José Piendibene was the first footballer to score a hat-trick for Uruguay in a match against a FIFA team, and throughout history several players have been able to repeat his feat to score three or more goals for La Celeste in the same match.
In the 20th century, for example, there is a hat trick by Ruben Paz against a European team at the Luis Tróccoli stadium; Before, a Copa América match where two Uruguayans scored three goals each, hat-tricks by La Celeste players in the 1930, 1950 and 1954 World Cups. By Severino Varela, Atilio García and Julio César Abbadie, among others.
After the year 2000 the cases would not seem to be so abundant, but there they are present Martin Ligüera, Marcelo Zalayeta, Diego Forlan, Abel Hernandezand of course Luis Suarez and Edinson Cavaniwho scored three goals each in a friendly in 2010. In addition, the Pistolero achieved ‘a poker’ (four goals in the same Playoff match).
Darwin Nunez He is, so far, the last to join this privileged list by scoring three goals in the friendly played against Mexico on June 5, 2024.
Here we reviewwith data from the Uruguayan Football Association (AUF), all matches where a footballer scored three or more goals (the number inside the player’s parenthesis indicates the number of goals) for the Uruguayan Senior National Team in the same match:
Hat-tricks in Uruguay’s matches against FIFA teams
December 7, 1919. Friendly. Uruguay 4 – 2 Argentina. Parque Pereira Stadium, Montevideo. Jose Piendibene (3).
November 2, 1921. Friendly. Uruguay 4 – 2 Paraguay. Central Park Stadium. Felipe Buffoni (3).
October 19, 1924. America’s Cup. Uruguay 5 – 0 Chile. Gran Parque Central Stadium. Pedro Petrone (3).
October 28, 1926. America’s Cup. Uruguay 6 – 0 Bolivia. Ñuñoa Sports Fields Stadium. Hector Scarone (5).
November 1st, 1926. Copa América. Uruguay 6 – 1 Paraguay. Ñuñoa Sports Fields Stadium. Hector Castro (4).
November 6, 1927. America’s Cup. Uruguay 9 – 0 Bolivia. José Díaz National Stadium. Roberto Figueroa (3) and Pedro Petrone (3).
June 3, 1928. Olympic Games. Germany 1 – 4 Uruguay. Amsterdam. Pedro Petrone (3).
November 11, 1929. America’s Cup. Uruguay 4 – 1 Peru. River Plate Stadium. Lorenzo Fernandez (3).
July 27, 1930. World Cup. Uruguay 6 – 1 Yugoslavia. Centennial Stadium. Pedro Cea (3).
January 22, 1939. Copa América. Uruguay 6 – 0 Ecuador. José Díaz National Stadium in Lima. Severino Varela (3).
January 18, 1942. Copa America. Uruguay 7 – 0 Ecuador. Centennial Stadium. Severino Varela (3).
January 24, 1945. Copa América. Uruguay 5 – 1 Ecuador. National Stadium of Santiago de Chile. Atilio García (3).
January 29, 1946. Copa América. Uruguay 5 – 0 Bolivia. Independiente Stadium. Jose Maria Medina (3).
July 2, 1950. World Cup. Uruguay 8 – 0 Bolivia. Independência Stadium in Belo Horizonte. Oscar Miguez (3).
March 30, 1952. Friendly. Uruguay 5 – 2 Peru. National Stadium of Santiago de Chile. Oscar Miguez (3).
April 6, 1952. Friendly. Uruguay 6 – 1 Panama. National Stadium of Santiago de Chile. Julius Caesar Abbadie (3).
June 19, 1954. World Cup. Uruguay 7 – 0 Scotland. St. Jakob Park. Carlos Borges (3).
March 7, 1957. Copa América. Uruguay 5 – 2 Ecuador. José Díaz National Stadium in Lima. Javier Ambrois (4).
March 23, 1957. Copa América. Peru 3 – 5 Uruguay. José Díaz National Stadium in Lima. Javier Ambrois (4).
May 23, 1965. Qualifiers. Uruguay 5 – 0 Venezuela. Centennial Stadium. Hector Silva (3).
December 18, 1980. Friendly. Uruguay 4 – 0 Switzerland. Luis Tróccoli Stadium. Ruben Paz (3).
February 10, 1985. Friendly. Paraguay 1 – 3 Uruguay. Defensores del Chaco Stadium, Asunción. Amaro Nadal (3).
August 15, 2003. Friendly. Uruguay 5 – 2 Iraq. Azadi Stadium, Tehran (Iran). Martin Ligüera (3).
September 4, 2005. Qualifiers. Uruguay 3 – 2 Colombia. Centennial Stadium. Marcelo Zalayeta (3).
June 17, 2008. Qualifiers. Uruguay 6 – 0 Peru. Centennial Stadium. Diego Forlan (3).
October 8, 2010. Friendly. Indonesia 1 – 7 Uruguay. Utama Gelora Bung Karno Stadium, Jakarta. Luis Suarez (3) and Edinson Cavani (3).
November 11, 2011. Qualifiers. Uruguay 4 – 0 Chile. Centennial Stadium. Luis Suarez (4).
June 23, 2013. Confederations Cup. Uruguay 8 – 0 Tahiti. Itaipava Arena Pernambuco, Recife. Abel Hernandez (4).
June 5, 2024. Friendly. Mexico 0 – 4 Uruguay. Denver. Darwin Nunez (3).
Hat-tricks in friendlies against clubs or teams not recognized by FIFA
July 9, 1911. EC Pelotas 0 – 10 Uruguay. Boca do Lobo Stadium. Carlos Bastos (3).
July 18, 1911. SC Rio Grande do Sul 1 – 13 Uruguay. Boca do Lobo Stadium. Lucio Gorla (3) and Raúl Bastos (4).
August 20, 1922. Uruguay 4 – 0 Guipuzcoan National Team. Central Park Stadium. Roman Angel (3).
November 19, 1922. La Plata team 4 – 4 Uruguay. The Silver. Vital Ruffati (3).
September 14, 1924. Lima amateur team 2 – 6 Uruguay. Vittorio Emanuele III Stadium, Lima. Hector Castro (3).
July 4, 1927. Uruguay 5 – 1 Colo Colo. Central Park Stadium. René Borjas (4).
April 29, 1928. Havre AC 0 – 6 Uruguay. Stade de la Cavee Verte. Pedro Petrone (4).
May 6, 1928. Stade Havrais 0 – 9 Uruguay. Stade de la Cavee Verte. René Borjas (5).
May 6, 1928. Havre AC 1 – 8 Uruguay. Stade de la Cavee Verte. Santos Urdinarán (3).
July 18, 1928. Uruguay 6 – 1 Celta de Vigo. Central Park Stadium. Juan Emilio Píriz (3).
August 25, 1929. Uruguay 5 – 1 Torino. Central Park Stadium. E. Fierro (3).
December 20, 1944. Uruguay 5 – 0 Rosario team. Centennial Stadium. Atilio García (3).
May 20, 1954. FC Thun 2 – 8 Uruguay. Juan Hohberg (3) and Oscar Míguez (3).
June 5, 1954. Saarland 1 – 7 Uruguay. Javier Ambrois (3).
June 12, 1954. FC Thun 0 – 11 Uruguay. Oscar Miguez (4)
July 23, 1961. Uruguay 8 – 0 Guarany FC. Centennial Stadium. José Sasia (3).
March 24, 1962. Uruguay 8 – 1 EC Floriano. Centennial Stadium. Héctor Silva (4) and Ángel Ruben Cabrera (3).
April 2, 1962. Uruguay 6 – 1 GE Flamengo de Caxias. Centennial Stadium. Ángel Ruben Cabrera (3).
May 20, 1970. La Covadonga Factory 0 – 15 Uruguay. PIMSA Complex, Puebla. Pedro Rocha (8) and Víctor Escárrago (4).
May 28, 1970. Don Bosco Oratory 0 – 9 Uruguay. PIMSA Complex, Puebla. José Gervasio Gómez (3).
April 17, 1974. Hong Kong XI 1 – 4 Uruguay. Hong Kong Stadium. Ruben Romeo Corbo (3).
January 16, 1977. Uruguay 4 – 1 Cruzeiro EC. Centennial Stadium. Fernando Morena (3).
February 23, 1977. Uruguay 3 – 1 San Lorenzo. Centennial Stadium. Fernando Morena (3).
May 28, 1985. Yomiuri FC 3 – 4 Uruguay. Ōmiya Stadium, Saitama. Carlos Aguilera (4).
April 19, 1989. Desenzano del Garda 0 – 6 Uruguay. Brescia. Carlos Aguilera (3).
May 3, 1990. Calcio Padova 1 – 4 Uruguay. Stadio Silvio Appiani, Padova. Santiago Ostolaza (3).
May 30, 1990. AC Chievo Verona 0 – 10 Uruguay. Sport Hotel Veronello, Verona. Edison Suárez (3) and Sergio Martínez (3).
June 6, 1990. AC Ospitaletto 2 – 5 Uruguay. Stadio Mario Rigamonti, Brescia. Daniel Fonseca (3).
June 13, 1993. CD Técnico Universitario de Ambato 3 – 7 Uruguay. Huachi Loreto Sports Complex, Ambato. Hugo Guerra (3) and Jorge Da Silva (3).
It should be noted that the only match where Uruguay scored three or more goals and the AUF does not have an official record of the scorers is the friendly against Guarany played in the Centenario on April 4, 1954, a match that the Celeste won 4 to 2.
