NK Dracice Dakovo forward Stjepan Lucijanic has surpassed Masashija Nakayamu's record of four successive hat-tricks

Up until this week, former Japan international forward Masashija Nakayamu held an impressive record, scoring four hat-tricks in four games while playing for Jubilo Iwata.

That accomplishment stood as the consecutive hat-trick record for 18 years, but has been broken by Stjepan Lucijanic, who scored his fifth hat-trick in a row for Dakovo League side NK Dracice Dakovo as they defeated NK Zrinski Drenje 10-0.

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While far from a household name, usually playing in front of crowds of 300 or less, Lucijanic's goalscoring exploits have taken his club side to the top of their regional league table - picking up a maximum 33 points from their first 11 games this season.

In fact, Lucijanic's scoring is even more impressive during that five hat-trick run, as he has netted a total of 20 goals for the recently re-established NK Dracice during that period.

The striker holds many of the club's records, netting six goals in one game at the start of the season, as well as taking just 12 seconds to find the net - another one that gets him in the history books of NK Dracice.

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While Lucijanic now has the hat-trick record, 49-year-old Nakayamu still has his name in the record books for another astonishing scoring feat - it took him just three minutes and 33 seconds to score a hat-trick for his country against Brunei in the qualifying campaign for the 2000 AFC Asian Cup.