Since

Italy Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical ...

's first international

association football Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...

match in 1910, 26 footballers have scored a

hat-trick 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 wic ...

for the

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. The first player who scored a hat-trick was Pietro Lana in the 6–2 victory against

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on 15 May 1910. The highest individual score in a single match is four goals, which has been achieved by six players:

Carlo Biagi Carlo Biagi (; 20 April 1914 – 16 April 1986) was an Italian footballer who played as a midfielder. Career Biagi played club football for Pisa SC. Biagi competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics, and was a member of the Italy team which won th ...

, Francesco Pernigo,

Omar Sívori Enrique Omar Sívori (, ; 2 October 1935 – 17 February 2005) was an Italian-Argentine football player and manager who played as a forward. At club level, he is known for his successful time with Italian side Juventus during the late 1950s and ...

, Alberto Orlando,

Gigi Riva Luigi "Gigi" Riva (; born 7 November 1944) is an Italian former professional footballer who played as a centre-forward. Considered to be one of the best players of his generation, as well as one of the greatest strikers of all time, Riva enjoye ...

, and

Roberto Bettega Roberto Bettega (; born 27 December 1950) is an Italian former footballer who played as a forward. A prolific and athletic player, Bettega is mostly remembered for his successful time at his hometown club Juventus, where he won several titles ...

. Five players have scored a hat-trick more than once, such as

Giuseppe Meazza Giuseppe "Peppino" Meazza (; 23 August 1910 – 21 August 1979), also known as il Balilla, was an Italian football manager and player. Throughout his career, he played mainly for Inter Milan in the 1930s, scoring 242 goals in 365 games for the ...

Angelo Schiavio Angelo Schiavio (; 15 October 1905 – 17 September 1990) was an Italian footballer who played as a forward. Schiavio spent his entire career with Bologna, the club of the city where he was born and died; he won four league titles with the clu ...

Silvio Piola Silvio Piola (; 29 September 1913 – 4 October 1996) was an Italian footballer who played as a striker. He is known as a highly prominent figure in the history of Italian football due to several records he set, and he is regarded as one of th ...

, Gigi Riva and

Paolo Rossi Paolo Rossi (; 23 September 1956 – 9 December 2020) was an Italian professional footballer who played as a forward. He led Italy to the 1982 FIFA World Cup title, scoring six goals to win the Golden Boot as top goalscorer, and the Golden ...

. The highest number of hat-tricks in a single match is three, which occurred during the third place match concerning the 1928 Summer Olympics, related to Italy's 11–3 victory over

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where Angelo Schiavio,

Elvio Banchero Elvio Banchero (; 28 April 1904 – 21 January 1982) was an Italian footballer who played as a striker. He competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics with the Italy national football team, winning a bronze medal. Club career Banchero was born in ...

and

Mario Magnozzi Mario Magnozzi (; 20 March 1902 – 25 June 1971) was an Italian footballer who played as a forward. He competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics with the Italy national team. Club career Magnozzi was born in Livorno, and played for his home-town ...

each scored three goals. Gigi Riva, with three hat-tricks, has scored the highest number of hat-tricks for Italy. In the 1982 FIFA World Cup second group stage match, Italy won 3–2 against

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thanks to Paolo Rossi who scored a 'famous' hat-trick, allowing Italy to progress to the semi-finals. The most recent hat-trick in an official match was scored by

Alberto Gilardino Alberto Gilardino (; born 5 July 1982) is an Italian professional football manager and a former player who played as a striker. He is currently in charge as caretaker of Genoa, a club he was contracted with on July 2022 as a youth coach. A p ...

on 14 October 2009, during Italy's victory over

Cyprus Cyprus ; tr, Kıbrıs (), officially the Republic of Cyprus,, , lit: Republic of Cyprus is an island country located south of the Anatolian Peninsula in the eastern Mediterranean Sea. Its continental position is disputed; while it is ge ...

for the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification. Since 1912, Italy have conceded nine hat-tricks. On 17 March 1912,

Eugène Maës Eugène Maës (15 September 1890 – 30 March 1945) was a French footballer who played as a striker. Career A young prodigy of the Lost Generation, Maës was the first true goalscorer for the France national team. With a great combat injury ...

was the first player to score a hat-trick against Italy in

's 4–3 victory. The last one was scored by Safet Sušić on 13 June 1979, during the 4–1 defeat against

Yugoslavia Yugoslavia (; sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Jugoslavija, Југославија ; sl, Jugoslavija ; mk, Југославија ;; rup, Iugoslavia; hu, Jugoszlávia; rue, label=Pannonian Rusyn, Югославия, translit=Juhoslavija ...

, in a friendly match. John Hansen is the only player who scored four goals against Italy in a 4–1 defeat against

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, which took place on 5 August 1948.

Hat-tricks scored by Italy

''As of 15 November 2021'' ''Results list Italy's goal tally first.''

Hat-tricks conceded by Italy

''Results list Italy's goal tally first''

References

External links

Italy national football team hat-tricks
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