Scoring six goals might be common in the school playground or down the local park, but it is much more rare in professional football. While hat-tricks are scored fairly frequently, even four and five-goal hauls are exceptional at the highest level. Double hat-tricks are scarce, but there have been a number of players who have achieved the feat over the years.
One of the best Belgian forwards of his generation, Wesley Sonck played for the likes of Ajax and Borussia Monchengladbach in his career, but was most successful in his homeland with Genk. In three prolific seasons with the Belgian club, Sonck scored 80 goals, including six in a 9-0 win over Mechelen in a top-flight match in November 2002.
A Scottish forward who spent virtually his entire career in England, Ted MacDougall holds the record for the most goals by a player in an FA Cup tie. MacDougall scored nine times for Bournemouth in an 11-0 win over Margate in the cup in November 1971, setting a mark which may never be beaten.
Only once in the history of the Copa del Rey has a player scored a double hat-trick and that was Eulogio Martinez in May 1957. Martinez, who was born in Paraguay but later represented Spain, hit seven goals in an 8-1 win over Atletico Madrid.
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