Messi scored five goals against Bayer 04 Leverkusen in the round of 16 in 2012. The only other player to score five goals in a Champions League game is Luiz Adriano, who did it against BATE Borisov in the group stage in 2015.
Barcelona 7-1 Bayer 04 Leverkusen – 7 March 2012
There was no doubt that he was the star in this 7-1 victory at the Nou Camp, however. This remains the only club match in Messi's career that he's scored five goals, while they came as part of his record-breaking 2011-12 season at Barcelona.
Lionel Messi (5)
Messi has scored five goals in a single game twice in his career with the first being his record-breaking performance for Barcelona against Bayer Leverkusen in 2012 in which the forward became the first man to score five times in a single Champions League match.
On this day in 2012, Messi became the 1st player to score 5 goals in an UCL game.
Messi was diagnosed with a growth hormone disorder, or GHD. It is often called idiopathic short stature, but there are problems that go beyond being shorter than average. The treatments were expensive, a $900 monthly expense that his modest family could not afford.
Lionel Messi and growth hormone deficiency
When Messi was just 11 years old, as a youth player for his hometown club Newell's Old Boys, he was diagnosed with Growth Hormone Deficiency (GHD), which can affect the height of an individual.
A hat-trick is when a player scores three goals in a game and a super hat-trick is when they score four goals in a single game. Simple!
Robert Lewandowski's five goals in nine minutes is one of football's greatest performances. In a strange way, Robert Lewandowski's five goals in nine minutes for Bayern Munich against Wolfsburg in 2015 feels like an underappreciated moment.
The first time Ronaldo amassed five goals in a single game in his entire career came for Real as part of a 9-1 obliteration of Granada in LaLiga. The one-man onslaught began after 30 minutes and culminated with Ronaldo adding his fifth and Real's ninth goal in 90th minute, rising to head home a Luka Modric free kick.
Messi scored five goals against Bayer 04 Leverkusen in the round of 16 in 2012.
2. Real Madrid vs. Granada (April 2015) The first time Ronaldo amassed five goals in a single game in his entire career came for Real as part of a 9-1 obliteration of Granada in LaLiga.
Lionel Messi scored all five of Argentina's goals as they thrashed Estonia 5-0 in a friendly on Sunday evening. Messi became the first Argentine to score five goals in a game since 1942, while he is also the first player in history to score five goals in both a Champions League and international fixture.
Throwback to the time Cristiano Ronaldo scored 5 Goals in a single La Liga match, tying the record for the most goals scored in a single La Liga match in the 21st Century.
In May 2019, aged 18, Erling Haaland scored NINE goals in one game to help Norway beat Honduras 12-0 in the FIFA U-20 World Cup.
Premier League legend Thierry Henry has backed Erling Haaland to make history by scoring six goals in one game for Manchester City.
Football has also extended the term, with a perfect hat-trick being when a player scores one right-footed goal, one left-footed goal and one headed goal within one match.
Football Ramble on Twitter: "For reference: 2 = brace, 3 = hat-trick, 4 = haul, 5 = glut, 6 = double hat-trick, 7 = haul-trick." / Twitter.
However, Brisbane Roar scored two goals in three minutes, including one with almost the last kick of the match, to draw level and send the game to penalties. Brisbane then went on to win 4–2 on penalties.
A few players in NHL history have scored double hat tricks; that is, 6 or more goals in a game.
Another type of hat trick specific to soccer is referred to as the perfect or golden hat trick. This is accomplished when a player scores three times in a single game, no matter whether others have scored in between those goals, by using each the left foot, right foot and head.
The footballing headlines in November 1946 belonged solely to one man as Liverpool inside forward Jack Balmer earned himself a place in the history books with a remarkable and unprecedented goalscoring achievement.
Who is better Messi Or Ronaldo? Ronaldo has scored a record number of international goals and appearances, but Messi has won more Ballon d'Or awards (7). Messi has spent most of his playing career in Spain and France, while Ronaldo has played in Portugal, England, Spain, and Italy.
Messi wears no. 10 for PSG. When Lionel Messi arrived in Paris, his favoured no. 10 shirt was occupied by Neymar, and it still is.
Messi had been Barcelona's no. 10 for more than a decade when he left the Camp Nou to join PSG in August 2021. But he had to settle for no. 30 upon his arrival in Paris because his favorite number was in the possession of former Barca teammate Neymar.