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Sure, it's impressive when a new club signing scores on their debut – but how about when they bag&nbsp;three goals&nbsp;in their first appearance?
Scoring a hat-trick in general is no easy feat, but these players have managed to do so in their full debut&nbsp;over the last 15 seasons across&nbsp;Europe's top-five leagues.

*Debuts in league competitions only.
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Aubameyang, Haaland & players who scored hat-tricks on their full league debuts

There was no better way for 20-year-old Martin Fenin to showcase his talents after moving from Czech side FK Teplice to the Bundesliga than with a treble against Hertha Berlin. It was his first ever hat-trick as well, and his three goals secured a 3-0 victory all by his own doing.
It couldn’t have come against a better opponent, either – his Czech Republic countryman Jaroslav Drobny was in goal for the opposing team.

Martin Fenin | Eintracht Frankfurt | Feb 2, 2008

Fresh Valenciennes signing Johan Audel got off the mark on his debut with a hat-trick against Toulouse, bagging his third goal in the 61st minute.
Audel’s treble was already more than he managed the previous season for Lorient, and the eventual 3-1 victory catapulted Valenciennes to the top of Ligue 1 for the first time since 1978.

Johan Audel | Valenciennes | Aug 4, 2007

After making his switch from Werder Bremen to Freiburg permanent, Nils Petersen introduced himself to his new club spectacularly by scoring a hat-trick against Frankfurt in a 4-1 victory.
Freiburg came from behind to win against Bremen, with Marco Russ firing Bremen ahead in the first minute – only for Freiburg to fire back, starting with Vladimir Darida’s equaliser in minute 62.

Nils Petersen | Freiburg | Jan 31, 2015

22-year-old Andre Silva bagged a hat-trick for Sevilla in his full debut, on loan from AC Milan, against Rayo Vallecano in 2018.
After scoring two Serie A goals in 24 games the season before, he matched that tally for Sevilla in the opening 45 minutes for his new side, before adding a third goal to his tally in the second half.

Andre Silva | Sevilla | Aug 18, 2018

There must be something in the Bundesliga – or, more specifically, Dortmund – water. <a href="https://www.goal.com/en-us/news/erling-braut-haaland-solskjaers-protege-a-man-utd-star-in/ha3nw0hjsp4x1w8gin2bm7ede" target="_blank">Erling Braut Haaland was a superstar in his own right at RB Salzburg</a>, but certainly nobody anticipated what influence he’d have immediately upon his arrival at Dortmund in January 2020.
The Norway international <a href="https://www.goal.com/en-sa/news/haaland-scores-first-touch-dortmund-debut-hat-trick-man-utd/1pj8kseuahb8d14vjj6fbrup2m" target="_blank">scored with his first touch after coming on as a substitute against Augsburg</a>, and eventually went on to strike a treble to secure a 5-3 victory for Dortmund. At just 19, Haaland became just the second Dortmund player to score a hat-trick on their Bundesliga debut after Aubameyang (coincidentally against the same team).

Erling Haaland | Dortmund | Jan 18, 2020

The Gabon international burst onto the Bundesliga scene in high-octane fashion with a hat-trick on his debut for Dortmund in 2013. Fresh on his arrival from St-Etienne, Pierre-Emerick Aubemayang scored thrice in the eventual 4-0 victory at Augsburg.
He became just the third Bundesliga player in the history of the competition to score a hat-trick in his first appearance, following in the footsteps of Olaf Marshall (for Kaiserslautern in 1993) and Hermann Ohlicher (for Stuttgart in 1973).

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang | Dortmund | Aug 10, 2013

Aubameyang, Haaland & players who scored hat-tricks on their full league debuts | Goal.com South Africa

Goal rounds up players who have scored hat-tricks on their first league appearances for their clubs in Europe, including the likes of Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Erling Haaland.

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