Who scored 7 goals in one game?

When Legends Scored 7 Goals in a Single Game

Scoring seven goals in a single match is a feat so rare it borders on the mythical. In the history of elite football, only a handful of players have achieved this extraordinary milestone—most notably in European club competitions.

Lionel Messi, widely regarded as one of the greatest footballers of all time, once netted seven goals in a single game for FC Barcelona’s youth team against Nàstic in 2004. Though it wasn’t in senior European competition, the performance foreshadowed the Argentine’s relentless scoring prowess. On the senior international and club stage, however, the official record books spotlight other names in UEFA competitions.

In the UEFA Champions League, only a few have come close to the seven-goal mark. The most remarkable modern performance belongs to Erling Haaland, who, while playing for Red Bull Salzburg, scored a stunning four goals on his debut against Genk in 2019. But the record for most goals in a single Champions League match by an individual is actually held by Luiz Adriano, who found the net five times for Shakhtar Donetsk against BATE Borisov in 2014. While not seven, it remains one of the most dominant individual displays in the competition’s history.

As for seven goals? That belongs to the annals of lower-tier or youth football. Players like Ludwig Bründl once scored six in a UEFA Cup (now Europa League) match, but even that is exceptional.

So while no player has officially scored seven goals in a single senior UEFA Champions League or Europa League match, the stories of Messi’s youth explosion and Adriano’s five-goal masterclass remind us how explosively football can rewrite reality—one goal at a time.