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List of ‘perfect’ hat-tricks scored by Cristiano Ronaldo in his career

Tanish Chachra
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List of 'perfect' hat-tricks scored by Cristiano Ronaldo in his career

List of ‘perfect’ hat-tricks scored by Cristiano Ronaldo in his career, as the Portuguese sensation has mastered all areas in the field.

Cristiano Ronaldo is undoubtedly one of the best players to ever grace the game. His goalscoring tally proved how lethal and effective he has been throughout his career.

Also, his ability to change his game-style in accordance with his age has surely worked out well for him and made him win several accolades to decorate his career in past 17 years.

It is known that Ronaldo is no less than a goal-scoring machine, and have more than 700 career goals, and while achieving this tally, Roaldo has scored several hattricks in his career.

But out of them, there are 8 hattricks, which are really special, and are also referred to as the ‘perfect hattrick’, which means that in the three goals scored by a single player in a particular match, he has to score one goal from left foot, one from right foot and one from head.

A very tedious task to accomplish but Ronaldo has achieved it 8 times in his career, even his closest rival Lionel Messi has not been able to achieve it once Hence, showing how good Ronaldo is. So, let’s look at the times when he has scored 8 ‘perfect’ hattricks.

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1. Vs Villarreal 2010/11

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Ronaldo started his perfect hattricks tally after arriving at Real Madrid and did not manage to achieve it in England. The Portuguese star opened the floodgates for perfection with a treble against the Yellow Submarines in 2011.

He arrived at the back post to tap in an opener with his right foot, headed home a second in front of the goalkeeper and closed proceedings with a left-footed strike on the swivel.

2. Vs Getafe 2010/11

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In less than 4 months, Ronaldo managed to achieve this task once again and it was against Getafe over where he recorded his second perfect hattrick.

Ronaldo first found the net with a typically gravity-defying header, doubled the advantage with a left-footed effort into an undefended goal and killed off the game with a Panenka penalty.

3. Vs Getafe 2012/13

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It seems Ronaldo was a nightmare to Getafe, as the boy from Madeira scored his third perfect hattrick against them only, considering his scored his second against them only, just two seasons back.

Mesut Ozil turned provider for the opening strike as Ronaldo found the bottom corner with his left foot, before converting an acrobatic back-post header and another spot-kick.

4. Vs Espanyol 2014/15

List of perfect hat-tricksRonaldo was on a beast mode in the middle of this decade. Plus, this was his first perfect hattrick which came away from home. Ronaldo exorcised the demons of Real’s Champions League exit to Juventus with a stellar performance at Espanyol.

The Portuguese first defied the goalkeeper with a stinging left-footed shot and then a placed effort on his stronger side; eventually nodding home a third at the back post.

5. Vs Espanyol 2015/16

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First, it was Getafe, now it was Espanyol, if Ronaldo finds you as a favourable opposition to score against, then only his bad day on the field can save you.

Just after a season, Ronaldo scored another perfect hat-trick against Espanyol. Moreover, in the reverse fixture earlier in the season, Ronaldo had scored 4 goals. Thus, making it 7 in 2 fixtures. A monster deed by Ronaldo.

During a 6-0 annihilation, Espanyol was left helpless as Ronaldo converted an early penalty, scored a weak-footed world-class goal with two Ronaldo chops and then casually headed home a third.

6. Andorra 2016

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Ronaldo might have scored plenty of hat-tricks on the international stage, but his treble as part of four goals against Andorra remains his only ‘perfect’ trio for Portugal.

A delicious left-footed volley got the rout underway, a header into the ground made it two and a rifled right-footed strike ensured Andorra was on the end of perfection.

7. Vs Bayern Munich 2016/17

List of perfect hat-tricksProbably the biggest and most crucial perfect hat-trick in Ronaldo’s career, as it came against Pep Guardiola’s mighty Bayern Munich, who got crashed by Ronaldo in the Champions League.

This might just be Ronaldo’s goal-scoring magnum opus, considering it came in the quarter-final round of the Champions League with a star-studded squad of Bavarians.

Not to forget, none other than a prime Manuel Neuer was on the end of a bravely headed finish, a calculated left-footed volley and a simple tap-in off Ronaldo’s stronger boot.

8. Real Sociedad 2017/18

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By this time, hattricks were drying in Ronaldo’s career but there was still a space for one by Ronaldo, and that came against Real Sociedad in a La Liga game in 2017/18 season.

After this, Ronaldo has not scored any perfect hattrick, thus his last perfect hattrick came for Real Madrid, as the star changed alliances with Juventus after this season, and have not netted similar hattrick since then.

He ticked off his stronger foot by converting a cross from Marcelo, headed home a second just a few minutes later and then used his weaker side to profit from a goalkeeping error.

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Tanish Chachra

Tanish Chachra

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Tanish Chachra is the Motorsport editor at The SportsRush. He saw his first race when F1 visited India in 2011, and since then, his romance with the sport has been seasonal until he took up this role in 2020. Reigniting F1's coverage on this site, Tanish has fallen in love with the sport all over again. He loves Kimi Raikkonen and sees a future world champion in Oscar Piastri. Away from us, he loves to snuggle inside his books.

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