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Aubameyang scored the hat-trick for Barcelona
Aubameyang has made history after he became the first player in the 21st century to score hat-tricks in the Premier League, League 1, Bundesliga and now LaLiga after he scored three goals against Valencia to beat them by 4-1.
It was the hat-trick from the foot of Aubameyang and the goal from De Jong that helped Barcelona to get back their 4th position in the league standings. Earlier, Barcelona was taken over by Valencia and Atletico Madrid.
Real Madrid is leading the points table with 6 points clear of Sevilla.
Aubameyang has signed a contract till 30th June 2025 with an option to agree a departure on 30th June 2023 and his buy-out clause will be set at 100 million euros.
The 32-year-old, in just his third appearance for the Catalans, netted three times in Barca's 4-1 victory against Valencia
The three-goal showing means that Aubameyang is the first player since the turn of the century to score hat-tricks in the Premier League, Ligue 1, Bundesliga and now LaLiga.
Barca's fourth goal at the Mestalla was originally assigned to Pedri, but has since been changed to the Gabonese striker.
His first hat-trick in European football came while playing for Saint-Etienne in February 2012 against Lorient, where he netted three times just two months after signing permanently with the Ligue 1 club.
However, after moving to Borussia Dortmund a year later, Aubameyang did not take long to hit the ground running in Germany.
On his Bundesliga debut against FC Augsburg, he scored a memorable hat-trick including a goal from his first shot in the league.
Then, after joining Arsenal in January 2018 for a reported £56million, Aubameyang had to wait over three years for a Premier League hat-trick.
He did score three times in the Europa League in May 2019 - ironically against Valencia - but his first three-goal showing domestically came last February, in a 4-2 victory against Leeds played behind closed doors.
Aubameyang moved to Barca on a free transfer on deadline day in January after falling out of favour under Gunners boss Mikel Arteta.
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