Ferenc Puskás became the first player to score a hat-trick in multiple European Cup finals, having also becoming the only one to ever score four goals in a European Cup final in 1960, and the first to score a hat-trick in the European Cup final but ended up on the losing side.
^Although Santamaría had amassed 20 caps for his native Uruguay from 1952 to 1957, he had been representing Spain in international play since 1958.[2]
^Di Stéfano, a native Argentine, had represented both Argentina and Colombia earlier in his international career. He became a naturalised citizen of Spain in 1956, and began playing for the Spain national football team in 1957.[3][4]
^Though more famous for representing his native Hungary in international play during the 1950s, Puskás became a naturalised a citizen of Spain in 1962.[5] He appeared in four matches for Spain during his time at Real Madrid and was named in Spain's squad at the 1962 FIFA World Cup.
References
^ a b"UEFA Champions League – Statistics Handbook 2012/13" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. p. 129. Retrieved 22 September 2013.
^"Los 11 jugadores nacidos fuera de España con más partidos". 5 September 2016.
^"Los 11 jugadores nacidos fuera de España con más partidos". 5 September 2016.
^"Alfredo di Stéfano: A god of the stadium | Inside UEFA". 7 July 2014.
^"Football: Ferenc Puskas dies aged 79 after a long battle against pneumonia". TheGuardian.com. 17 November 2006.
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