List of Uruguay national football team hat-tricks

Since Uruguay's first official international football match in 1902, there have been 33 occasions when a Uruguayan player has scored three or more goals (a hat-trick) in a game.

The record for most goals scored in an international match by a Uruguayan player is five, which has been achieved by Héctor Scarone against Bolivia in 1926.

Pedro Cea (1930), Óscar Míguez (1950) and Carlos Borges (1954) are the only three Uruguayan players to score a hat-trick in a FIFA World Cup match.

Last player to score a hat-trick for Uruguay is Darwin Núñez, who found the net three times in a friendly match against Mexico.

[2] Note: Whenever scores and results are mentioned in this article, Uruguay's goal tally is given first.

José Piendibene , first player to score a hat-trick for Uruguay .
Pedro Petrone (in picture), along with Javier Ambrois holds the record for most international hat-tricks scored by a Uruguayan player.
Luis Suárez , one among five players to score multiple hat-tricks for Uruguay .
Danish striker Preben Elkjær is the only player to score a World Cup hat-trick against Uruguay .