Claim: A Facebook page posted a photo of Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) fullback Achraf Hakimi holding a Guinness World Records certificate for being the first defender to record five goal contributions in a single match.
Verdict: False! While Hakimi did record five goal contributions in one match, we found no evidence that Guinness World Records has recognised the feat. The image of him holding a Guinness certificate is AI-generated.
Full Text
Achraf Hakimi etched his name into football history on Oct. 30, 2026, by becoming the first defender ever to record five direct goal contributions in a single Ligue 1 match, scoring a hat-trick and providing two assists in PSG’s 5–1 victory over Le Havre.
Following the match, a Facebook page, 532off, posted a photo showing Hakimi holding what appears to be a Guinness World Records certificate for the feat. The post had 35,900 likes, 109 comments and 349 reshares at the time of publication.
DUBAWA fact-checked the claim because it could mislead the public into believing the record had been officially certified.
Verification
To verify the claim, DUBAWA conducted a keyword search on Google and found no report of Guinness World Records recognising Hakimi for the Oct. 30, 2026 performance. We also searched the Guinness World Records website and found no such record or announcement.
We checked PSG’s official website and found no mention of a Guinness award. A reverse image search using TinEye found zero matches for it in its database of over 86.5 billion images.
Screenshot of TinEye result
We ran the image through three AI-image detectors, Sightengine, ZeroGPT, and Illuminarty.ai. All three flagged the image as AI-generated with the following results. Sightengine and ZeroGPT returned a high probability of AI content (99% each), while Illuminarty gave a 3.8% likelihood.
Screenshot of result from Sightengine
Screenshot of results from ZeroGPT
Screenshot of results from Illuminarty
Conclusion
Hakimi’s five-goal record against Le Havre is well documented, but we found no evidence that Guinness World Records has recognised the feat. The photo of him holding a Guinness certificate is AI-generated. The image is false.