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Inter star Icardi exceeds 100 Serie A goals with hat-trick against Sampdoria

Inter striker Mauro Icardi passed the 100 goal mark in Serie A on Saturday when he scored a hat-trick against his former club Sampdoria on Sunday.

The Argentina international reached a century in his 180th Serie A match when he confidently rolled home from the penalty spot on the half-hour at Stadio Luigi Ferraris to put Inter 2-0 up after Ivan Perisic's opener.

He then made it 3-0 soon after, beating Sampdoria goalkeeper Emiliano Viviano with an audacious backheel from close range.

A third followed shortly before half time when Viviano saved an effort from Rafinha but merely knocked it into Icardi's path for the 25-year-old to send it home and bring his tally up to 102.