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 Lešnik in a friendly match against Slovakia in 1942. Davor Šuker 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 Mandžukić who scored a hat-trick more than once, grabbing his second hat-trick in Croatia's 7–0 win against Australia. Mladen Petrić has scored the greatest number of goals in one game, netting four times against Andorra.[1]
