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Meet the debutants to have scored Champions League hat-tricks | UEFA Champions League 2019/20

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#6 Grafite (Brazil)

Grafite became the 8th Brazilian player to score a Champions League hat-trick when he netted thrice for VfL Wolfsburg against CSKA Moscow in a 2009-10 group-game.

It was the 60th hat-trick in the competition as Wolfsburg became the 39th different club to register a Champions League hat-trick.

Grafite is the oldest Brazilian and one of 16 different players, aged thirty or above, to score three times in a Champions League game.

#5 Vincenzo Iaquinta (Italy)

Vincenzo Iaquinta scored the 48th hat-trick of the Champions League in Udinese's 3-0 win over Panathinaikos in a 2005-06 group game.

The 2005 World Cup winner is the fifth and latest Italian player to score three times in a Champions League game.

Iaquinta's three-goal haul made Udinese the 35th different club to score a Champions League hat-trick.

#4 Wayne Rooney (England)

An 18-year-old Wayne Rooney became the youngest player, after Raúl, to score a Champions League hat-trick when he scored three goals for Manchester United against Turkish side Fenerbahçe in a 2004-05 group game.

It was the 41st hat-trick in the competition as Rooney became the fifth Englishman to register three-goals in a Champions League game.

Rooney's goals marked the first Champions League hat-trick conceded by Fenerbahçe.

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