THE OLDEST "POKERS" IN XXI CENTURY
Picture : Bolivian Pablo Escobar leads the list !
Oldest pokers in XXI Century
Couple of days ago Cristiano Ronaldo has scored 4 goals in the Saudi Arabia league game Al Nassr vs Al Wehda at the age of 38 years 4 days.
It is one of the «oldest» pokers in world top tier football in XXI century. More precisely, his feat takes 7th position in the ranking of its kind.
The table lists cases in which a player has scored 4 goals in a single match after turning 35.
*It is quite remarkable that the entire podium is occupied by the Bolivians, and one of them, Pablo Escobar, grabs two first places at once!
*Escobar scored two pokers in his home league shortly before his 40th birthday, doing it with just 11-day margin!
*There are other old players who managed to make 2 pokers almost in a row: Serbian Dragan Cheran fit his couple in 20 days, Estonian Maxim Gruznov in 45 days.
*In the case of Gruznov, it was not even two pokers, but two penta-tricks!
*Gruznov has a total of 3 super-scoring matches (all three times he netted 5); the same number as also naturalized Singaporean Alexander Đurić has (three times with 4 goals).
*Two "old" pokers, in addition to the aforementioned Escobar and Ćeran, were also achieved by Romário and Roque Santa Cruz.
| OLDEST | POKERS | IN | XXI | CENTURY | ||||
| Player | Country | Age | Goals | Date | Team | Game | Tourn. | |
| 1 | Pablo Escobar | Bolivia | 39-299 | 4 | 19/12/2018 | The Strongest | Blooming 8-0 | NL |
| 2 | Pablo Escobar | Bolivia | 39-288 | 4 | 08/12/2018 | The Strongest | Sport Boys Warnes 6-0 | NL |
| 3 | Carlos Saucedo | Bolivia | 39-215 | 4 | 14/04/2019 | San José | Always Ready 6-2 | NL |
| 4 | Maksim Gruznov | Estonia | 38-132 | 5 | 31/08/2012 | Trans | Navi Vutiselts 9-0 | NL |
| 5 | Roque Santa Cruz | Paraguay | 38-100 | 4 | 24/11/2019 | Olimpia | Cerro Porteño 4-2 | NL |
| 6 | Alessandro Del Piero | Italy | 38-071 | 4 | 19/01/2013 | Sydney (Australia) | Wellington Phoenix 7-1 | NL |
| 7 | Cristiano Ronaldo | Portugal | 38-004 | 4 | 09.02.2023 | Al Nassr (Saudi Arabia) | Al Wehda 4-0 | NL |
| 8 | Aleksandar Đurić | Singapore | 37-219 | 4 | 18/03/2008 | Singapore Armed Forces | Perak (Malaysia) 6-1 | AC |
| 9 | Maksim Gruznov | Estonia | 37-159 | 5 | 27/09/2011 | Trans | Ajax Lasnamäe 12-0 | NL |
| 10 | Maksim Gruznov | Estonia | 37-114 | 5 | 13/08/2011 | Trans | Ajax Lasnamäe 14-0 | NL |
| 11 | Roque Santa Cruz | Paraguay | 37-073 | 4 | 28/10/2018 | Olimpia | Capiatá 4-1 | NL |
| 12 | Antonio Di Natale | Italy | 36-315 | 4 | 24/08/2014 | Udinese | Ternana 5-1 | NC |
| 13 | Aleksandar Đurić | Singapore | 36-235 | 4 | 03/04/2007 | Singapore Armed Forces | Korean Super Reds 6-0 | NL |
| 14 | Romário | Brazil | 36-085 | 4 | 24/04/2002 | Vasco da Gama | Entrerriense 6-1 | RL |
| 15 | William Ferreira | Uruguay | 36-065 | 4 | 01/05/2019 | Always Ready (Bolivia) | Guabirá 6-0 | NL |
| 16 | Chris Venables | England | 36-043 | 5 | 04/09/2021 | Bala Town (Wales) | Brymbo 17-1 | NC |
| 17 | Hernán Barcos | Argentina | 35-335 | 4 | 11/03/2020 | Bashundhara (Bangladesh) | TC Sports (Maldives) 5-1 | AC |
| 18 | Aleksandar Đurić | Singapore | 35-310 | 4 | 17/06/2006 | Singapore Armed Forces | Phnom Penh 8-1 | NL |
| 19 | Aritz Aduriz | Spain | 35-265 | 5 | 03/11/2016 | Athletic Bilbao | Genk 5-3 | EL |
| 20 | Romário | Brazil | 35-188 | 4 | 05/08/2001 | Vasco da Gama | Guarani 7-1 | NL |
| 21 | Bafétimbi Gomis | France | 35-187 | 4 | 09/02/2021 | Al-Hilal (Saudi Arabia) | Al-Ain 5-0 | NL |
| 22 | Dragan Ćeran | Serbia | 35-032 | 4 | 07/11/2022 | Pakhtakor (Uzbekistan) | Qizilqum 6-0 | NL |
| 23 | Jason Byrne | Rep of Ireland | 35-013 | 4 | 08/06/2013 | Bray Wanderers | UCD 5-4 | NL |
| 24 | Dragan Ćeran | Serbia | 35-012 | 4 | 18/10/2022 | Pakhtakor (Uzbekistan) | Kokand 5-2 | NL |
| 25 | Rodrigo Tabata | Qatar | 35-003 | 4 | 22/11/2015 | Al Rayyan | Qatar SC 9-0 | NL |
Abbreviatures:
NL – national league (top division), NC – national cup, RL – regional league (Carioca for Romário), EL – Europa League, AC – AFC Cup (for Đurić and Barcos).