National team hat-tricks list
Masood Fakhri , the first hat-trick scorer for Pakistan
The first player ever to score a hat-trick (three or more goals in a match) for Pakistan in an international football match was Masood Fakhri . He achieved the feat in the 1954 Asian Games held in Manila , Philippines against Singapore on 2 May 1954, at the Rizal Memorial Stadium , where Pakistan won the match by 6–2.[ 1] [ 2] [ 3] [ 4] He completed the hat-trick in 5 minutes, scoring at the 42nd, 43rd and 47th minutes of the match.[ 5] The next player to score a hat-trick was Qayyum Changezi a year later at the 1955 Asian Quadrangular Football Tournament , although he scored two goals of the match through penalty .[ 6] [ 7]
Muhammad Umer is the only recorded Pakistani footballer to have scored a hat-trick more than once against a full international side. Umer first achieved the feat in a friendly match against Singapore on 17 May 1958, where both teams reportedly fielded their main probable teams as preparation for the 1958 Asian Games .[ 8] [ 9] [ 10] On 9 December 1959 during the 1960 AFC Asian Cup qualification , Umer scored another hat-trick in a 4–1 victory against Iran .[ 11] The next year, Moosa Ghazi scored thrice in a 7–0 record victory against Thailand at the 1960 Merdeka Tournament .[ 12] [ 13] In 1967, inside-left forward Abdul Jabbar surpassed the hat-trick number barrier after scoring four goals in a single match against Turkey at the 1967 RCD Cup . The striker Muhammad Ali Shah managed to score all three goals against Malaysia in a 3–2 win during the 1981 King's Cup on 13 November 1981.[ 14] During the 1984 AFC Asian Cup qualification , Sharafat Ali scored thrice in a 4–1 victory against North Yemen .[ 15] Pakistan also scored considerable goals in a single match in the 20th century where the goals of Pakistani players remain unrecorded in several matches till date (see Pakistan national football team results (1950–1989) ).[ a]
After the 20th century, Gohar Zaman became first Pakistani footballer to score a hat-trick in a FIFA World Cup qualification match during the 2002 World Cup qualifiers .[ 16] [ 17] [ 18] [ 19] He completed the hat-trick within 40 minutes against Sri Lanka in a 3–3 draw.[ 20] After several years, Pakistan tied it's previous all-time highest record victory against Thailand in 1960, after Muhammad Qasim scored three times against Guam in a 9–2 win at the 2008 AFC Challenge Cup qualification , where the national team scored the highest number of goals in a match.[ 21] [ 22] A year later, Safiullah Khan scored four goals in a single match against Brunei at the 2010 AFC Challenge Cup qualification on 6 April 2009.[ 23] [ 24] [ 25] [ 26] The same year, Pakistan earned another record 7–0 victory at the 2009 SAFF Championship , where Arif Mehmood scored three times against Bhutan .[ 27] [ 28] [ 29] This is also the most recent instance of a Pakistani player scoring a hat-trick in an international football match.
As of 26 March 2024, Pakistan have conceded nineteen hat-tricks, the most recent being scored by Musa Al-Taamari in a 0–7 defeat by Jordan at the 2026 World Cup qualification . Masoud Boroumand of Iran was the first player to score a hat-trick against Pakistan, on Pakistan's international debut in 1950.[ 30]
Hat-tricks for Pakistan
Abdul Jabbar is the first Pakistani player to surpass the hat trick barrier
As of 8 December 2009 , ten players have scored a hat-trick for the national team and two have scored more than three goals in a single match .
Only FIFA -recognized international matches by the Pakistan national football team have been considered in the following list.
Result in the table lists Pakistan's goal tally first
Hat-tricks conceded by Pakistan
As of 26 March 2024 , Pakistan have conceded nineteen hat-tricks in total.
Result in the table lists Pakistan's goal tally first
Masoud Boroumand of Iran was the first player to score a hat-trick against Pakistan, on their international debut.
See also
Notes
References
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