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#1 Oldest player to score a World Cup hat-trick - 33 years and 131 days
Cristiano Ronaldo is no stranger to rewriting records and he set another record during Portugal’s opening game of the FIFA World Cup against Spain.
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His first goal of the game, from the spot, was the first penalty of the World Cup and it made him only the fourth player in history to score in four consecutive World Cups after Pele, Uwe Seeler, and Miroslav Klose.
Ronaldo went on to score two more goals during the game, including a free-kick in the dying minutes to complete a hat-trick and in the process doubled his World Cup tally.
The Portugal captain’s hat-trick made him the oldest player to score a World Cup hat-trick at the age of 33 years and 131 days and broke the record held by Rob Rensenbrink of Netherlands who at 30 years and 336 days, scored a hat-trick against Iran at the 1978 FIFA World Cup.
Ronaldo’s hat-trick also ensured that he reached several other notable milestones and records.
