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Masood Fakhri, the first hat-trick scorer for Pakistan

The first player ever to score a hat-trick (three or more goals in a match) for Pakistan in an international football match was Masood Fakhri. He achieved the feat in the 1954 Asian Games held in Manila, Philippines against Singapore on 2 May 1954, at the Rizal Memorial Stadium, where Pakistan won the match by 6–2.[1][2][3][4] He completed the hat-trick in 5 minutes, scoring at the 42nd, 43rd and 47th minutes of the match.[5] The next player to score a hat-trick was Qayyum Changezi a year later at the 1955 Colombo Cup, although he scored two goals of the match through penalty.[6][7]

Muhammad Umer is the only recorded Pakistani footballer to have scored a hat-trick more than once against a full international side, although there is also some conjecture on the status of several games regarding recognition by FIFA as "A" internationals in the early years. Umer first achieved the feat in a friendly match against Singapore on 17 May 1958, where both teams reportedly fielded their main probable teams as preparation for the 1958 Asian Games.[8][9][10] On 9 December 1959 during the 1960 AFC Asian Cup qualification, Umer scored another hat-trick in a 4–1 victory against Iran.[11] The next year, Moosa Ghazi scored thrice in a 7–0 record victory against Thailand at the 1960 Merdeka Tournament.[12][13] In 1967, inside-left forward Abdul Jabbar surpassed the hat-trick number barrier after scoring four goals in a single match against Turkey at the 1967 RCD Cup. The striker Muhammad Ali Shah managed to score all three goals against Malaysia in a 3–2 win during the 1981 King's Cup on 13 November 1981.[14] During the 1984 AFC Asian Cup qualification, Sharafat Ali scored thrice in a 4–1 victory against North Yemen.[15] Pakistan also scored considerable goals in a single match in the 20th century where the goals of Pakistani players remain unrecorded in several matches till date (see Pakistan national football team results (1950–1989)).[a]

After the 20th century, Gohar Zaman became first Pakistani footballer to score a hat-trick in a FIFA World Cup qualification match during the 2002 World Cup qualifiers.[16][17][18][19] He completed the hat-trick within 40 minutes against Sri Lanka in a 3–3 draw.[20] After several years, Pakistan tied it's previous all-time highest record victory against Thailand in 1960, after Muhammad Qasim scored three times against Guam in a 9–2 win at the 2008 AFC Challenge Cup qualification, where the national team scored the highest number of goals in a match.[21][22] A year later, Safiullah Khan scored four goals in a single match against Brunei at the 2010 AFC Challenge Cup qualification on 6 April 2009.[23][24][25][26] The same year, Pakistan earned another record 7–0 victory at the 2009 SAFF Championship, where Arif Mehmood scored three times against Bhutan.[27][28][29] This is also the most recent instance of a Pakistani player scoring a hat-trick in an international football match.

As of 26 March 2024, Pakistan have conceded eighteen hat-tricks, the most recent being scored by Musa Al-Taamari in a 0–7 defeat by Jordan at the 2026 World Cup qualification. Masoud Boroumand of Iran was the first player to score a hat-trick against Pakistan, on Pakistan's international debut in 1950.[30]

Hat-tricks for Pakistan

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Abdul Jabbar is the first Pakistani player to surpass the hat trick barrier
Gohar Zaman, the first ever Pakistani hat-trick scorer in a FIFA World Cup qualification match
As of 8 December 2009, ten players have scored a hat-trick for the national team and two have scored more than three goals in a single match.
Only FIFA-recognized international matches by the Pakistan national football team have been considered in the following list.
‡ indicate unknown status as FIFA-recognized international match.
Result in the table lists Pakistan's goal tally first
Date 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 Myanmar Burma Dacca Stadium, Dhaka 1955 Colombo Cup
4–2
 [6][7]
17 May 1958
3
 Muhammad Umer  Singapore ‡ Singapore Friendly
4–4
 [31][32]
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
 [12][13]
28 November 1967
4
 Abdul Jabbar  Turkey Dacca Stadium, Dacca 1967 RCD Cup
4–7
 [33]
13 November 1981
3
 Muhammad Ali Shah  Malaysia Phra Ramesuan Stadium, Bangkok 1981 King's Cup
3–2
 [14]
11 October 1984
3
 Sharafat Ali  North Yemen Kolkata, India 1984 AFC Asian Cup qualification
4–1
 [15]
17 May 2001
3
 Gohar Zaman  Sri Lanka Beirut Municipal Stadium, Beirut 2002 AFC FIFA World Cup qualification
3–3
 [34][19]
6 April 2008
3
 Muhammad Qasim  Guam Zhongshan Soccer Stadium, Taipei 2008 AFC Challenge Cup qualification
9–2
 [35][21]
6 April 2009
4
 Safiullah Khan  Brunei Sugathadasa Stadium, Colombo 2010 AFC Challenge Cup qualification
6–0
 [36][23]
8 December 2009
3
 Arif Mehmood  Bhutan Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka 2009 SAFF Championship
7–0
 [37][28]

Hat-tricks conceded by Pakistan

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As of 26 March 2024, Pakistan have conceded eighteen hat-tricks in total.
‡ indicate unknown status as FIFA-recognized international match.
Result in the table lists Pakistan's goal tally first
Masoud Boroumand of Iran 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
 [30]
26 December 1954
3
 Puran Bahadur Thapa  India Calcutta FC Ground, Calcutta 1954 Colombo Cup
1–3
 [38]
14 August 1960
3
 Omo Suratmo  Indonesia Stadium Merdeka, Kuala Lumpur 1960 Merdeka Tournament
0–4
12 March 1969
3
 Ali Jabbari  Iran Tehran, Iran 1969 Friendship Cup
1–9
 [39]
3 September 1974
3
 Gholam Hossein Mazloumi  Iran Amjadieh Stadium, Tehran 1974 Asian Games
0–7
 [40]
29 September 1986
3
 Piyapong Pue-on  Thailand Daegu Stadium, Daegu 1986 Asian Games
0–6
 [41][42]
25 September 1990
3
 Hwang Sun-hong  South Korea Fengtai Sports Center, Beijing 1990 Asian Games
0–7
 [43]
27 September 1990
3
 V. Sundramoorthy  Singapore Xiannongtan Stadium, Beijing 1990 Asian Games
1–6
 [44]
18 August 1992
4
 Serghei Alexandrov  Moldova ‡ Amman International Stadium, Amman 1992 Jordan International Tournament
0–5
 [45][46]
22 May 1993
3
 Cai Sheng  China Al-Hassan Stadium, Irbid 1994 FIFA World Cup qualification
0–5
 [47]
11 June 1997
3
 Viktor Zubarev  Kazakhstan Railway Stadium, Lahore 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification
0–7
 [48]
26 September 1999
3
 I. M. Vijayan  India Kathmandu 1999 South Asian Games
2–5
 [38][49]
13 May 2001
3
 Haitham Zein  Lebanon Beirut Municipal Stadium, Beirut 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification
0–6
 [50]
28 May 2001
4
 Kiatisuk Senamuang  Thailand Suphachalasai Stadium, Bangkok 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification
0–6
 [51]
22 October 2007
4
 Mahdi Karim  Iraq Punjab Stadium, Lahore 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
0–7
 [52][53]
4 April 2008
3
 Kasun Jayasuriya  Sri Lanka Chungshan Stadium, Taipei 2008 AFC Challenge Cup qualification
1–7
 [54]
21 June 2023
3
 Sunil Chhetri  India Sree Kanteerava Stadium, Bangalore 2023 SAFF Championship
0–4
 [55][56]
26 March 2024
3
 Musa Al-Taamari  Jordan Amman International Stadium, Amman 2026 World Cup qualification
0–7
 [57][58]

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ Pakistani goalscorers yet unknown for the 4–7 loss against China during a friendly on 10 June 1973, 5–1 win against Bahrain at the 1974 Asian Games, and 5–0 win against Nepal at the 1986 Quaid-e-Azam International Cup, where a possible hat trick is scored.

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