8. Fastest hat-tricks
Bafétimbi Gomis got his fastest hat-trick for Olympique Lyonnais against Dinamo Zagreb in 2011. Ronaldo scored his fastest hat-trick in 12 minutes for Real Madrid against Malmö in 2012 whereas Messi scored his fastest hat-trick in 22 minutes for Barcelona against Arsenal in 2010.
9. Most goals in a single European season
Colombia striker, Radamel Falcao scored 18 goals for Porto throughout the 2010/11 UEFA Europa League. Messi’s best year came in 2011/12 when he ended the European season with 14 goals, whereas Ronaldo set a European Cup/UEFA Champions League record with 17 in 2013/14.
