List of Brazil national football team hat-tricks

Since Brazil's first international association football match in 1914, there have been 52 occasions when a Brazilian player has scored three or more goals (a hat-trick) in a game. The first hat-trick was scored by Arthur Friedenreich against Chile in 1919. The record for the most goals scored in an international by a Brazilian player is five, which has been achieved only by Evaristo de Macedo against Colombia in 1957.[1]

Arthur Friedenreich, scorer of first hat-trick for Brazil.
Pelé, scorer of seven hat-tricks for Brazil.

Pelé holds the record for the most hat-tricks scored by a Brazilian player, with seven between 1958 and 1964.,[2] one of them in the World Cup finals. Besides Pelé, the only Brazilian players to have scored a hat-trick at the World Cup finals were Leônidas da Silva against Poland in 1938 and Ademir de Menezes against Sweden in 1950. The last Brazilian player to score a hat-trick was Neymar, who scored three times against Peru in a World Cup qualifier in 13 October 2020.

Brazil have conceded at least 11 hat-tricks in their history, 5 of them in matches against Argentina. the most recent, and undoubtedly the most famous, was scored by Paolo Rossi during the 1982 World Cup, which eliminated Brazil in that competition.[3]

Hat-tricks for Brazil

PlayerDateGoalsOpponentVenueCompetitionResult[a]Ref
Arthur Friedenreich11 May 19193  ChileEstádio das Laranjeiras, Rio de Janeiro1919 South American Championship6–0[4]
Leônidas da Silva5 June 19383  PolandStade de la Meinau, Strasbourg1938 FIFA World Cup6–5[5]
Sylvio Pirillo14 January 19423  ChileEstadio Centenario, Montevideo1942 South American Championship6–1[6]
Sylvio Pirillo31 January 19423  EcuadorEstadio Centenario, Montevideo1942 South American Championship5–1[7]
Jair Rosa Pinto18 May 19443  UruguayPacaembu Stadium, São PauloFriendly4–0[8]
Ademir de Menezes21 February 19453  EcuadorNacional, Santiago1945 South American Championship9–2[9]
Zizinho3 February 19464  ChileEl Gasómetro, Buenos Aires1946 South American Championship5–1[10]
Nininho10 April 19493  BoliviaPacaembu Stadium, São Paulo1949 South American Championship10–1[11]
Ademir de Menezes11 August 19493  ParaguaySão Januário, Rio de Janeiro1949 South American Championship7–0[12]
Ademir de Menezes9 July 19504  SwedenMaracanã, Rio de Janeiro1950 FIFA World Cup7–1[13]
Julinho Botelho1 March 19534  BoliviaNacional, Lima1953 South American Championship8–1[14]
Chinesinho13 March 19563  Costa RicaMunicipal, Mexico City1956 Panamerican Championship7–1[15]
Larry13 March 19563  Costa RicaMunicipal, Mexico City1956 Panamerican Championship7–1[15]
Didi13 March 19573  ChileNacional, Lima1957 South American Championship4–2[16]
Evaristo de Macedo21 March 19573  EcuadorNacional, Lima1957 South American Championship7–1[17]
Evaristo de Macedo24 March 19575  ColombiaNacional, Lima1957 South American Championship9–0[18]
Pelé24 June 19583  FranceRåsunda, Solna1958 FIFA World Cup5–2[19]
Paulo Valentim26 March 19593  UruguayMonumental de Núñez, Buenos Aires1959 South American Championship (Argentina)3–1[20]
Pelé29 March 19593  ParaguayMonumental de Núñez, Buenos Aires1959 South American Championship (Argentina)4–1[21]
Pelé17 September 19593  ChileMaracanã, Rio de JaneiroCopa Bernardo O'Higgins7–0[22]
Pelé1 May 19603  United Arab RepublicAlexandria Stadium, AlexandriaFriendly3–1[23]
Pelé16 April 19633  ArgentinaMaracanã, Rio de JaneiroCopa Roca5–2[24]
Pelé28 April 19633  FranceOlympique de Colombes, ParisFriendly3–2[25]
Pelé6 February 19643  BelgiumMaracanã, Rio de JaneiroFriendly5–0[26]
Tostão10 August 19693  VenezuelaOlímpico de la UCV, Caracas1970 FIFA World Cup qualification5–0[27]
Tostão24 August 19693  VenezuelaMaracanã, Rio de Janeiro1970 FIFA World Cup qualification6–0[28]
Zico14 July 19774  BoliviaPascual Guerrero, Cali1978 FIFA World Cup qualification8–0[29]
Zico17 May 19793  ParaguayMaracanã, Rio de JaneiroFriendly6–0[30]
Zico22 March 19813  BoliviaMaracanã, Rio de Janeiro1982 FIFA World Cup qualification3–1[31]
Zico30 April 19863  YugoslaviaEstádio do Arruda, RecifeFriendly4–2[32]
Careca28 August 19894  VenezuelaMorumbi, São Paulo1990 FIFA World Cup qualification6–0[33]
Raí23 September 19923  Costa RicaWaldomiro Wagner, ParanavaíFriendly4–2[34]
Romário8 June 19943  HondurasJack Murphy Field, San DiegoFriendly8–2[35]
Ronaldo16 October 19963  LithuaniaEstádio Governador Alberto Tavares Silva, TeresinaFriendly3–1
Ronaldo21 December 19973  AustraliaKing Fahd, Riyadh1997 FIFA Confederations Cup6–0[36]
Romário21 December 19973  AustraliaKing Fahd, Riyadh1997 FIFA Confederations Cup6–0[36]
Élber14 October 19983  EcuadorRFK Stadium, Washington, D.C.Friendly5–1[37]
Ronaldinho1 August 19993  Saudi ArabiaJalisco, Guadalajara1999 FIFA Confederations Cup8–2[38]
Rivaldo7 September 19993  ArgentinaBeira-Rio, Porto AlegreFriendly5–1[39]
Romário3 September 20003  BoliviaMaracanã, Rio de Janeiro2002 FIFA World Cup qualification5–0[40]
Romário8 October 20004  VenezuelaPachencho Romero, Maracaibo2002 FIFA World Cup qualification5–0[41]
Ronaldo3 June 20043  ArgentinaMineirão, Belo Horizonte2006 FIFA World Cup qualification3–1[42]
Adriano11 July 20043  Costa RicaMonumental de la UNSA, Arequipa2004 Copa América4–1[43]
Ronaldinho18 August 20043  HaitiStade Sylvio Cator, Port-au-PrinceFriendly6–0[44]
Adriano4 September 20053  ChileEstádio Mané Garrincha, Brasília2006 FIFA World Cup qualification5–0[45]
Robinho1 July 20073  ChileEstadio Monumental de Maturín, Maturín2007 Copa América3–0[46]
Luís Fabiano19 November 20083  PortugalBezerrão, BrasíliaFriendly6–2[47]
Neymar10 September 20123  ChinaEstádio do Arruda, RecifeFriendly8–0[48]
Neymar5 March 20143  South AfricaSoccer City, JohannesburgFriendly5–0[49]
Neymar14 October 20144  JapanSports Hub, KallangFriendly4–0[50]
Philippe Coutinho8 June 20163  HaitiCitrus Bowl, OrlandoCopa América Centenario7–1[51]
Paulinho23 March 20173  UruguayEstadio Centenario, Montevideo2018 FIFA World Cup qualification4–1[52]
Neymar13 October 20203  PeruEstadio Nacional del Perú, Lima2022 FIFA World Cup qualification4–2[52]

Most Hat-tricks for Brazil

PlayerHat-tricksFirst hat-trickLast hat-trick
Pelé724 June 19586 February 1964
Zico414 July 197730 April 1986
Romário48 June 19948 October 2000
Neymar410 September 201213 October 2020
Ademir326 February 19459 July 1950
Ronaldo316 October 19963 June 2004
Sylvio Pirillo214 January 194231 January 1942
Evaristo221 March 195724 March 1957
Tostão210 August 196924 August 1969
Ronaldinho21 August 199918 August 2004
Adriano211 July 20044 September 2005

Hat-tricks conceded by Brazil

PlayerDateGoalsOpponentVenueCompetitionResult [a]Ref(s)
Manuel Seoane13 December 19253  ArgentinaEstadio Sportivo Barracas, Buenos Aires1925 South American Championship1–4[53]
Blagoje Marjanović16 March 19343  YugoslaviaStadion SK Jugoslavija, BelgradeFriendly4–8[54]
Ernst Wilimowski5 June 19384  PolandStade de la Meinau, Strasbourg1938 FIFA World Cup6–5[5]
Carlos Peucelle5 March 19403  ArgentinaEl Gasómetro, Buenos AiresCopa Roca1–6[55]
Norberto Doroteo Méndez15 February 19453  ArgentinaEstadio Nacional, Santiago1945 South American Championship1–3[56]
Oscar Míguez6 May 19503  UruguayPacaembu, São PauloCopa Río Branco3–4[57]
José Sanfilippo22 December 19593  ArgentinaModelo, Guayaquil1959 South American Championship (Ecuador)1–4[58]
Jacky Stockman24 April 19633  BelgiumHeysel, BrusselsFriendly2–4[59]
Jozef Adamec23 June 19683  CzechoslovakiaTehelné pole, BratislavaFriendly2–3[60]
Paolo Rossi5 July 19823  ItalySarrià Stadium, Barcelona1982 FIFA World Cup2–3[61]
Lionel Messi9 June 20123  ArgentinaMetLife Stadium, East Rutherford, New JerseyFriendly3–4[62]

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