RONALDO 19TH HATTRICK

OHHH Ronaldo has  incredible 19 HAT-TRICKS for Real Madrid since 2010...

When you score hat-tricks with the frequency of Cristiano Ronaldo, it takes something truly extraordinary for the feat to be worthy of note.
What is a career-defining moment for many players is just daily business for the Portuguese superstar.
Ronaldo notched his 19th hat-trick for the Spanish side in three-and-a-half years against Getafe last night - but this one stands out.

Three and easy: Cristiano Ronaldo hit a ten minute perfect hat-trick in Real Madrid's 4-0 win over Getafe last night

Not only was it a perfect hat-trick - that rare football treasure - but he accomplished the treble in just ten minutes.
His first, after 62 minutes of the Bernabeu clash, was a clinical left-footed shot across goal after bursting clear through the left channel.
The second, three minutes later, was a flying header from an Angel Di Maria cross and his third was a 72nd minute penalty with his right-foot.

Number One: After 62 minutes, Ronaldo broke clear down the left and produced this clinical left-footed finish past Getafe goalkeeper Miguel Angel Moya

Number Two: The second, on 65 minutes, was a flying header from an Angel Di Maria cross

Number Three: Ronaldo completed his hat-trick with a right-footed penalty on 72 minutes

The goals took Ronaldo past the landmark of 300 career club goals.
Speaking afterwards, Ronaldo was modest when asked about his hat-trick achievements: 'It's good to achieve this mark and I'm very pleased. My job is to carry on doing my best for this club, to beat my own records and to try to be better than last year. I will try my best every time.'
He has scored three goals in the space of ten minutes before, as part of a four-goal haul in the 6-2 win at Sevilla on May 7, 2011.
There was also a triple in 12 minutes against Levante at the end of last season and a 15-minute hat-trick at Malaga on October 22, 2011.
It's also not his first perfect hat-trick - right foot, left foot, header - as he scored one against Villarreal in January 2011.
And while it may have been pretty swift, Ronaldo's hat-trick was nowhere near the record for the fastest three goals held by Tommy Ross for Ross County against Nairn County on November 29, 1964 - three goals in 90 seconds!

Date - Opponent, competition, minutes of goals (full time score) time between first and last goal

2009-2010May 5 - Malaga (A) League 26, 56, 72 (won 4-1) 46min
2010-2011October 23 - Racing Santander (H) League 15, 27, 47, pen 55 (won 6-1) 32min (last three 28min)
November 20 - Athletic Bilbao (H) League 30, 62, pen 90 (won 5-1) 60min
December 22 - Levante (H) Copa del Rey 45, 72, 74 (won 8-0) 29min
January 9 - Villarreal (H) League 9, 45, 79 (won 4-2) 70min
March 7 - Malaga (H) League 51, pen 68, 77 (won 7-0) 26min
May 7 - Sevilla (A) League 31, 65, 70, 75 (won 6-2) 39min (last three in 10min)
May 10 - Getafe (H) League 24, 58, pen 90 (won 4-0) 66min

2011-2012
August 28 - Zaragoza (A) League 24, 71, 87 (won 6-0) 63min
September 24 - Rayo Vallecano (H) 39, pen 51, pen 84 (won 6-2) 45min
October 22 - Malaga (A) 23, 28, 38 (won 4-0) 15min
November 6 - Osasuna (H) 23, pen 54, 58 (won 7-1) 35min
December 17 - Sevilla (A) 10, 41, pen 85 (won 6-2) 75min
February 12 - Levante (H) pen 45, 50, 57 (won 4-2) 12min
April 11 - Atletico Madrid (A) 25, 68, pen 83 (won 4-1) 58min
2012-2013September 30 - Deportivo La Coruna (H) pen 23, 44, pen 84 (won 5-1) 61min
October 3 - Ajax (A) Champions League 42, 79, 81 (won 4-1) 41min
January 9 - Celta Vigo (H) Copa del Rey 3, 24, 87 (won 4-0) 84min
January 27 - Getafe (H) League 62, 65, pen 72 (won 4-0) 10min