1. : the scoring of three goals in one game (as of hockey or soccer) by a single player.
A player gets a hat-trick when they score three goals in one game, but the use of the term actually didn't start on the football pitch. The phrase came from cricket, and was used when a bowler took three wickets from three consecutive balls. The club would give the bowler a hat to celebrate this achievement.
@FootballRamble. For reference: 2 = brace, 3 = hat-trick, 4 = haul, 5 = glut, 6 = double hat-trick, 7 = haul-trick.
A hat-trick occurs in association football when a player scores three goals (not necessarily consecutive) in a single game, whereas scoring two goals (in a single match) is called a brace.
The term “hat-trick” in soccer is used when a single player scores three goals in one game. These three goals don't have to be scored consecutively or in the same style. The phrase “hat-trick” originated in the sport of cricket.
In soccer, a brace is when a player scores two goals in a single game.
A hat trick as hockey fans know it comes when a player scores three goals in a game, usually earning him a cascade of hats thrown onto the ice by fans (especially if the player is on the home team). A natural hat trick is when a player scores three consecutive goals in a game.
FIFA competitions
In a knockout competition, following a draw, two fifteen-minute periods of extra time are played. If either team scores a goal during extra time, the game ends immediately and the scoring team becomes the winner. The winning goal is known as the "golden goal".
A player must simply kick the ball through an opponent's legs to perform a nutmeg. The origin of the term — also the name of a spice used in cooking — is unclear as there are several explanations. One of the claims was that it comes from Cockney rhyming slang with the ball going through the opponents nutmegs (legs).
Why do they call it a nutmeg when a footballer kicks a ball through his opponent's legs? It's rhyming slang for legs. Through the nutmegs, through the legs - you've been nutmegged.
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.
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.
The greatest player of all-time, Wayne Gretzky, had 50 regular season hat tricks in his career, or one in 3.4 percent of his games. A 15-season veteran like Claude Giroux, who has over 300 goals, only has one regular-season hat trick. The point is that hat tricks are rare because they're difficult.
According to Guinness World Records Pelé has scored the most hat-tricks in history, but based on RSSSF's data the record belongs to Erwin Helmchen with at least 141.
The scorpion kick, also known as a reverse bicycle kick or back hammer kick, is a physical move in association football that is achieved by diving or throwing the body forwards and then placing the hands on the ground to lunge the back heels forward to kick an incoming ball.
Lionel Messi is the king of nutmeg in football.
A panna is when the ball is played in between the opponent's legs. Panna means: Knock Out! You cannot make a panna unless you have ball possession to begin with. You do not need to retrieve the ball after making a panna. A panna must be intentional; the official assigned to a game always has the final call.
If, after five penalties scored it is still tied, penalties continue through one back-and-forth round at a time – and the first team to have an advantage after a round between both teams wins. This is known as sudden death.
Officially, the World Cup trophy is described as 'solid' gold. It is 36.5cm tall and is made of 6.175kg or 30,875 Carats of 18 karat (75%) gold. It has a base of 13cm in diameter which features two strips of malachite. As for the stolen Jules Rimet trophy, that was made of gold-plated sterling silver.
Whilst the original intention of the ruling was to encourage more exciting football in extra-time, it actually achieved the opposite. Teams were so concerned with the threat of being caught on the counter-attack that they didn't venture forwards - hence why so few golden goals were actually scored.
Only six players – Les Ferdinand, Ian Wright, Didier Drogba, Wayne Rooney, Erling Haaland and Harry Kane (twice) – have scored hat-tricks in two consecutive league games, while Thierry Henry achieved it in consecutive appearances a month apart.
While a 15 percent discount on a new hat at the Hockey Lodge on the night of any hat trick has been standard for years, fans have not been allowed to retrieve their hats after tossing them on the ice. Previously, those hats were collected, counted and tossed in the trash for sanitary reasons.
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.