madrid. We all know that El Clasico happens to be the most hotly contested rivalry in world football.

The LaLiga game against Los Blancos saw Lionel Messi bag his first career hat trick. However, the game finished as a 3-3 draw. Five years later, he netted his first hat trick in the national team kit. The 3-1 win against Switzerland in a friendly proved to be a special moment for the Argentine legend.

Although the footballing great has played for three clubs in his career so far, he has had such exemplary moments of bagging three or more goals in a game for the Spanish giants mainly. Even in his two-season long stay with Ligue 1 giants PSG, Messi failed to produce even a single hat-trick. His Inter Miami career has been fruitful so far. The American fans finally witnessed such a euphoric three-goal moment from their Argentine maestro today.

Overall, Messi has managed to tally 59 career hattricks, which is just seven short of equalling Cristiano Ronaldo‘s record (66). However, he has recently equalled the Portuguese legend in the category of just national team hattricks.

Argentina – 10 hat-tricks

Date	Competition	Score & Against	Goal Scored
15/10/2024	World Cup Qualifier	6-0 Bolivia	3
28/03/2023	Friendly	7-0 Curacao	3
05/06/2022	Friendly	5-0 Estonia	5
10/09/2021	World Cup Qualifier	3-0 Bolivia	3
30/05/2018	Friendly	4-0 Haiti	3
11/10/2017	World Cup Qualifier	3-1 Ecuador	3
11/06/2016	Copa America	5-0 Panama	3
15/06/2013	Friendly	4-0 Guatemala	3
09/06/2012	Friendly	4-3 Brazil	3
29/02/2012	Friendly	3-1 Switzerland	3

Inter Miami – 1 hat-trick

Finally, the legend nets his first hat-trick for the MLS side.

Date	Competition	Score & Against	Goal Scored
20/10/24	MLS	6-2 New England Revolution	3

Paris Saint-Germain – 0 hat-tricks

Messi failed to manage even a single hat trick for the Ligue 1 giants.

Barcelona – 48 hat-tricks

Date	Competition	Score & Against	Goal Scored
22/02/2020	LaLiga	5-0 Eibar	4
07/12/2019	LaLiga	5-2 Mallorca	3
9/11/2019	LaLiga	4-1 Celta Vigo	3
17/03/2019	LaLiga	4-1 Real Betis	3
23/02/2019	LaLiga	4-2 Sevilla	3
16/12/2018	LaLiga	5-0 Levante	3
18/09/2018	Champions League	4-0 PSV	3
29/04/2018	LaLiga	4-2 Deportivo La Coruna	3
07/04/2018	LaLiga	3-1 Leganes	3
19/09/2017	LaLiga	6-1 Eibar	4
09/09/2017	LaLiga	5-0 Espanyol	3
19/10/2016	Champions League	4-0 Manchester City	3
13/09/2016	Champions League	7-0 Celtic	3
03/03/2016	LaLiga	5-1 Rayo Vallecano	3
03/02/2016	Copa del Rey	7-0 Valencia	3
09/01/2016	LaLiga	4-0 Granada	3
08/03/2015	LaLiga	6-1 Rayo Vallecano	3
15/02/2015	LaLiga	5-0 Levante	3
18/01/2015	LaLiga	4-0 Deportivo La Coruna	3
07/12/2014	LaLiga	5-1 Espanyol	3
25/11/2014	Champions League	4-0 APOEL	3
22/11/2014	LaLiga	5-1 Sevilla	3
23/03/2014	LaLiga	4-3 Real Madrid	3
16/03/2014	LaLiga	7-0 Osasuna	3
18/09/2013	Champions League	4-0 Ajax	3
01/09/2013	LaLiga	3-2 Valencia	3
27/01/2013	LaLiga	5-1 Osasuna	4
20/10/2012	LaLiga	5-4 Deportivo La Coruna	3
05/05/2012	LaLiga	4-0 Espanyol	4
02/05/2012	LaLiga	4-1 Malaga	3
20/03/2012	LaLiga	5-3 Granada	3
07/03/2012	Champions League	7-1 Bayer Leverkusen	5
19/02/2012	LaLiga	5-1 Valencia	4
22/01/2012	LaLiga	4-1 Malaga	3
01/11/2011	Champions League	4-0 Viktoria Plzen	3
29/10/2011	LaLiga	5-0 Mallorca	3
24/09/2011	LaLiga	5-0 Atletico Madrid	3
17/09/2011	LaLiga	8-0 Osasuna	3
05/02/2011	LaLiga	3-0 Atletico Madrid	3
12/01/2011	Copa del Rey	5-0 Real Betis	3
20/11/2010	LaLiga	8-0 Almeria	3
21/08/2010	Supercopa de Espana	4-0 Sevilla	3
06/04/2010	Champions League	4-1 Arsenal	4
21/03/2010	LaLiga	4-2 Real Zaragoza	3
14/03/2010	LaLiga	3-0 Valencia	3
10/01/2010	LaLiga	5-0 Tenerife	3
06/01/2009	Copa del Rey	3-1 Atletico Madrid	3
10/03/2007	LaLiga	3-3 Real Madrid	3

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