List of Croatia national football team hat-tricks

Since the inception of international association football matches in 1872, nine Croatian footballers have scored three or more goals (a hat-trick) in a game. The first player to score a hat-trick for Croatia was August Lešnik in a friendly match against Slovakia in 1942. Davor Šuker was the first player in modern Croatian national team history to achieve this feat, scoring three times in a 7–1 victory over Estonia in 1995. He is also the one of two players alongside Mario Mandžukić who scored a hat-trick more than once, grabbing his second hat-trick in Croatia's 7–0 win against Australia. Mladen Petrić has scored the greatest number of goals in one game, netting four times against Andorra.[1]

Davor Šuker scored two hat-tricks for Croatia

The most recent hat-trick was scored by Mario Mandžukić in Croatia's 6–0 victory over Kosovo in the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification campaign.[2]

Croatia have conceded four hat-tricks since 1941, the most recent being scored by Theo Walcott in a 4–1 defeat by England in the qualifications for the 2010 FIFA World Cup. The other three hat-tricks were scored by Ján Arpáš, Primož Gliha and Zlatan Muslimović.

Hat-tricks for Croatia
Date Goals Player Opponent Venue Competition Result[a] Report
6 September 1942
3
 August Lešnik Slovakia Stadion Concordije, Zagreb Friendly
6–1
9 April 1944
3
 Franjo Wölfl Slovakia Stadion Concordije, Zagreb Friendly
7–3
3 September 1995
3
 Davor Šuker Estonia Stadion Maksimir, Zagreb 1996 UEFA Euro qualifying
7–1
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13 March 1996
3
 Goran Vlaović South Korea Stadion Kranjčevićeva, Zagreb Friendly
3–0
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6 June 1998
3
 Davor Šuker Australia Stadion Maksimir, Zagreb Friendly
7–0
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24 March 2001
3
 Boško Balaban Latvia Stadion Gradski vrt, Osijek 2002 FIFA World Cup qualifying
4–1
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7 October 2006
4
 Mladen Petrić Andorra Stadion Maksimir, Zagreb 2008 UEFA Euro qualifying
7–0
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15 November 2006
3
 Eduardo da Silva Israel Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan 2008 UEFA Euro qualifying
4–3
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4 June 2016
3
 Mario Mandžukić San Marino Stadion Rujevica, Rijeka Friendly
10–0
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3
 Nikola Kalinić
6 October 2016
3
 Mario Mandžukić Kosovo Loro Boriçi Stadium, Shkodër 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifying
6–0
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Hat-tricks conceded by Croatia
Date Goals Player Opponent Venue Competition Result[a] Report
9 April 1944
3
 Ján Arpáš Slovakia Stadion Concordije, Zagreb Friendly
7–3
2 April 1997
3
 Primož Gliha Slovenia Stadion Poljud, Split 1998 FIFA World Cup qualifying
3–3
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22 August 2007
3
 Zlatan Muslimović Bosnia and Herzegovina Asim Ferhatović Hase Stadium, Sarajevo Friendly
5–3
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10 September 2008
3
 Theo Walcott England Stadion Maksimir, Zagreb 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifying
1–4
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Notes

a The result is presented with Croatia's score first.

References
  1. Krušelj, Dražen (5 September 2010). "Nitko od mene ništa nije očekivao, pa sam mogao opušteno igrati". Jutarnji.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 1 April 2011.
  2. Korać, Branimir (6 October 2016). "Optimizam s pokrićem, Hrvatska i bez važnih aduta prejaka za Kosovo". Sportnet.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 6 October 2016.
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