We asked some of our writers to nominate their favourite hat-tricks from their time watching and covering the game. Check out our choices, then share yours in the comments below. Lionel Messi ...

During that campaign alone, he stuck away eight hat-tricks by himself. We could happily sit and watch Messi’s goal catalogue all day long and while he’s the GOAT for many, he has been pipped ...

How many hat-tricks has Lionel Messi scored? How often does he score one? That man is, of course, Lionel Messi, who has scored 57 hat-tricks for club and country since making his senior debut.

Lionel Messi equaled Portugal icon and contemporary Cristiano Ronaldo's record of most hat-tricks for a national team – to lead Argentina over Bolivia 6-0 in a World Cup qualifier on Tuesday.

In total, Messi has scored 59 career hat-tricks and eight of those have been in the Champions League. The Argentine wizard scored his first European hat-trick back in 2009-10 when he dismantled ...

The French forward delivered a magical performance at the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium, drawing comparisons to the remarkable hat-tricks previously scored by Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo.

Ronaldo for Portugal: 135 goals and 37 assists in 217 appearances Messi for Argentina: 112 goals and 58 assists in 191 appearances Hat-tricks: Ronaldo 10; Messi 10 International goal ratio ...