Scoring a goal in a Champions League match is a solid achievement for any soccer player—certainly one to tell the grandkids about—but it isn’t exactly rare. Thousands have found the net in Europe’s premier club competition over the years.
A hat-trick? Now we’re talking. It’s far more impressive and much less common, yet still achieved by well over 100 players—including names like Yossi Benayoun, Faustino Asprilla and Kostas Mitroglou (remember him, Fulham fans?).
