The incredible teenagers who scored Premier League hat-tricks

Every striker dreams of scoring a hat trick, but at the top of level of the game – especially in the Premier League – this is a particularly tough feat. The players that get to do this join an elite list.

And an even smaller list are those who have done this in their rookie years as teenagers – these players are breathing rarefied air! Let's take a look at the youngest Premier League hat trick scorers in history!

Luke Moore did not have a blockbuster career in the Premier League, playing for Aston Villa and West Brom, but he will be remembered for his hat trick for Villa in a 4-0 away win against Middlesbrough in 2006.

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Moore's goals on the day were within ten yards of goal, finishing scrappy chances around the defenders and capping off his day with a chipped goal over the Middlesbrough goalkeeper, as reported by the BBC.

At just 19 years old, French superstar Nicolas Anelka became the talisman for a sublime Arsenal side, scoring 17 goals in the season, with three coming against Leicester City in February 1999, as reported by The Guardian.

With the help of Dutch genius' Dennis Bergkamp and Marc Overmars, Anelka was set up to a tee to fire in three first-half goals, keeping Arsenal on their trail for a league title.

Sheffield Wednesday's Chris-Bart Williams scored his first Premier League hat trick on the 12th of April 1993, helping Wednesday beat Southampton 5-2.

The teen became the youngest player in the league's history to score a hat trick, doing it at 18 years and 300 days old. However, his record was broken 201 days later, as reported by Sports Brief.

According to the Premier League website, in September 2023 Brighton striker Evan Ferguson scored a hat trick as a teenager, firing three past Champions League hopefuls Newcastle United.

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Ferguson scored a variety of goals, finishing a chance that Nick Pope parried out to him, scoring a deflected goal off the defender, and capping his display off with a 25-yard wondergoal into the bottom corner.

According to Khel Now, the first of Robbie Fowler's nine Premier League hat tricks came in a 4-2 win over Southampton at Anfield in only his fifth game for the club.

Fowler showcased his repertoire of abilities in his first hat trick game, scoring a header, followed up by a masterful piece of control and finish, then capping it off with a free kick.

The youngest player to score a Premier League hat trick would be Michael Owen, the teenage prodigy who took over the sport of football before the age of 21, as covered by The Analyst.

Owen scored three Premier League hat tricks as a teenager, and his first was crucial, scoring three goals to save Liverpool a point against Sheffield Wednesday after being 3-1 down.

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