Hamza Igamane joined an exclusive club when he netted his first Rangers hat-trick in the 3-3 draw with Hibs at Easter Road on Sunday.
The Moroccan sensation hit a perfect treble - netting with his left foot, right foot and head - to claim the match ball and take his tally to 11 goals in 22 appearances for the club.
Igamane’s heroics were not enough to clinch the victory for Rangers, but it did secure the 22-year-old a place among the icons who have netted trebles for the Ibrox club.
According to fitbastats.com, it was the 327th hat-trick scored by a Rangers player in the Scottish top flight, stretching back to the first recorded one in 1890 when John McPherson bagged four goals in a 6-2 win over Cambuslang. Igamane joins an elite band of Rangers legends who appear on the list including all-time record goalscorer Ally McCoist, who netted 15 league hat-tricks (25 in all competitions), as well as the likes of Derek Johnstone, Ralph Brand and Bob McPhail.
Since the formation of the Scottish Premier League (SPL) in 1998, and subsequent restructure into the Scottish Professional Football League (SPFL) in 2013, a total of 22 Rangers players have scored hat-tricks in the top division. Surprisingly, Alfredo Morelos fails to make the list with the Colombian striker’s three trebles for Rangers all coming in cup competitions.
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21. Kemar Roofe (1)
The last Rangers player to score a hat-trick in the top flight before Hamza Igamane's Easter Road treble did so in a 4-1 away win over St Mirren on April 10, 2022. | SNS Group
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22. Hamza Igamane (1)
The Moroccan netted a perfect hat-trick - left foot, right foot, header - in the 3-3 draw with Hibs on Sunday to make it 11 goals in 22 appearances for Rangers this season. | SNS Group