Ronaldo has now scored four goals or more in a single game for club and country 11 times, with the 38-year-old hitting four goals on nine occasions and twice registering five in a match.
Only Cristiano Ronaldo has scored more in a single UCL campaign – 17 in 2013-14 and 16 in 2015-16, both for Real Madrid. Four Goals: Josip ... Ronaldo finally managed to net four times in a Champions League game as Real Madrid smashed Malmo in 2015.
Here's a rundown of all 11 of Ronaldo's four- (and five-) goal hauls over the years, ranked!
The first time Ronaldo amassed five goals in a single game in his entire career came for Real as part of a 9-1 obliteration of Granada in LaLiga. The one-man onslaught began after 30 minutes and culminated with Ronaldo adding his fifth and Real's ninth goal in 90th minute, rising to head home a Luka Modric free kick.
Cristiano Ronaldo was the star of the show for Al Nassr on Thursday, scoring four goals in a match against Al Wehda to lift his team back to the top of the Saudi Pro League.
Cristiano Ronaldo scored four goals as Al Nassr thrashed Al-Wehda 4-0 in the Saudi Pro League on Thursday night.
Lionel Messi (5)
Messi has scored five goals in a single game twice in his career with the first being his record-breaking performance for Barcelona against Bayer Leverkusen in 2012 in which the forward became the first man to score five times in a single Champions League match.
Most goals scored by a single player in a Bundesliga match
However, that haul was one short of Dieter Muller's Bundesliga record of six goals in one game, back when Koln beat Werder Bremen 7-2 in 1997.
Messi has scored five goals in a single game twice in his career with the first being his record-breaking performance for Barcelona against Bayer Leverkusen in 2012 in which the forward became the first man to score five times in a single Champions League match.
Ronaldo currently has 827 goals and unlikely to reach the1000 goal mark even if he maintains his scoring prowess and plays for a couple more seasons at near peak. Nevertheless, anything is possible in the game of football.
Who is better Messi Or Ronaldo? Ronaldo has scored a record number of international goals and appearances, but Messi has won more Ballon d'Or awards (7). Messi has spent most of his playing career in Spain and France, while Ronaldo has played in Portugal, England, Spain, and Italy.
Andorra (October 2016) Portugal thrashed Andorra 6-0 during their 2018 World Cup qualifying campaign as Ronaldo scored four goals in a single game (including two goals in the opening four minutes) at international level for the very first time.
26 Apr / Starbucksgreen. Valentin Castellanos had a night to remember as he bagged four goals against Real Madrid, helping Girona to a shock 4-2 win. The Argentinian became the first player to score four goals against Los Blancos in a single game since Robert Lewandowski in 2013.
Only Messi (on 8 March 2012 against Bayer Leverkusen), Luiz Adriano (on 21 October 2014 against BATE Borisov) and Haaland (on 14 March 2023 against Leipzig) have scored five goals in a match.
In May 2019, aged 18, Erling Haaland scored NINE goals in one game to help Norway beat Honduras 12-0 in the FIFA U-20 World Cup.
He's now a world superstar and is tearing the Premier League a new one at Manchester City. But do you remember when Erling Haaland exploded onto the scene, scoring nine goals in the space of ninety minutes and leaving some helpless Honduran kids in his wake?
The four players who have scored a double hat-trick are Albert Valentine, Syd Carter, Johnnie Mullington and Andy Scott, two of whom hold all-time club records. was Reginald Forrester) to score a hat-trick in each of three consecutive matches.
A perfect hat-trick is a term used for three goals scored by a player in a single match, out of which one is a right-footed goal, one is a left-footed strike and the third is a header. The order in which the three goals are scored is inconsequential and can be between goals scored by other players on the field.
On October 25, 1884, Yale defeated Dartmouth 113–0, becoming the first team to score 100 points in a game.
3 Most Famous Double Hat-Tricks
While many of football's greatest names have never registered a double hat-trick in their careers – which includes the two modern-day legends Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo – there are some famous instances of players grabbing six (or more) goals in a match over the years.
Arguably his most outrageous scoring feat came in May 2019 when, aged 18, he hit NINE goals in one game to help Norway beat Honduras 12-0 in the FIFA U-20 World Cup.
AS Adema 149–0 SO l'Emyrne was an association football match played on 31 October 2002 between two teams in Toamasina, Madagascar. It holds the world record for the highest scoreline in any association football match, recognised by The Guinness Book of Records.