Charles De Ketelier scored two goals and provided three assists in Atalanta’s 6-1 win over Young Boys in the Champions League on Tuesday night, joining an elite group of players who have scored five goals in one tournament match.
Atalanta secured their third victory in the continental championship against two draws and an unbeaten record, taking their tally to 11 points in fourth place, while Young Boys remained scoreless after suffering their fifth consecutive defeat.
According to Opta, a sports statistics company, no player has scored more than 5 goals in a Champions League match.
Here are just 3 players who have scored 5 goals in a single Champions League match since 1992:
- The Argentinian Lionel Messi: Barcelona’s 7-1 victory against Bayer Leverkusen in 2012.
- The Brazilian Luiz Adriano: Shakhtar Donetsk 7-0 victory against BATE Borisov in 2014.
- Norwegian Erling Haaland: Manchester City wins 7-0 against RB Leipzig in 2023.
De Ketelier is considered one of the most prominent footballing talents presented by Belgium in recent years, having joined Club Brugge at the age of seven and first featured in the one of the cup matches in 2018.
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The Belgian talent began his sporting career in the world of yellow ball, achieved many feats in his childhood and became a tennis champion, but he decided to participate in the “Round Football Championship” due to his inability to continue .
About this period, De Ketelier told Belgian newspaper Het Nieuwsblad: “In the world of tennis, you don’t find excuses when you lose, unlike football, which finds justifications for defeat. I couldn’t stand the mistakes I made, despite my mistakes. the help of my mother, so that I could then turn to football”.