El Clasico is arguably the biggest fixture in club football. The whole world stops to watch as Barcelona and Real Madrid’s teams of superstars face each other, and scoring in one can make a player immortal. When both teams possess so much quality, there are often spectacular goals and heated fights during the meetings between the two. However, a player scoring a hat-trick in El Clasico is practically unheard of. Here is a look at 5 Real Madrid players who have scored a hattrick against Barcelona.
1. Jesús Narro
Jesús Narro Sancho was a renowned footballer. He was part of the Real Madrid C.F. for six seasons scoring 13 goals and being part of the team that won the league title in his final season in La Liga with the team “merengue” along with the great Alfredo Di Stéfano. His primary position was as a left midfielder. His most outstanding performance was scoring a hat-trick in the Spanish derby against FC Barcelona. Real Madrid won the game by a score of 4–1. He retired from professional football at age 31.
2. Ferenc Puskás
Widely regarded as one of the greatest players of all time and the sport’s first international superstar. A forward, he scored 84 goals in 85 international matches for Hungary. He was recognized as the greatest top-division scorer of the 20th century. With 806 goals in 793 official games scored during his career, he is the seventh top goalscorer of all time. Puskás scored two hat-tricks against FC Barcelona in 1963, one at the Bernabéu and one at Camp Nou.
Puskas became an Olympic champion in 1952 and led his nation to the final of the 1954 World Cup. Other accolades include European Cups, ten national championships and eight top-individual-scoring honors. He formed a deadly partnership with Alfredo de Stefano both scoring hattricks on an occasion between UD Las Palmas where the Blancos won 10-1. The Hungarian’s best season for Real Madrid came in the 1959-60 season where he scored an impressive 47 goals in just 36 appearances.
3. Iván Zamorano
He is regarded as one of Chile’s most recognized footballers. He played as a striker and won the 1994–95 La Liga title and was the season’s top scorer with Real Madrid. A powerful and prolific goal-scorer, he was particularly renowned for his strength and ability in the air, with many of his goals coming from headers. Zamorano helped Real Madrid win the Spanish League title, as he scored 28 goals, including a hat-trick against FC Barcelona and received the Pichichi Trophy as the season’s top scorer. Zamorano appeared 173 times for Real Madrid, scoring 101 goals.
He won the UEFA Cup with Inter Milan in 1998 as well as the Liga MX title with Club America his first season with the club. His best season for Real Madrid came in the 1992-93 season when he scored 37 goals in 45 appearances.
4. Fernando Sañudo
Fernando was a former Spanish footballer who played as a forward and played for Real Madrid between 1934 and 1936. He signed professionally with Real Madrid and was a mainstay on the team helping them win the 1936 Copa del Rey. He participated in the biggest Real Madrid win over their rivals FC Barcelona, an 8–2 victory where he scored four goals.
5. Karim Benzema
He is Real Madrid’s all-time second-highest goalscorer and top assist provider. Benzema has won 24 trophies with Real Madrid, including four La Liga, two Copa del Rey and five UEFA Champions League titles. He was named in the La Liga Team of the Season for four consecutive years and won La Liga Best Player twice and the Pichichi Trophy for the first time. Benzema finished as the Champions League top scorer as he won his fifth title in 2022.
Ahead of the 2013–14 season, Benzema became part of a trio alongside Cristiano Ronaldo and newly signed Gareth Bale, dubbed BBC. The trio finished the season with 97 goals. He is the latest player to score a hattrick against the Catalans after an impressive display at the Copa del Ray semifinals where Los Blancos won it 4-0. The Frenchman became the only player to score thrice against Barcelona in their home ground along with the legendary Ferenc Puskas.
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