Gift Orban Breaks UEFA Record By Scoring Europa Conference League Hat-Trick In Just 205 Seconds
Gift Emmanuel Orban. Remember the name.
The 20-year-old scored three goals within the space of just 205 seconds to help Belgian club Gent beat Istanbul Basaksehir in Turkey on Wednesday.
Orban set a new record for the fastest hat-trick ever witnessed in a UEFA club competition.
All three of his goals came in the first half of Gent's 4-1 win, which saw them progress to the quarter-finals of the Europa Conference League 5-2 on aggregate.
![Gift Orban pictured celebrating after scoring one of his three goals during Gent's 4-1 win at Istanbul Basaksehir in March 2023](https://www.si.com/.image/c_limit%2Ccs_srgb%2Cfl_progressive%2Cq_auto:good%2Cw_700/MTk2NTU5MjY1NTQyOTczNDA3/imago1025859736h.jpg)
Gift Orban pictured celebrating after scoring one of his three goals during Gent's 4-1 win at Istanbul Basaksehir
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Orban's second goal of the night was a spectacular long-range strike.
He has now scored 12 goals in his first nine matches since joining Gent from Stabaek in Norway in January.
This was Orban's second hat-trick in four days. He had netted four times in a 6-2 win at Waregem on Sunday in the Belgian Pro League.