Since the inception of international association football matches in 1872 , nine Croatian footballers have scored three or more goals (a hat-trick ) in a game. The first player to score a hat-trick for Croatia was August Le?nik in a friendly match against Slovakia in 1942. Davor ?uker was the first player in modern Croatia national team history to achieve this feat, scoring three times in a 7?1 victory over Estonia in 1995. He is also the one of two players alongside Mario Mand?uki? who scored a hat-trick more than once, grabbing his second hat-trick in Croatia's 7?0 win against Australia . Mladen Petri? has scored the greatest number of goals in one game, netting four times against Andorra . ^[1]

The most recent hat-trick was scored by Mario Mand?uki? in Croatia's 6?0 victory over Kosovo in the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification campaign. ^[2]

Croatia have conceded four hat-tricks since 1941, the most recent being scored by Theo Walcott in a 4?1 defeat by England in the qualifications for the 2010 FIFA World Cup . The other three hat-tricks were scored by Jan Arpa? , Primo? Gliha and Zlatan Muslimovi? .

Hat-tricks for Croatia [ edit ]

⁴ - player has scored 4 goals

Date	Player	Opponent	Venue	Competition	Result [a]	Report
6 September 1942	August Le?nik	Slovakia	Stadion Concordije , Zagreb	Friendly	6?1
9 April 1944	Franjo Wolfl	Slovakia	Stadion Concordije , Zagreb	Friendly	7?3
3 September 1995	Davor ?uker	Estonia	Stadion Maksimir , Zagreb	UEFA Euro 1996 qualifying	7?1	HNS-CFF.hr
13 March 1996	Goran Vlaovi?	South Korea	Stadion Kranj?evi?eva , Zagreb	Friendly	3?0	HNS-CFF.hr
6 June 1998	Davor ?uker	Australia	Stadion Maksimir , Zagreb	Friendly	7?0	HNS-CFF.hr
24 March 2001	Bo?ko Balaban	Latvia	Stadion Gradski vrt , Osijek	2002 FIFA World Cup qualification	4?1	HNS-CFF.hr
7 October 2006	Mladen Petri? 4	Andorra	Stadion Maksimir , Zagreb	UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying	7?0	HNS-CFF.hr
15 November 2006	Eduardo da Silva	Israel	Ramat Gan Stadium , Ramat Gan	UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying	4?3	HNS-CFF.hr
4 June 2016	Mario Mand?uki?	San Marino	Stadion Rujevica , Rijeka	Friendly	10?0	HNS-CFF.hr
	Nikola Kalini?
6 October 2016	Mario Mand?uki?	Kosovo	Loro Borici Stadium , Shkoder	2018 FIFA World Cup qualification	6?0	HNS-CFF.hr

Hat-tricks conceded by Croatia [ edit ]

Date	Player	Opponent	Venue	Competition	Result [a]	Report
9 April 1944	Jan Arpa?	Slovakia	Stadion Concordije , Zagreb	Friendly	7?3
2 April 1997	Primo? Gliha	Slovenia	Stadion Poljud , Split	1998 FIFA World Cup qualification	3?3	Sportnet.hr
22 August 2007	Zlatan Muslimovi?	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Asim Ferhatovi? Hase Stadium , Sarajevo	Friendly	5?3	Sportnet.hr
10 September 2008	Theo Walcott	England	Stadion Maksimir , Zagreb	2010 FIFA World Cup qualification	1?4	Sportnet.hr

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