Argentinian footballer and PSG superstar Lionel Messi, widely regarded as one of the greatest players of all time has reached the 56th hat-trick in his career, whether with clubs or his country team, after scoring 5 goals against Estonian on Sunday, in a friendly match in preparation for the 2022 World Cup. Messi scored five goals for the Argentine against Estonia in the 8, 45, 47, 71, and 76 minutes of the match, raising his number of goals in the Tango team shirt to 86 goals.
The Argentine legend managed to score 56 hat-tricks during his great career, 48 with clubs, in addition to 8 hat-tricks with the Argentine national team. Messi scored 8 hat-tricks during his international career against Switzerland, Brazil, Guatemala, Haiti, and Estonia in friendly matches, in addition to Ecuador, Bolivia, and Panama in official matches. Messi became the fourth historical scorer for national teams with 86 surpassing the late Hungarian star Puskas with 84 goals, and Portuguese star Cristiano Ronaldo, a Manchester United striker, tops the list of national team scorers historically with 117 goals, then the Iranian star Ali Daei 109 goals and Mukhtar Dahari with 89 goals.