Šeško becomes the eighth Slovenian with a hat-trick: only Novaković has two, Udović scores the most goals in a single game
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Slovenia 3, Kazakhstan 0. Or more precisely: Benjamin Šeško 3, Kazakhstan 0. The young Slovenian superstar marked Monday’s Nations League match in Stožice by scoring all three goals for Kek’s team, achieving his first-ever hat-trick in the national team jersey. He became the eighth Slovene to score a hat-trick for the national team and the first since Haris Vučkić, who scored three goals against Moldova in October 2020.
The very first hat-trick for Slovenia was signed by Sašo Udovič in February 1996 against Iceland, but even then, three goals were not enough. He scored five times, setting a milestone that has not been surpassed to this day. The next hat-trick occurred in April 1997 and remains the most famous in the history of the Slovenian national team. This was largely due to Primož Gliha scoring three goals in Split, shocking Croatia during a period when the Slovenian team was quite modest.
Two years later, Milan Osterc scored four times against Oman, and Slovenia had to wait seven years for the next hat-trick. It came in a match against Moldova, with Milenko Aćimović scoring the trio. In May 2006, Milivoje Novaković shone with three goals against Trinidad and Tobago, first celebrating his very first goal for Slovenia and then scoring two more. Novaković became the only Slovenian to score two hat-tricks seven years later against Norway, while in between, Tim Matavž scored three goals against the Faroe Islands.
Now, Benjamin Šeško has joined this prestigious club. And we dare to say that at just twenty-one, he has certainly not had his last word… Far from it.
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