5 oldest players to score a hat-trick in UEFA Champions League history
The UEFA Champions League is undoubtedly the pinnacle of club football.
Year after year, Europe's elite battle it out for a spot in the Champions League group stages. The likes of Real Madrid, Barcelona, Bayern Munich and Paris Saint-Germain are regular faces in the competition.
Since the 2021-22 Champions League season got underway in September last year, we have seen some of the finest individual displays on Europe's biggest stage. Age is certainly not an object when it comes to the Champions League, a competition that has seen several veterans make history over the years.
Here's a look at the oldest players to have scored a hat-trick in the UEFA Champions League.
#5. Edin Dzeko | 32 years 6 months 15 days
Edin Dzeko represented Roma for five years between 2016 and 2021 and enjoyed great individual success with the club.
72 goals in 189 games for Man City
119 goals in 260 games for Roma
10 goals in 18 games for Inter
🟢 85 goals in 142 games for Wolfsburg
🔵 72 goals in 189 games for Man City
🔴 119 goals in 260 games for Roma
⚫️ 10 goals in 18 games for Inter
Edin Dzeko NEVER stops scoring goals 🔥 https://t.co/bWQn0DBI6L
He has scored 85 league goals in 199 appearances for the club and sits third on the club's list of all-time top goalscorers.
Edin Džeko is the first Roma player ever to score a Champions League hat-trick.
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Also the first player from Bosnia and Herzegovina to do so. 🇧🇦 https://t.co/aIEJ9rLRDu
The Bosnian was the man of the match when AS Roma defeated Victoria Plzen 5-0 in the group stages of the 2018-19 Champions League as he scored a hat-trick.
He was 32 years, 6 months and 15 days old at the time and takes fifth place on the list for the oldest players to have scored a UEFA Champions League hat-trick.
#4. Claudio Pizarro | 34 years 1 month 4 days
Claudio Pizarro is one of the most successful Peruvian players of all time.
The striker has represented Werder Bremen, Chelsea, FC Koln and Bayern Munich during his long and successful career. He signed for Bayern Munich on two different occasions, once between 2001 and 2007 and then later between 2012 and 2015.
PIZARRO!
Claudio Pizzaro, 40 years old, has extended his contract at Werder Bremen for another year.
It'll be his 21st year of European football and he'll be playing aged 41. What a man. https://t.co/K9c8raeB1F
Pizarro scored an incredible hat-trick for Bayern Munich against LOSC Lille in 2012. The Bavarians romped to a massive win against the French outfit, courtesy of Pizzaro's hat-trick.
Pizarro scored three goals within just 33 minutes and became one of the oldest players to score a UEFA Champions League hat-trick. He was 34 years, 1 month and 4 days old at the time.