World Cup is a football tournament that is played among 32 qualified national football team in the world. This tournament was commenced in the year 1930 in Uruguay. At that time the tournament was made played among 16 countries.
Many countries have had it’s football players to score many goals, especially hat trick. In football as a game, it is not easy for a player to be able to score two or more goals in a single tournament. In the world cup, about 20 football players from different countries have been able to record hat tricks in their names.
But the most interesting part is that, among all these football players comes an amazing footballer who was able to set a hat trick record which has never been set and broken till now.
In this article is the only footballer who has scored a hat trick at two different world cup tournaments.
Gabriel Omar Batistuta is an Argentine former professional footballer. He was born on February 1, 1969. During his playing career, Batistuta was nicknamed “Batigol” as well as “El Angel”.
In the year 1994, Batistuta Gabriel played in the world cup tournament for his National football team, Argentina. In the group stage, Argentina battled with Greece national football team and defeated them 4-0. Batistuta scored the first goal on 2 minutes, and added another two goals making three goals. He scored his second goal on the 44th minute and completed the hat trick on the 89th minute. The tournament was organised at United States.
Also in the year 1998, Batistuta Gabriel played in the world cup at France. In the group stage, he scored a hat trick against Jamaica national football team. The match ended 5-0 in the favor of Argentina. Gabriel scored his first goal on 73 minute, and the rest on 78 and 83 minutes. The match was played between Argentina and Jamaica.
This has made him the only football in the whole world to have scored a hat trick at two different world cup tournaments.
What is your take on this? Can anybody break his record this year?
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