MEHDI TAREMI IN THE TOP 10
Mehdi Taremi : two consecutive hat-tricks for Iran
Iran striker Mehdi Taremi has scored 2 hat-tricks at his 2 consecutive appearances for the national team. He did it in the group stage games of
CAFA Nations Cup (the championship of Central Asia) vs Afghanistan (6-1) and Kyrgyzstan (5-1).
This is the first such feat in the world football since Harry Kane scored 3+ goals in his two consecutive games for England in November 2021.
In total, 10 players in XXI century managed to score two hat-tricks at his two caps in a row. These cases are listed here.
| TWO CONSECUTIVE | HAT-TRICKS | FOR NATIONAL TEAM | |||
| IN XXI CENTURY | |||||
| Player/Country | Dates | Games | Comp. | Goals | |
| Talal Al-Meshal | 17/02/2001 | Bangladesh 6-0 | WCQ | 3 | |
| Saudi Arabia | 19/02/2001 | Vietnam 4-0 | WCQ | 3 | |
| Miroslav Klose | 18/05/2002 | Austria 6-2 | Fr | 3 | |
| Germany | 01/06/2002 | Saudi Arabia 8-0 | WC | 3 | |
| Shinji Okazaki | 08/10/2009 | Hongkong 6-0 | ACQ | 3 | |
| Japan | 14/10/2009 | Togo 5-0 | Fr | 3 | |
| Lê Công Vinh | 29/06/2011 | Macao 6-0 | WCQ | 3 | |
| Vietnam | 03/07/2011 | Macao 7-1 | WCQ | 4 | |
| Kevin Parsemain | 05/09/2012 | British Virgin Islands 16-0 | CCQ | 6 | |
| Martinique | 07/09/2012 | Montserrat 5-0 | CCQ | 4 | |
| Ali Ashfaq | 02/09/2013 | Sri Lanka 10-0 | SAFF | 6 | |
| Maldives | 04/09/2013 | Bhutan 8-0 | SAFF | 4 | |
| Eran Zahavi | 24/03/2019 | Austria 4-2 | EQ | 3 | |
| Israel | 07/06/2019 | Latvia 3-0 | EQ | 3 | |
| Ali Mabkhout | 29/03/2021 | India 6-0 | Fr | 3 | |
| UAE | 24/05/2021 | Jordan 5-1 | Fr | 3 | |
| Harry Kane | 12/11/2021 | Albania 5-0 | WCQ | 3 | |
| England | 15/11/2021 | San Marino 10-0 | WCQ | 4 | |
| Mehdi Taremi | 13/06/2023 | Afghanistan 6-1 | CAFA | 3 | |
| Iran | 16/06/2023 | Kyrgyzstan 5-1 | CAFA | 3 |
Abbreviatures:
WC(Q) = World Cup (Qualifier)
EQ = Euro Qualifier
ACQ = Asian Cup Qualifier
SAFF = SAFF Cup (South Asian championship)
CAFA = CAFA Nations Cup (Central Asian championship)
CCF = Caribbean Cup Qualifier
Fr = Friendly