List of Pakistan national football team hat-tricks

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 Asian Quadrangular Football Tournament, although he scored two goals of the match through penalty.^[6][7]

Masood Fakhri, the first hat-trick scorer for Pakistan

Muhammad Umer is the only 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 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 scored a hat-trick against Turkey at the 1967 RCD Cup.^[14][15] 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.^[16][17] During the 1984 AFC Asian Cup qualification, Sharafat Ali scored thrice in a 4–1 victory against North Yemen.^[18]

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.^{[19][20][21][22]} He completed the hat-trick within 40 minutes against Sri Lanka in a 3–3 draw.^[23] After several years, Pakistan tied its 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.^[24][25] A year later, Safiullah Khan surpassed the hat-trick number barrier after scoring four goals in a single match against Brunei at the 2010 AFC Challenge Cup qualification on 6 April 2009.^{[26][27][28][29]} The same year, Pakistan earned another record 7–0 victory at the 2009 SAFF Championship, where Arif Mehmood scored three times against Bhutan.^[30][31][32] 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 nineteen 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.^[33]

Hat-tricks for Pakistan

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

Only FIFA-recognized international matches by the Pakistan national football team have been considered in the following list.

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	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]
28 November 1967	3	Abdul Jabbar	Turkey	Dacca Stadium, Dacca	1967 RCD Cup	4–7	[14][15]
13 November 1981	3	Muhammad Ali Shah	Malaysia	National Stadium, Bangkok	1981 King's Cup	3–2	[16][17]
11 October 1984	3	Sharafat Ali	North Yemen	Salt Lake Stadium, Calcutta	1984 AFC Asian Cup qualification	4–1	[18]
17 May 2001	3	Gohar Zaman	Sri Lanka	Beirut Municipal Stadium, Beirut	2002 AFC FIFA World Cup qualification	3–3	[34][22]
6 April 2008	3	Muhammad Qasim	Guam	Zhongshan Soccer Stadium, Taipei	2008 AFC Challenge Cup qualification	9–2	[35][24]
6 April 2009	4*	Safiullah Khan	Brunei	Sugathadasa Stadium, Colombo	2010 AFC Challenge Cup qualification	6–0	[36][26]
8 December 2009	3	Arif Mehmood	Bhutan	Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka	2009 SAFF Championship	7–0	[37][31]

Hat-tricks conceded by Pakistan

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 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	[33]
26 December 1954	3	Puran Bahadur Thapa	India	Calcutta FC Ground, Calcutta	1954 Asian Quadrangular Football Tournament	1–3	[38]
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, 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

• Pakistan portal
• Association football portal

• Pakistan national football team records and statistics