Gift Orban made history with the fastest ever hat-trick in UEFA club competition.
The Nigerian striker scored a hat-trick in three minutes and 25 seconds in Gent’s UEFA Europa Conference League round of 16 second leg away to İstanbul Başakşehir, beating all previous UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League records.
We take a look at all the milestones.
Who scored the fastest hat-tricks in the Champions League?
7 minutes: Mohamed Salah (Rangers – Liverpool 1:7, 12.10.22)
8 minutes: Bafétimbi Gomis (Dinamo Zagreb – Lyon 1:7, 07.12.2011)
9 minutes: Mike Newell (Blackburn – Rosenborg 4:1, 06.12.1995)
11 minutes: Raheem Sterling (Man City – Atalanta 5:1, 22.10.2019)
11 minutes: Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid – Malmö 8:0, 08.12.2015)
11 minutes: Robert Lewandowski (Bayern – Salzburg 7:1, 08.03.22)
Who scored the fastest hat-tricks in the Europa League?
10 mins: Patson Daka (Spartak Moskva – Leicester 3:4, 20.10.2021)
11 minutes: Claudiu Keserü (FCSB – Aalborg 6:0, 18.09.2014)
11 minutes: Diogo Jota (Wolves – Beşiktaş 4:0, 12.12.2019)
13 minutes: Andrej Kramarić (River – Feyenoord 3:1, 23.10.2014)
14 minutes: Steven Gerrard (Liverpool – Napoli 3:1, 04.11.2010)
*All stats from group stage onwards
