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This is a list of all hat-tricks scored in the Copa América; that is, the occasions where an individual footballer scored three or more goals in a single Copa América match. This is a relatively rare event: only 69 hat-tricks have been scored across the 47 editions of the Copa América tournament to date. As CONMEBOL is the governing body of football in South America, official hat-tricks are only noted when CONMEBOL recognizes that at least three goals were scored by one player in one match.
The first hat-trick was scored by Arthur Friedenreich of Brazil, playing against Chile in the 1919 South American Championship; the most recent was by Eduardo Vargas of Chile, playing against Mexico in the 2016 Copa América Centenario.
The only editions not to have at least one hat-trick scored were 1916, 1917, 1920, 1921, 1922, 1937, 1956, 1979, 1983, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2019 and 2021. The record number of hat-tricks in a single Copa América tournament is five, which occurred in each of the 1926, 1942, 1945 and 1957 tournaments.
Notable Copa América hat-tricks edit
- Arthur Friedenreich was the first player to score a hat-trick in a Copa América match, doing so on 11 May 1919 for Brazil against Chile.
- Ten players have scored two hat-tricks in Copa América matches: Ademir (1945 and 1949), Javier Ambrois (both 1957), David Arellano (both 1926), Teodoro Fernández (1939 and 1941), Herminio Masantonio (1935 and 1942), Pedro Petrone (1924 and 1927), Sylvio Pirillo (both 1942), José Sanfilippo (both 1959 (Ecuador)), Severino Varela (1939 and 1942) and Paolo Guerrero (2011 and 2015).
- Héctor Scarone, Juan Marvezzi, José Manuel Moreno and Evaristo are the only players in Copa América history to have scored five goals in a single match.
- There have been three occasions when two hat-tricks have been scored in the same match; when Uruguay defeated Bolivia in 1927, Pedro Petrone and Roberto Figueroa, both playing for Uruguay, scored three goals. Another occurred during the 1942 South American Championship: when Argentina defeated Ecuador, José Manuel Moreno scored five goals and Herminio Masantonio scored four, both for Argentina.
- The quickest hat-trick to be completed was José Manuel Moreno's three goals in ten minutes during the 1942 edition. He scored his third goal in the 22nd minute, after scoring his first in the 12th minute and his second in the 16th.
- The only players to have scored a hat-trick coming from the bench are Paulo Valentim in 1959 and Lionel Messi in 2016.
- Although the Copa América Centenario was a special edition, hat-tricks scored in that tournament are listed here.
- No player has scored a hat-trick against Argentina, nor has there been a hat-trick scored by a player for Bolivia, Ecuador or Venezuela.
List edit
| Sequence |
Player | No. of goals |
Time of goals | Representing | Final score |
Opponent |
Tournament | Round | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Arthur Friedenreich | 3 | 19', 38', 76' |  Brazil |
6–0 |  Chile |
1919, Brazil | Final round | 11 May 1919 |
| 2. | José Clarke | 3 | 10', 23', 62' |  Argentina |
4–1 | Chile |
1919, Brazil | Final round | 22 May 1919 |
| 3. | Valdino Aguirre | 3 | 58', 77', 86' | Argentina |
4–3 |  Paraguay |
1923, Uruguay | Final round | 29 October 1923 |
| 4. | Pedro Petrone | 3 | 40', 53', 88' |  Uruguay |
5–0 | Chile |
1924, Uruguay | Final round | 19 October 1924 |
| 5. | Manuel Seoane | 3 | 41', 48', 74' | Argentina |
4–1 | Brazil |
1925, Argentina | Final round | 13 December 1925 |
| 6. | David Arellano | 4 | 15', 41', 80', 84' | Chile |
7–1 |  Bolivia |
1926, Chile | Final round | 12 October 1926 |
| 7. | Gabino Sosa | 4 | 11', 32', 59', 87' | Argentina |
8–0 | Paraguay |
1926, Chile | Final round | 20 October 1926 |
| −. | Ceferino Ramírez | 3 | 68', 72', 88' | Paraguay |
6–1 | Bolivia |
1926, Chile | Final round | 23 October 1926 |
| 8. | Héctor Scarone | 5 | 9', 12', 28', 39', 81' | Uruguay |
6–0 | Bolivia |
1926, Chile | Final round | 28 October 1926 |
| 9. | Héctor Castro | 4 | 16', 23', 32', 72' | Uruguay |
6–1 | Paraguay |
1926, Chile | Final round | 1 November 1926 |
| 10. | David Arellano (II) | 3 | 21', 64', 71' | Chile |
5–1 | Paraguay |
1926, Chile | Final round | 3 November 1926 |
| 11. | Pedro Petrone | 3 | 18', 65', 81' | Uruguay |
9–0 | Bolivia |
1927, Peru | Final round | 6 November 1927 |
| 12. | Roberto Figueroa | 3 | 19', 67', 69' | Uruguay |
9–0 | Bolivia |
1927, Peru | Final round | 6 November 1927 |
| 13. | Lorenzo Fernández | 3 | 21', 29', 43' | Uruguay |
4–1 |  Peru |
1929, Argentina | Final round | 29 November 1929 |
| 14. | Aurelio González | 3 | 55', 63', 69' | Paraguay |
5–0 | Peru |
1929, Argentina | Final round | 16 November 1929 |
| 15. | Herminio Masantonio | 3 | 10', 61', 81' | Argentina |
4–1 | Peru |
1935, Peru | Final round | 20 January 1935 |
| −. | Alberto Zozaya | 3 | 33', 75', 82' | Argentina |
6–1 | Paraguay |
1937, Argentina | Final round | 9 January 1937 |
| 16. | Teodoro Fernández | 3 | 6', 34', 77' | Peru |
5–2 |  Ecuador |
1939, Peru | Final round | 15 January 1939 |
| 17. | Severino Varela | 3 | 53', 55', 81' | Uruguay |
6–0 | Ecuador |
1939, Peru | Final round | 22 January 1939 |
| 18. | Ismael Rivero | 3 | 9', 23', 87' | Uruguay |
6–0 | Ecuador |
1941, Chile | Final round | 9 February 1941 |
| 19. | Juan Marvezzi | 5 | 3', 17', 28', 39', 59' | Argentina |
6–1 | Ecuador |
1941, Chile | Final round | 16 February 1941 |
| 20. | Teodoro Fernández (II) | 3 | 25', 32', 48' | Peru |
4–0 | Ecuador |
1941, Chile | Final round | 23 February 1941 |
| 21. | Sylvio Pirillo | 3 | 23', 63', 86' | Brazil |
6–1 | Chile |
1942, Uruguay | Final round | 14 January 1942 |
| 22. | Severino Varela (II) | 3 | 16', 24', 29' | Uruguay |
7–0 | Ecuador |
1942, Uruguay | Final round | 18 January 1942 |
| 23. | José Manuel Moreno | 5 | 12', 16', 22', 32', 89' | Argentina |
12–0 | Ecuador |
1942, Uruguay | Final round | 22 January 1942 |
| 24. | Herminio Masantonio (II) | 4 | 54', 65', 68', 70' | Argentina |
12–0 | Ecuador |
1942, Uruguay | Final round | 22 January 1942 |
| 25. | Sylvio Pirillo (II) | 3 | 12', 29', 76' | Brazil |
5–1 | Ecuador |
1942, Uruguay | Final round | 31 January 1942 |
| 26. | Juan Alcántara | 3 | 28', 59', 81' | Chile |
6–3 | Ecuador |
1945, Chile | Final round | 14 January 1945 |
| 27. | Guillermo Clavero | 3 | 13', 27', 39' | Chile |
5–0 | Bolivia |
1945, Chile | Final round | 21 January 1945 |
| 28. | Atilio García | 3 | 1', 60', 83' | Uruguay |
5–1 | Ecuador |
1945, Chile | Final round | 24 January 1945 |
| 29. | Norberto Doroteo Méndez | 3 | 14', 20', 40' | Argentina |
3–1 | Brazil |
1945, Chile | Final round | 15 February 1945 |
| 30. | Ademir | 3 | 3', 10', 75' | Brazil |
9–2 | Ecuador |
1945, Chile | Final round | 21 February 1945 |
| 31. | José María Medina | 4 | 1', 25', 30', 78' | Uruguay |
5–0 | Bolivia |
1946, Argentina | Final round | 29 January 1946 |
| 32. | Zizinho | 4 | 4', 41', 46', 71' | Brazil |
5–1 | Chile |
1946, Argentina | Final round | 2 February 1946 |
| 33. | René Pontoni | 3 | 40', 50', 82' | Argentina |
6–0 | Paraguay |
1947, Ecuador | Final round | 2 December 1947 |
| 34. | Alfredo di Stéfano | 3 | 30', 62', 75' | Argentina |
6–0 |  Colombia |
1947, Ecuador | Final round | 18 December 1947 |
| 35. | Leocadio Marín | 3 | 22', 58', 69' | Paraguay |
4–0 | Ecuador |
1947, Ecuador | Final round | 29 December 1947 |
| 36. | Nininho | 3 | 16', 39', 86' | Brazil |
10–1 | Bolivia |
1949, Brazil | Final round | 10 April 1949 |
| 37. | Dionisio Arce | 3 | 10', 39', 47' | Paraguay |
4–2 | Chile |
1949, Brazil | Final round | 27 April 1949 |
| 38. | Jorge Benítez | 4 | 30', 40', 41', 89' | Paraguay |
7–0 | Bolivia |
1949, Brazil | Final round | 30 April 1949 |
| 39. | Ademir (II) | 3 | 17', 27', 48' | Brazil |
7–0 | Paraguay |
1949, Brazil | Playoff | 11 May 1949 |
| 40. | Molina | 3 | 5', 55', 67' | Chile |
3–2 | Uruguay |
1953, Peru | Final round | 1 March 1953 |
| 41. | Julinho | 4 | 18', 20', 42', 52' | Brazil |
8–1 | Bolivia |
1953, Peru | Final round | 1 March 1953 |
| 42. | Enrique Hormazábal | 3 | 27', 47', 53' | Chile |
7–1 | Ecuador |
1955, Chile | Final round | 27 February 1955 |
| 43. | Rodolfo Micheli | 4 | 5', p. 18', 64', 83' | Argentina |
5–3 |  Paraguay |
1955, Chile | Final round | 2 March 1955 |
| 44. | Ángel Labruna | 3 | 39', 71', 87' | Argentina |
6–1 | Uruguay |
1955, Chile | Final round | 27 March 1955 |
| 45. | Javier Ambrois | 4 | 26', p. 29', 57', 74' | Uruguay |
5–2 | Ecuador |
1957, Peru | Final round | 7 March 1957 |
| 46. | Humberto Maschio | 4 | p. 16', 23', p. 53', 85' | Argentina |
8–2 | Colombia |
1957, Peru | Final round | 13 March 1957 |
| 47. | Didí | 3 | 20', 26', 44' | Brazil |
4–2 | Chile |
1957, Peru | Final round | 13 March 1957 |
| 48. | Javier Ambrois (II) | 4 | 22', 48', 60', 75' | Uruguay |
5–3 |  Peru |
1957, Peru | Final round | 23 March 1957 |
| 49. | Evaristo | 5 | 41', 44', 45', 75', 86' | Brazil |
9–0 | Colombia |
1957, Peru | Final round | 24 March 1957 |
| 50. | Miguel Angel Loayza | 3 | 4', 27', 42' | Peru |
5–3 | Uruguay |
1959, Argentina | Final round | 14 March 1959 |
| 51. | Cayetano Ré | 3 | 1', 21', 50' | Paraguay |
5–0 | Bolivia |
1959, Argentina | Final round | 15 March 1959 |
| 52. | Paulo Valentim | 3 | 62', 80', 89' | Brazil |
3–1 | Uruguay |
1959, Argentina | Final round | 26 March 1959 |
| 53. | Pelé | 3 | 25', 60', 63' | Brazil |
4–1 | Paraguay |
1959, Argentina | Final round | 29 March 1959 |
| −. | Paulo Pisaneschi | 3 | 29', 39', 60' | Brazil |
3–2 | Paraguay |
1959, Ecuador | Final round | 5 December 1959 |
| 54. | José Sanfilippo | 3 | 8', 57', p. 89' | Argentina |
4–2 | Paraguay |
1959, Ecuador | Final round | 9 December 1959 |
| 55. | José Sanfilippo (II) | 3 | 27', 89', 90' | Argentina |
4–1 | Brazil |
1959, Ecuador | Final round | 22 December 1959 |
| 56. | Raúl Armando Savoy | 3 | 34', 53', 90' | Argentina |
4–2 | Ecuador |
1963, Bolivia | Final round | 20 March 1963 |
| 57. | Luis Artime | 3 | 18', 65', 88' | Argentina |
5–1 |  Venezuela |
1967, Uruguay | Final round | 25 January 1967 |
| 58. | Leopoldo Luque | 3 | 12', 34', 66' | Argentina |
5–1 | Venezuela |
1975 | First round | 3 August 1975 |
| 59. | Daniel Killer | 3 | 8', 41', 62' | Argentina |
11–0 | Venezuela |
1975 | First round | 10 August 1975 |
| 60. | Arnoldo Iguarán | 3 | 8', 34', 50' | Colombia |
3–0 | Paraguay |
1987, Argentina | First round | 5 July 1987 |
| 61. | Javier Saviola | 3 | 64', 75', 79' | Argentina |
6–1 | Ecuador |
2004, Peru | First round | 7 July 2004 |
| 62. | Adriano | 3 | 45', 54', 67' |  Brazil |
4–1 |  Costa Rica |
2004, Peru | First round | 11 July 2004 |
| 63. | Roque Santa Cruz | 3 | 30', 46', 80' |  Paraguay |
5–0 | Colombia |
2007, Venezuela | First round | 28 June 2007 |
| 64. | Robinho | 3 | p. 36', 84', 87' | Brazil |
3–0 | Chile |
2007, Venezuela | First round | 1 July 2007 |
| 65. | Paolo Guerrero | 3 | 63', 89', 90+2' | Peru |
4–1 |  Venezuela |
2011, Argentina | Third-place match | 23 July 2011 |
| 66. | Paolo Guerrero (II) | 3 | 20', 23', 74' | Peru |
3–1 | Bolivia |
2015, Chile | Quarter-finals | 25 June 2015 |
| 67. | Philippe Coutinho | 3 | 14', 29', 90+2' | Brazil |
7–1 |  Haiti |
2016, United States | First round | 9 June 2016 |
| 68. | Lionel Messi | 3 | 68', 78', 87' | Argentina |
5–0 |  Panama |
2016, United States | First round | 10 June 2016 |
| 69. | Eduardo Vargas | 4 | 44', 52', 57', 74' | Chile |
7–0 |  Mexico |
2016, United States | Quarter-finals | 18 June 2016 |