Did You Know? 5 facts about new Chelsea striker Gonzalo Higuain

Hat-trick Hero

Celebrating with then manager Diego Maradona after scoring his third in Johannesburg.

There’s no doubting Argentina have had more talented players than Higuain down the years. But the prolific frontman did something Diego Maradona and Lionel Messi haven’t in the famous blue and white stripes – score a hat-trick at the World Cup finals. Under Maradona’s management, the then Real Madrid man netted a treble in a 4-1 win against South Korea to help his nation qualify for the last-16 in South Africa. The only two other players to have previously achieved the same feat for Argentina are Guillermo Stabile (1930) and Gabriel Batistuta (1994 and 1998).

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