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title: "Finnish trialist bags hat-trick in friendly"
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# Finnish trialist bags hat-trick in friendly

As Newcastle United’s senior team continue to falter in front of goal, it appears the academy have unearthed a new gem in Mauro Severino.

The 16-year-old striker plays for Tampere Pallo-Veikot (TPV) in Finland’s third tier, but is currently on trial at Newcastle during the off-season, the [Shields Gazette understands](https://www.shieldsgazette.com/sport/newcastle-united/latest-nufc-news/newcastle-run-the-rule-over-teenage-striker-1-7553851?).

In a ‘behind closed doors’ friendly match against Blackpool under-18s yesterday, the Finnish striker bagged a hat-trick to help guide the Magpies to victory.

> Big win w/lads 4-3 against Blackpool U18 proud to score 3 goals today [#newcastleunitedfc](https://twitter.com/hashtag/newcastleunitedfc?src=hash) ? [pic.twitter.com/37Bz91Pt4b](https://t.co/37Bz91Pt4b) — Mauro Severino (@MauroSeverino3) [November 3, 2015](https://twitter.com/MauroSeverino3/status/661636462526521344)

Hat-tricks are clearly Mauro’s specialty as, while on duty for Finland under-16s, he bagged another hat-trick in July.

https://twitter.com/MauroSeverino3/status/610011396714201088

Should he keep up his fine goalscoring form, you would certainly expect Newcastle to hand Severino a youth contract. Though, the club are slightly unpredictable when it comes to handing contracts to trialists as Dani Koks also appeared to have a successful trial – before returning to Dutch side Willem II.

Next up on the agenda, can Graham Carr find us some top quality defenders, please?