Since the inception of the Indian

association football Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 Football player, players who almost exclusively use their feet to propel a Ball (association football), ball around a rectangular f ...

league competition, the

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, in 2007, 45 players have scored three or more goals in a single match. The first player to achieve the feat was Brazilian Edu, who scored three times for JCT in a 3–1 victory over

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. Eight players have scored more than three goals in a match: Odafa Onyeka Okolie, Jeje Lalpekhlua, Tolgay Özbey, Ranti Martins, Beto, Gbeneme Friday, Bektur Talgat Uulu and Dudu Omagbemi. Baljit Sahni holds the record for the quickest I-League hat-trick, netting three times against Shillong Lajong in 54 minutes. Okolie has scored three or more goals 13 times in the I-League, more than any other player. Seven players have each scored hat-tricks for two or more different clubs: Okolie ( Sporting Goa, Churchill Brothers and

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), Muritala Ali (

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and Mohun Bagan), Martins (

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, Prayag United and

), Josimar (Prayag United and

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), Lalpekhlua (

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and Pailan Arrows), Özbey (East Bengal and Dempo) and C. K. Vineeth (Prayag United and

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Hat-tricks

Multiple hat-tricks

Hat-tricks by nationality

See also

References