Jonathan David repeats 96 years old history. (Photo- GETTY)
Canada vs Qatar, FIFA World Cup 2026: In the Group B match of FIFA World Cup 2026, host Canada surprised the football world by defeating Qatar 6-0. With this explosive performance, Canada tasted its first victory in World Cup history. The biggest hero of this historic match of Canada was star forward Jonathan David, who scored a memorable hat-trick on the field, tearing apart the defense of the Qatar team.
Jonathan David repeated 96 years old history
This big victory of Canada refreshed many old memories of football history. Canada has become the second host country in the world to score 6 goals in a World Cup match. Earlier, Argentina had achieved this feat by registering a 6-0 win against Peru in the 1978 World Cup. At the same time, Jonathan David has become the first Canadian player to score a hat-trick in World Cup history. With this, he has become the second player in history to score a World Cup hat-trick for a team outside Europe and South America. Before him, America’s Bert Patenaude had achieved this feat in 1930.
Who is Canada’s star player Jonathan David?
After this explosive performance, Jonathan David is being talked about everywhere. Let us tell you, Jonathan David was born in Brooklyn, New York. His parents were from Haiti, but when David was six years old, his family settled in Ottawa, Canada. But instead of choosing the American academic path, he decided to pursue a career in Europe. He started with the Belgian club ‘Gent’ and then in 2020 joined the famous French club ‘Lille’ for a huge amount of around 30 million euros. There he defeated a star team like PSG and gave Lille the historic Ligue 1 title. Seeing his excellent performance in France, Italy’s legendary club Juventus signed him on a free transfer in July 2025.
Canada scored goals
From the very beginning of the match, Canada completely tightened its grip on Qatar and scored one goal after another. In the 16th minute of the match, Syl Larin opened the account of the goal and put Canada ahead 1-0. After this, Jonathan David scored his first goal in the 29th minute. Then in the injury time of the first half, David put the ball in the net and made the score 3-0. After this, Nathan Saliba scored the fourth goal in the 64th minute of the second half. Then Mohammad Mani of Qatar team scored an own goal in the 75th minute, making the score 5-0. In the last moments of the match, David completed his hat-trick by scoring his third goal and made the score 6-0. With this Canada achieved its first and historic victory.
