{"id":6834,"date":"2026-03-12T20:58:31","date_gmt":"2026-03-12T19:58:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.factgol.com\/valverde-made-history-only-the-second-uruguayan-to-score-a-hat-trick-in-the-champions-league\/"},"modified":"2026-03-15T20:22:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-15T19:22:08","slug":"valverde-made-history-only-the-second-uruguayan-to-score-a-hat-trick-in-the-champions-league","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.factgol.com\/en\/valverde-made-history-only-the-second-uruguayan-to-score-a-hat-trick-in-the-champions-league\/","title":{"rendered":"Valverde made history: Only the second Uruguayan to score a hat trick in the Champions League"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-296f41f6bd4118a45abab0e86979f0bd\">Federico Valverde has etched his name in the history books of the <strong>Champions League<\/strong>. In the first round of 16 match against Manchester City, he put on a performance that strikers dream of, but not midfielders\u2014and in doing so, he became only the second Uruguayan in the competition\u2019s history to score three goals in a single match. <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-648cdf73a1571bf3281e5a084e3e0d57\">On Wednesday evening, the Bernab\u00e9u witnessed something extraordinary. Real Madrid defeated Manchester City 3\u20130 in the first leg of the 2025\/26 Champions League round of 16, with Uruguayan midfielder Federico Valverde scoring all three goals in the first half. <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-e13f429a9e984b3594883a218d28f25b\">The performance was all the more remarkable given that, prior to this match, Valverde had scored just three goals in 75 Champions League appearances throughout his career. He then added three more in the space of less than 25 minutes. <\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-9e7f65329123c9ca106a291a8a8c6aef\">Three goals, three stories<\/h2>\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-f70a1346824fd2bd976da3d2472a6f98\">Each of the three goals was special in its own way. The first came after a long clearance by Thibaut Courtois\u2014Valverde outpaced the defenders, rounded goalkeeper Donnarumma, and finished coolly. He scored the second with his left\u2014his weaker\u2014foot after a pass from Vin\u00edcius Jr. And the third was perhaps the most beautiful: after a give-and-go with D\u00edaz, he lobbed the ball over Ruben Dias and finished the play with a volley.    <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-e6f0d6a1873f93fba8d012d28762d371\"><strong>It was only the fifth first-half hat trick in the history of the Champions League knockout stage<\/strong>\u2014and the first against an English opponent since Lionel Messi achieved the feat against Arsenal sixteen years ago.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.factgol.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image-1-1024x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6813\" style=\"width:508px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.factgol.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image-1-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.factgol.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image-1-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.factgol.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image-1-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.factgol.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image-1-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/www.factgol.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image-1-1536x1536.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.factgol.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image-1-600x600.png 600w, https:\/\/www.factgol.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image-1.png 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Federico Valverde<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-02f8728990b81d05ca1131ecea4eb015\">Historical connection to &#8220;El Rifle&#8221; Pandiani<\/h2>\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-aebc69b6cd7f9111a7d93839e38f8fa4\">But the most significant historical milestone dates back to 2001. The last time a Uruguayan scored a hat trick in the Champions League was before Valverde <strong>  7. March 2001, when Deportivo La Coru\u00f1a pulled off an incredible comeback against Paris Saint-Germain <\/strong>\u2014 turned the score around from 0\u20133 to 4\u20133 thanks to a hat trick by Walter Pandiani.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-18ec742422bb9137435fcedd5de67633\">Pandiani came on as a substitute and scored all three of his headers within the final thirty minutes of the match. PSG thus lost their chance to advance to the quarterfinals. Champions League The Uruguayan striker earned the nickname <strong>\u201cEl Rifle\u201d<\/strong> for that performance and made his mark in the history of Spanish soccer. Valverde thus followed in Pandiani\u2019s footsteps more than a quarter-century later. Two different eras, two Uruguayan soccer players, one exclusive statistic.    <\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"667\" height=\"667\" src=\"https:\/\/www.factgol.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image-3.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6823\" style=\"width:427px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.factgol.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image-3.png 667w, https:\/\/www.factgol.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image-3-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.factgol.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image-3-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.factgol.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image-3-600x600.png 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 667px) 100vw, 667px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Waltera Pandianiego<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-d3bd6928b1bff7a59f3ff1062f6d9439\">The next one continues on Etihad<\/h2>\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-85426115cf36dd04c6cb1ba665b753df\">Real Madrid heads into the second leg at Etihad Stadium with a comfortable three-goal lead. Vin\u00edcius Jr. missed a penalty in the second half that could have extended the lead even further\u2014but Madrid still has a clear path to the quarterfinals, where Bayern Munich likely awaits. Valverde\u2014who for months had been used as a makeshift right back, a player who had publicly expressed dissatisfaction with that role\u2014finally had the night he deserved. And he made history exactly as befits the \u201cJuanita of the 21st century.\u201d    <\/p>\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Federico Valverde has etched his name in the history books of the Champions League. 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