IFFHS STATISTICS - RECORD FOR JULIAN ALVAREZ
Picture : Julian Alvarez scored six goals in one game ! Record in the River Plate History !
Julián Álvarez beat River Plate one-match goal-scoring record!
Julián Álvarez became the first player in the history of River Plate to score 6 goals in a competitive game. He achieved this feat in the Copa Libertadores game vs Alianza Lima (8-1) on 25 May.
Remarkably, he did it on just the same day when the club celebrated its 121st anniversary!
The 22-year old forward surpassed the previous record of 5 goals that belonged to Luis María Rongo (1939), Leopoldo Luque (1976) and Ignacio Scocco (2017).
Álvarez was recently purchased by Manchester City but continues to play so far for River Plate where he has scored 51 goals for 115 official games in total.
At the same time, he equaled the Copa Libertadores all-time one-match goal-scoring record set by another Argentine Juan Carlos Sánchez in 1985.
| RIVER PLATE | BEST | ONE-MATCH | GOAL-SCORERS | ||
| Player | Goals | Date | Game | Tourn. | |
| Julián Álvarez | 6 | 25.05.2022 | Alianza (Peru) 8-1 | CL | |
| Luis María Rongo | 5 | 23/04/1939 | Ferro Carril Oeste 8-0 | NL | |
| Leopoldo Luque | 5 | 22/02/1976 | San Lorenzo 5-1 | NL | |
| Ignacio Scocco | 5 | 21/09/2017 | Jorge Wilstermann (Bolivia) 8-0 | CL | |
| Jorge Fernández | 4 | 29/06/1910 | Quilmes 7-2 | NL | |
| Francisco Taggino | 4 | 22/07/1917 | Tigre 5-0 | NC | |
| Bernabé Ferreyra | 4 | 23/10/1932 | Atlanta 5-3 | NL | |
| Bernabé Ferreyra | 4 | 19/03/1933 | San Lorenzo 7-1 | NL | |
| José Manuel Moreno | 4 | 17/05/1936 | Argentinos Junior 5-0 | NL | |
| Bernabé Ferreyra | 4 | 07/11/1937 | Talleres RE 6-1 | NL | |
| José Manuel Moreno | 4 | 11/05/1938 | Estudiantes La Plata 8-1 | NL | |
| Luis María Rongo | 4 | 30/10/1938 | Atlanta 5-1 | NL | |
| José Manuel Moreno | 4 | 30/04/1939 | Tigre 5-1 | NL | |
| Roberto D’Alessandro | 4 | 26/11/1939 | Lanús 5-1 | NL | |
| Roberto D’Alessandro | 4 | 08/12/1940 | Chacarita 7-0 | NL | |
| Ángel Labruna | 4 | 04/06/1944 | Racing Club 5-1 | NL | |
| Ángel Labruna | 4 | 24/11/1946 | Atlanta 6-1 | NL | |
| Santiago Vernazza | 4 | 25/11/1951 | Atlanta 6-1 | NL | |
| Eliseo Prado | 4 | 25/10/1953 | Platense 6-2 | NL | |
| Walter Gómez | 4 | 04/04/1954 | Lanús 5-2 | NL | |
| Ermindo Onega | 4 | 16/04/1961 | Lanús 5-2 | NL | |
| Luis Artime | 4 | 04/08/1963 | Argentinos Juniors 5-0 | NL | |
| Oscar Más | 4 | 05/10/1969 | Desamparados San Juan 7-0 | NL | |
| Oscar Más | 4 | 11/03/1970 | Universitario (Bolivia) 9-0 | CL | |
| Carlos Morete | 4 | 24/03/1974 | Banfield 5-2 | NL | |
| Norberto Alonso | 4 | 14/04/1978 | Chacarita 4-1 | NL | |
| Ariel Ortega | 4 | 20/02/2002 | Unión Santa Fe 6-0 | NL | |
| Fernando Cavenaghi | 4 | 05/11/2011 | Gimnasia Jujuy 4-1 | NL (D2) | |
| Fernando Cavenaghi | 4 | 18/07/2015 | Atlético Rafaela 5-1 | NL | |
| Rafael Santos Borré | 4 | 20/03/2021 | Godoy Cruz Mendoza 6-1 | LC | |
| Julián Álvarez | 4 | 07/11/2021 | Patronato Paraná 5-0 | NL |
NL – National League, NC – National Cup, LC – League Cup, CL – Copa Libertadores