The biggest competition in club football the UEFA Champions League has hosted a lot of players from all over the continent.

Some have come out victorious some dejected, but let’s switch our attention to African players and see who and who have been able to hit three goals in a single match.

With Sadio Mane getting three goals against FC Porto, let’s takes a look at Africans who boast of a treble goal in the competition

1. Yakubu Aiyegbeni (Nigeria) for Maccabi Haifa vs Olympiacos (3-0) on September 24, 2002

2. Didier Drogba (Cote d’Ivoire) for Olympique Marseille vs FK Partizan (3-0) on September 27, 2006

3. Samuel Eto’o (Cameroon) for Inter Milan vs Werder Bremen (4-0) September 29, 2010

4. Yacine Brahimi (Algeria) for FC Porto vs BATE Borisov (6-0) September 17, 2014

5. Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Gabon) for Borussia Dortmund vs Benfica (4-0) March 8, 2017

6. Sadio Mane (Senegal) for Liverpool vs Porto (5-0) February 14, 2018