most goals in a game by a defender soccer

Karl-Heinz Thielen has tallied the most goals by a defender in a match in Europe's top five leagues, with 5 goals in Bundesliga versus Kaiserslautern on December 7, 1963.

	NAME	G	DATE	CLUB		OPP	MIN	OG	YC	RC
1	Karl-Heinz Thielen K. Thielen	5	12/7/1963	Köln	vs	Kaiserslautern	90	0	0	0
2	Fernando Hierro F. Hierro	4	4/19/1992	Real Madrid	vs	Español	90	0	0	0
3	Bernard Dietz B. Dietz	4	11/5/1977	Duisburg	vs	Bayern	90	0	0	0
4	Wilhelm Huberts W. Huberts	4	4/4/1964	Frankfurt	vs	Werder	90	0	0	0
5	José Seguer J. Seguer	4	9/25/1949	Barcelona	vs	Sevilla	90	0	0	0
6	Naldo	3	12/9/2006	Werder	@	Frankfurt	90	0	0	0
7	César Rodrigues C. Rodrigues	3	4/4/2004	Lazio	vs	Siena	90	0	0	0
8	Marcelo Bordon M. Bordon	3	3/28/2004	Stuttgart	vs	Werder	90	0	0	0
9	Matthieu Chalmé M. Chalmé	3	3/13/2004	Lille	@	Ajaccio	90	0	0	0
10	Fernando Hierro F. Hierro	3	3/24/2002	Real Madrid	vs	Real Zaragoza	80	0	0	0
11	Christophe Delmotte C. Delmotte	3	1/5/2002	Lyon	@	Guingamp	90	0	0	0
12	Zoltan Sebescen Z. Sebescen	3	3/3/2000	Wolfsburg	vs	Hamburg	90	0	0	0
13	Siniša Mihajlović S. Mihajlović	3	12/13/1998	Lazio	vs	Sampdoria	90	0	0	0
14	Laurent Charvet L. Charvet	3	5/11/1996	Cannes	vs	Lens	90	0	0	0
15	Thomas Kastenmaier T. Kastenmaier	3	2/26/1995	M'gladbach	@	Karlsruher	90	0	1	0
16	Laurent Blanc L. Blanc	3	8/27/1994	Saint-Étienne	vs	Le Havre	90	0	0	0
17	Frank Leboeuf F. Leboeuf	3	10/22/1993	Strasbourg	vs	Caen	90	0	0	0
18	Carlo Cornacchia C. Cornacchia	3	4/12/1992	Atalanta	vs	Foggia	90	0	0	0
19	Andreas Fischer A. Fischer	3	12/7/1991	Leverkusen	vs	Wattenscheid	90	0	0	0
20	Fernando Hierro F. Hierro	3	12/1/1991	Real Madrid	@	Español	90	0	0	0
21	Eyjólfur Sverrisson E. Sverrisson	3	2/23/1991	Stuttgart	vs	Dortmund	83	0	0	0
22	Lorenzo Juarros L. Juarros	3	12/6/1987	Real Sociedad	@	Real Betis	90	0	0	0
23	Michael Nushöhr M. Nushöhr	3	2/8/1986	Stuttgart	vs	Hannover	90	0	0	0
24	Friedhelm Funkel F. Funkel	3	10/5/1984	Uerdingen	vs	Düsseldorf	90	0	0	0
25	Rüdiger Abramczik R. Abramczik	3	5/7/1983	Dortmund	vs	Frankfurt	90	0	0	0