Cisse becomes Italy’s youngest ever hat-trick scorer in Europe

Cisse becomes Italy’s youngest ever hat-trick scorer in Europe Alphadjo Cisse scored the first hat-trick of his professional career away against RB Salzburg in the Europa League on Thursday evening, and in doing so, became the youngest Italian player to score three or more goals in a competitive European fixture. You can follow the action from Thursday night’s Europa League and Conference League fixtures on the Football Italia Liveblog. Cisse the youngest ever Italian to score a hat-trick in Europe SALZBURG, AUSTRIA – OCTOBER 15: Alphadjo Cisse of AC Milan celebrates scoring his team’s third goal and his hat-trick goal with teammate Francesco Camarda during the UEFA Europa League 2026/27 League Phase MD2 match between FC Salzburg and AC Milan at Stadion Salzburg on October 15, 2026 in Salzburg, Austria. (Photo by Jasmin Walter/Getty Images) Cisse’s majestic start to the 2026-27 season continued on Thursday night with a hat-trick within 50 minutes against RB Salzburg in the Europa League, bringing his individual tally up to five goals in his first seven games for Milan. He also scored the late, crucial winner in a 1-0 victory for Italy U21s in their penultimate match of qualification for the 2027 European Championships in September as well. Opta have confirmed that Cisse is the youngest Italian player to score a hat-trick in a major European competition, aged 19 years and 358 days old at the time of the RB Salzburg match. Cisse, born in 2006, was not even alive the last time a Milan player scored a hat-trick in a competitive European fixture. That came in 2002, courtesy of Filippo Inzaghi in a 4-0 Champions League win over Deportivo La Coruna.