List of Pakistan national football team hat-tricks

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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]

Masood Fakhri, the first hat-trick scorer for Pakistan

Muhammad Umer is the first 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] On 18 March 1967, during the opening match of the four-match friendly series against Saudi Arabia in Pakistan, Moosa Ghazi again scored a hat-trick in the eventual 3–1 victory.[14] Inside-left forward Abdul Jabbar scored a hat-trick against Turkey at the 1967 RCD Cup.[15][16] 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.[17][18] During the 1984 AFC Asian Cup qualification, Sharafat Ali scored thrice in a 4–1 victory against North Yemen.[19]

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.[20][21][22][23] He completed the hat-trick within 40 minutes against Sri Lanka in a 3–3 draw.[24] After several years, Pakistan tied its 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.[25][26] A year later, Safiullah Khan surpassed the hat-trick number barrier after scoring four goals in a single match against Brunei at the 2010 AFC Challenge Cup qualification on 6 April 2009.[27][28][29][30] The same year, Pakistan earned another record 7–0 victory at the 2009 SAFF Championship, where Arif Mehmood scored three times against Bhutan.[31][32][33] 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.[34]

Hat-tricks for Pakistan

As of 8 December 2009, eleven players have scored a hat-trick for the national team and one have scored more than three goals in a single match.
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More than a hat-trick scored *
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Only FIFA-recognized international matches by the Pakistan national football team have been considered in the following list.
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Hat-tricks conceded by Pakistan

As of 26 March 2024, Pakistan have conceded nineteen hat-tricks in total.
Key
More than a hat-trick scored *
Table
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.
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Date Goals Player Opponent Venue Competition Result Ref.
27 October 1950
3
Masoud Boroumand  Iran Amjadieh Stadium, Tehran Friendly
1–5
[34]
26 December 1954
3
Puran Bahadur Thapa  India Calcutta FC Ground, Calcutta 1954 Asian Quadrangular Football Tournament
1–3
[39]
17 May 1958
3
Arthur Koh  Singapore Jalan Besar Stadium, Kallang Friendly
4–4
[10]
14 August 1960
3
Omo Suratmo  Indonesia Stadium Merdeka, Kuala Lumpur 1960 Merdeka Tournament
0–4
12 March 1969
3
Ali Jabbari  Iran Tehran, Iran 1969 Friendship Cup
1–9
[40]
3 September 1974
3
Gholam Hossein Mazloumi  Iran Amjadieh Stadium, Tehran 1974 Asian Games
0–7
[41]
29 September 1986
3
Piyapong Pue-on  Thailand Daegu Stadium, Daegu 1986 Asian Games
0–6
[42][43]
25 September 1990
3
Hwang Sun-hong  South Korea Fengtai Sports Center, Beijing 1990 Asian Games
0–7
[44]
27 September 1990
3
V. Sundramoorthy  Singapore Xiannongtan Stadium, Beijing 1990 Asian Games
1–6
[45]
18 August 1992
4*
Serghei Alexandrov  Moldova Amman International Stadium, Amman 1992 Jordan International Tournament
0–5
[46][47]
22 May 1993
3
Cai Sheng  China Al-Hassan Stadium, Irbid 1994 FIFA World Cup qualification
0–5
[48]
11 June 1997
3
Viktor Zubarev  Kazakhstan Railway Stadium, Lahore 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification
0–7
[49]
26 September 1999
3
I. M. Vijayan  India Kathmandu 1999 South Asian Games
2–5
[39][50]
13 May 2001
3
Haitham Zein  Lebanon Beirut Municipal Stadium, Beirut 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification
0–6
[51]
28 May 2001
4*
Kiatisuk Senamuang  Thailand Suphachalasai Stadium, Bangkok 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification
0–6
[52]
22 October 2007
4*
Mahdi Karim  Iraq Punjab Stadium, Lahore 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
0–7
[53][54]
4 April 2008
3
Kasun Jayasuriya  Sri Lanka Chungshan Stadium, Taipei 2008 AFC Challenge Cup qualification
1–7
[55]
21 June 2023
3
Sunil Chhetri  India Sree Kanteerava Stadium, Bangalore 2023 SAFF Championship
0–4
[56][57]
26 March 2024
3
Musa Al-Taamari  Jordan Amman International Stadium, Amman 2026 World Cup qualification
0–7
[58][59]
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