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and only

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league in Australia. Since its inaugural season in 2005–06, more than thirty individual players have scored

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s in A-League Men matches, including five players who have scored four or more goals in a match.

Statistics

* The first hat-trick was scored by

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for

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in a win over

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. *

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has scored the most hat-tricks, with eight. * In the

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scored five goals in

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's win over

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. * Two hat-tricks have been scored in a single match on two occasions. The first was when

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and

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both scored three goals for Adelaide United against

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in January 2011. The second was when

scored three goals for Melbourne City and

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scored three goals for

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in November 2019. *

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and Bobô are the only players to have scored hat-tricks in consecutive matches. * Henrique and

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are the only players to have scored a hat-trick after coming on as a substitute. *

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holds the record for the fastest hat-trick, scoring three goals in six minutes for Brisbane Roar against Adelaide United.

Hat-tricks

Multiple hat-tricks

The following table lists the number of hat-tricks scored by players who have scored two or more hat-tricks.

Notes

References

External links

A-League Men official website
{{A-League Men

Hat-tricks A hat-trick or hat trick is the achievement of a generally positive feat three times in a match, or another achievement based on the number three. Origin The term first appeared in 1858 in cricket, to describe H. H. Stephenson taking three Wick ...