List of Brazil national football team hat-tricks

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

Arthur Friedenreich, scorer of the first hat-trick for the Brazil.

Pelé, scorer of seven hat-tricks for the Brazil.

Pelé holds the record for the most hat-tricks by a Brazilian player, scoring seven between 1958 and 1964,^[2] one of which occurred in the World Cup finals. Besides Pelé, the only Brazilian players to have scored a hat-trick in a World Cup final tournament are Leônidas da Silva against Poland in 1938 and Ademir de Menezes against Sweden in 1950. The most recent Brazilian player to score a hat-trick was Neymar, who netted three times against Peru in a World Cup qualifier on 13 October 2020.

Brazil has conceded at least 11 hat-tricks in its history, five of which came in matches against Argentina. One of the most notable hat-tricks was scored by Paolo Rossi during the 1982 World Cup, eliminating Brazil from the tournament.^[3]

Hat-tricks for Brazil

Player	Date	Goals	Opponent	Venue	Competition	Result[a]	Ref
Arthur Friedenreich	11 May 1919	3	Chile	Estádio das Laranjeiras, Rio de Janeiro	1919 South American Championship	6–0	[4]
Leônidas da Silva	5 June 1938	3	Poland	Stade de la Meinau, Strasbourg	1938 FIFA World Cup	6–5	[5]
Sylvio Pirillo	14 January 1942	3	Chile	Estadio Centenario, Montevideo	1942 South American Championship	6–1	[6]
Sylvio Pirillo	31 January 1942	3	Ecuador	Estadio Centenario, Montevideo	1942 South American Championship	5–1	[7]
Jair Rosa Pinto	18 May 1944	3	Uruguay	Pacaembu Stadium, São Paulo	Friendly	4–0	[8]
Ademir de Menezes	21 February 1945	3	Ecuador	Nacional, Santiago	1945 South American Championship	9–2	[9]
Zizinho	3 February 1946	4	Chile	El Gasómetro, Buenos Aires	1946 South American Championship	5–1	[10]
Nininho	10 April 1949	3	Bolivia	Pacaembu Stadium, São Paulo	1949 South American Championship	10–1	[11]
Ademir de Menezes	11 August 1949	3	Paraguay	São Januário, Rio de Janeiro	1949 South American Championship	7–0	[12]
Ademir de Menezes	9 July 1950	4	Sweden	Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro	1950 FIFA World Cup	7–1	[13]
Julinho Botelho	1 March 1953	4	Bolivia	Nacional, Lima	1953 South American Championship	8–1	[14]
Chinesinho	13 March 1956	3	Costa Rica	Municipal, Mexico City	1956 Panamerican Championship	7–1	[15]
Larry	13 March 1956	3	Costa Rica	Municipal, Mexico City	1956 Panamerican Championship	7–1	[15]
Didi	13 March 1957	3	Chile	Nacional, Lima	1957 South American Championship	4–2	[16]
Evaristo de Macedo	21 March 1957	3	Ecuador	Nacional, Lima	1957 South American Championship	7–1	[17]
Evaristo de Macedo	24 March 1957	5	Colombia	Nacional, Lima	1957 South American Championship	9–0	[18]
Pelé	24 June 1958	3	France	Råsunda, Solna	1958 FIFA World Cup	5–2	[19]
Paulo Valentim	26 March 1959	3	Uruguay	Monumental de Núñez, Buenos Aires	1959 South American Championship (Argentina)	3–1	[20]
Pelé	29 March 1959	3	Paraguay	Monumental de Núñez, Buenos Aires	1959 South American Championship (Argentina)	4–1	[21]
Pelé	17 September 1959	3	Chile	Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro	Copa Bernardo O'Higgins	7–0	[22]
Pelé	1 May 1960	3	United Arab Republic	Alexandria Stadium, Alexandria	Friendly	3–1	[23]
Pelé	16 April 1963	3	Argentina	Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro	Copa Roca	5–2	[24]
Pelé	28 April 1963	3	France	Olympique de Colombes, Paris	Friendly	3–2	[25]
Pelé	6 February 1964	3	Belgium	Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro	Friendly	5–0	[26]
Tostão	10 August 1969	3	Venezuela	Olímpico de la UCV, Caracas	1970 FIFA World Cup qualification	5–0	[27]
Tostão	24 August 1969	3	Venezuela	Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro	1970 FIFA World Cup qualification	6–0	[28]
Zico	14 July 1977	4	Bolivia	Pascual Guerrero, Cali	1978 FIFA World Cup qualification	8–0	[29]
Zico	17 May 1979	3	Paraguay	Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro	Friendly	6–0	[30]
Zico	22 March 1981	3	Bolivia	Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro	1982 FIFA World Cup qualification	3–1	[31]
Zico	30 April 1986	3	Yugoslavia	Estádio do Arruda, Recife	Friendly	4–2	[32]
Careca	28 August 1989	4	Venezuela	Morumbi, São Paulo	1990 FIFA World Cup qualification	6–0	[33]
Raí	23 September 1992	3	Costa Rica	Waldomiro Wagner, Paranavaí	Friendly	4–2	[34]
Romário	8 June 1994	3	Honduras	Jack Murphy Field, San Diego	Friendly	8–2	[35]
Ronaldo	16 October 1996	3	Lithuania	Estádio Governador Alberto Tavares Silva, Teresina	Friendly	3–1
Ronaldo	21 December 1997	3	Australia	King Fahd, Riyadh	1997 FIFA Confederations Cup	6–0	[36]
Romário	21 December 1997	3	Australia	King Fahd, Riyadh	1997 FIFA Confederations Cup	6–0	[36]
Élber	14 October 1998	3	Ecuador	RFK Stadium, Washington, D.C.	Friendly	5–1	[37]
Ronaldinho	1 August 1999	3	Saudi Arabia	Jalisco, Guadalajara	1999 FIFA Confederations Cup	8–2	[38]
Rivaldo	7 September 1999	3	Argentina	Beira-Rio, Porto Alegre	Friendly	5–1	[39]
Romário	3 September 2000	3	Bolivia	Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro	2002 FIFA World Cup qualification	5–0	[40]
Romário	8 October 2000	4	Venezuela	Pachencho Romero, Maracaibo	2002 FIFA World Cup qualification	5–0	[41]
Ronaldo	3 June 2004	3	Argentina	Mineirão, Belo Horizonte	2006 FIFA World Cup qualification	3–1	[42]
Adriano	11 July 2004	3	Costa Rica	Monumental de la UNSA, Arequipa	2004 Copa América	4–1	[43]
Ronaldinho	18 August 2004	3	Haiti	Stade Sylvio Cator, Port-au-Prince	Friendly	6–0	[44]
Adriano	4 September 2005	3	Chile	Estádio Mané Garrincha, Brasília	2006 FIFA World Cup qualification	5–0	[45]
Robinho	1 July 2007	3	Chile	Estadio Monumental de Maturín, Maturín	2007 Copa América	3–0	[46]
Luís Fabiano	19 November 2008	3	Portugal	Bezerrão, Brasília	Friendly	6–2	[47]
Neymar	10 September 2012	3	China	Estádio do Arruda, Recife	Friendly	8–0	[48]
Neymar	5 March 2014	3	South Africa	Soccer City, Johannesburg	Friendly	5–0	[49]
Neymar	14 October 2014	4	Japan	Sports Hub, Kallang	Friendly	4–0	[50]
Philippe Coutinho	8 June 2016	3	Haiti	Citrus Bowl, Orlando	Copa América Centenario	7–1	[51]
Paulinho	23 March 2017	3	Uruguay	Estadio Centenario, Montevideo	2018 FIFA World Cup qualification	4–1	[52]
Neymar	13 October 2020	3	Peru	Estadio Nacional del Perú, Lima	2022 FIFA World Cup qualification	4–2	[52]

Most Hat-tricks for Brazil

Player	Hat-tricks	First hat-trick	Last hat-trick
Pelé	7	24 June 1958	6 February 1964
Zico	4	14 July 1977	30 April 1986
Romário	4	8 June 1994	8 October 2000
Neymar	4	10 September 2012	13 October 2020
Ademir	3	26 February 1945	9 July 1950
Ronaldo	3	16 October 1996	3 June 2004
Sylvio Pirillo	2	14 January 1942	31 January 1942
Evaristo	2	21 March 1957	24 March 1957
Tostão	2	10 August 1969	24 August 1969
Ronaldinho	2	1 August 1999	18 August 2004
Adriano	2	11 July 2004	4 September 2005

Hat-tricks conceded by Brazil

Player	Date	Goals	Opponent	Venue	Competition	Result [a]	Ref(s)
Manuel Seoane	13 December 1925	3	Argentina	Estadio Sportivo Barracas, Buenos Aires	1925 South American Championship	1–4	[53]
Blagoje Marjanović	16 March 1934	3	Yugoslavia	Stadion SK Jugoslavija, Belgrade	Friendly	4–8	[54]
Ernst Wilimowski	5 June 1938	4	Poland	Stade de la Meinau, Strasbourg	1938 FIFA World Cup	6–5	[5]
Carlos Peucelle	5 March 1940	3	Argentina	El Gasómetro, Buenos Aires	Copa Roca	1–6	[55]
Norberto Doroteo Méndez	15 February 1945	3	Argentina	Estadio Nacional, Santiago	1945 South American Championship	1–3	[56]
Oscar Míguez	6 May 1950	3	Uruguay	Pacaembu, São Paulo	Copa Río Branco	3–4	[57]
José Sanfilippo	22 December 1959	3	Argentina	Modelo, Guayaquil	1959 South American Championship (Ecuador)	1–4	[58]
Jacky Stockman	24 April 1963	3	Belgium	Heysel, Brussels	Friendly	2–4	[59]
Jozef Adamec	23 June 1968	3	Czechoslovakia	Tehelné pole, Bratislava	Friendly	2–3	[60]
Paolo Rossi	5 July 1982	3	Italy	Sarrià Stadium, Barcelona	1982 FIFA World Cup	2–3	[61]
Lionel Messi	9 June 2012	3	Argentina	MetLife Stadium, East Rutherford, New Jersey	Friendly	3–4	[62]