Masood Fakhri , the first hat-trick scorer for PakistanThe first player ever to score ahat-trick (three or more goals in a match) forPakistan in an internationalfootball match wasMasood Fakhri . He achieved the feat in the1954 Asian Games held inManila , Philippines againstSingapore on 2 May 1954, at theRizal Memorial Stadium , where Pakistan won the match by 6–2.[ 1] [ 2] [ 3] [ 4] [ 5] Qayyum Changezi a year later at the1955 Asian Quadrangular Football Tournament , although he scored two goals of the match throughpenalty .[ 6] [ 7]
Muhammad Umer is the first recorded Pakistani footballer to have scored a hat-trick more than once against a full international side. Umer first achieved the feat in a friendly match againstSingapore on 17 May 1958, where both teams reportedly fielded their main probable teams as preparation for the1958 Asian Games .[ 8] [ 9] [ 10] 1960 AFC Asian Cup qualification , Umer scored another hat-trick in a 4–1 victory againstIran .[ 11] Moosa Ghazi scored thrice in a 7–0 record victory againstThailand at the1960 Merdeka Tournament .[ 12] [ 13] Saudi Arabia in Pakistan,Moosa Ghazi again scored a hat-trick in the eventual 3–1 victory.[ 14] Abdul Jabbar scored a hat-trick againstTurkey at the1967 RCD Cup .[ 15] [ 16] Muhammad Ali Shah managed to score all three goals againstMalaysia in a 3–2 win during the1981 King's Cup on 13 November 1981.[ 17] [ 18] 1984 AFC Asian Cup qualification ,Sharafat Ali scored thrice in a 4–1 victory againstNorth Yemen .[ 19]
After the 20th century,Gohar Zaman became first Pakistani footballer to score a hat-trick in aFIFA World Cup qualification match during the2002 World Cup qualifiers .[ 20] [ 21] [ 22] [ 23] Sri Lanka in a 3–3 draw.[ 24] Muhammad Qasim scored three times againstGuam in a 9–2 win at the2008 AFC Challenge Cup qualification , where the national team scored the highest number of goals in a match.[ 25] [ 26] Safiullah Khan surpassed the hat-trick number barrier after scoring four goals in a single match againstBrunei at the2010 AFC Challenge Cup qualification on 6 April 2009.[ 27] [ 28] [ 29] [ 30] 2009 SAFF Championship , whereArif Mehmood scored three times againstBhutan .[ 31] [ 32] [ 33]
As of 26 March 2024, Pakistan have conceded nineteen hat-tricks, the most recent being scored byMusa Al-Taamari in a 0–7 defeat byJordan at the2026 World Cup qualification .Masoud Boroumand ofIran was the first player to score a hat-trick against Pakistan, on Pakistan's international debut in 1950.[ 34]
Hat-tricks for Pakistan [ edit ] As of 8 December 2009 ,eleven players have scored a hat-trick for the national team and one have scored more than three goals in a single match .Key More than a hat-trick scored *
Table OnlyFIFA -recognized international matches by thePakistan national football team have been considered in the following list. Result in the table lists Pakistan's goal tally firstDate Goals Player Opponent Venue Competition Result Ref. 2 May 1954 3
Masood Fakhri Singapore Rizal Memorial Stadium ,Manila 1954 Asian Games 6–2
[ 1] [ 5] 17 December 1955 3
Qayyum Changezi Burma Dacca Stadium ,Dhaka 1955 Asian Quadrangular Football Tournament 4–2
[ 6] [ 7] 17 May 1958 3
Muhammad Umer Singapore Jalan Besar Stadium ,Kallang Friendly 4–4
[ 10] [ 8] 9 December 1959 3
Muhammad Umer Iran Maharaja's College Stadium ,Kochi 1960 AFC Asian Cup qualification 4–1
[ 11] 5 August 1960 3
Moosa Ghazi Thailand Stadium Merdeka ,Kuala Lumpur 1960 Merdeka Tournament 7–0
[ 13] [ 12] 18 March 1967 3
Moosa Ghazi Saudi Arabia Lyallpur Stadium,Lyallpur , Pakistan Friendly 3–1
[ 14] 28 November 1967 3
Abdul Jabbar Turkey Dacca Stadium ,Dacca 1967 RCD Cup 4–7
[ 15] [ 16] 13 November 1981 3
Muhammad Ali Shah Malaysia National Stadium ,Bangkok 1981 King's Cup 3–2
[ 17] [ 18] 11 October 1984 3
Sharafat Ali North Yemen Salt Lake Stadium ,Calcutta 1984 AFC Asian Cup qualification 4–1
[ 19] 17 May 2001 3
Gohar Zaman Sri Lanka Beirut Municipal Stadium ,Beirut 2002 AFC FIFA World Cup qualification 3–3
[ 35] [ 23] 6 April 2008 3
Muhammad Qasim Guam Zhongshan Soccer Stadium ,Taipei 2008 AFC Challenge Cup qualification 9–2
[ 36] [ 25] 6 April 2009 4*
Safiullah Khan Brunei Sugathadasa Stadium ,Colombo 2010 AFC Challenge Cup qualification 6–0
[ 37] [ 27] 8 December 2009 3
Arif Mehmood Bhutan Bangabandhu National Stadium ,Dhaka 2009 SAFF Championship 7–0
[ 38] [ 32]
Hat-tricks conceded by Pakistan [ edit ] As of 26 March 2024 ,Pakistan have conceded nineteen hat-tricks in total. Key More than a hat-trick scored *
Table Result in the table lists Pakistan's goal tally firstMasoud Boroumand ofIran was the first player to score a hat-trick against Pakistan, on their international debut.Date Goals Player Opponent Venue Competition Result Ref. 27 October 1950 3
Masoud Boroumand Iran Amjadieh Stadium ,Tehran Friendly 1–5
[ 34] 26 December 1954 3
Puran Bahadur Thapa India Calcutta FC Ground ,Calcutta 1954 Asian Quadrangular Football Tournament 1–3
[ 39] 17 May 1958 3
Arthur Koh Singapore Jalan Besar Stadium ,Kallang Friendly 4–4
[ 10] 14 August 1960 3
Omo Suratmo Indonesia Stadium Merdeka ,Kuala Lumpur 1960 Merdeka Tournament 0–4
12 March 1969 3
Ali Jabbari Iran Tehran , Iran1969 Friendship Cup 1–9
[ 40] 3 September 1974 3
Gholam Hossein Mazloumi Iran Amjadieh Stadium ,Tehran 1974 Asian Games 0–7
[ 41] 29 September 1986 3
Piyapong Pue-on Thailand Daegu Stadium ,Daegu 1986 Asian Games 0–6
[ 42] [ 43] 25 September 1990 3
Hwang Sun-hong South Korea Fengtai Sports Center ,Beijing 1990 Asian Games 0–7
[ 44] 27 September 1990 3
V. Sundramoorthy Singapore Xiannongtan Stadium , Beijing1990 Asian Games 1–6
[ 45] 18 August 1992 4*
Serghei Alexandrov Moldova Amman International Stadium ,Amman 1992 Jordan International Tournament 0–5
[ 46] [ 47] 22 May 1993 3
Cai Sheng China Al-Hassan Stadium ,Irbid 1994 FIFA World Cup qualification 0–5
[ 48] 11 June 1997 3
Viktor Zubarev Kazakhstan Railway Stadium ,Lahore 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification 0–7
[ 49] 26 September 1999 3
I. M. Vijayan India Kathmandu 1999 South Asian Games 2–5
[ 39] [ 50] 13 May 2001 3
Haitham Zein Lebanon Beirut Municipal Stadium ,Beirut 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification 0–6
[ 51] 28 May 2001 4*
Kiatisuk Senamuang Thailand Suphachalasai Stadium ,Bangkok 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification 0–6
[ 52] 22 October 2007 4*
Mahdi Karim Iraq Punjab Stadium ,Lahore 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification 0–7
[ 53] [ 54] 4 April 2008 3
Kasun Jayasuriya Sri Lanka Chungshan Stadium , Taipei2008 AFC Challenge Cup qualification 1–7
[ 55] 21 June 2023 3
Sunil Chhetri India Sree Kanteerava Stadium ,Bangalore 2023 SAFF Championship 0–4
[ 56] [ 57] 26 March 2024 3
Musa Al-Taamari Jordan Amman International Stadium ,Amman 2026 World Cup qualification 0–7
[ 58] [ 59]
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