His ball control, dribbling and speed attracted attention: Who is Eden Hazard?
He is a former Belgian national football player. He played in the wing and number ten positions. Hazard is considered one of the best football players in the world; He was known for his creativity, speed, acceleration, dribbling, and dribbling.
Belgian star football player Eden Hazard was born in La Louvière, Belgium, in 1991. He started playing football at the age of 7 in the amateur club Stade Brainois. He started his professional football career after joining Tubize Infrastructure in 2003. He quickly attracted attention with his talent and was transferred to the infrastructure of Lille, one of the biggest teams in the country, in 2005.
Eden Hazard career
He was promoted to the first team for the first time at the age of 17 in Lille, where he played in the youth team for 3 years. Eden Hazard, who improves his performance every year, started playing bench for the first team in the 2008-2009 season when he was 18 years old. He took part in 31 matches in his first season and scored 4 goals. His ball control, dribbling, and speed attracted attention more than his goals.
Eden Michael Walter Hazard (born 7 January 1991) is a Belgian former professional footballer who played as a winger or attacking midfielder for Lille, Chelsea, Real Madrid, and the Belgium national team. Known for his creativity, dribbling, passing and vision, Hazard is regarded as one of the best players of his generation.
Eden Hazard 'Lille' period
Hazard, who played a major role in Lille's 2010-2011 championship and French Cup win, together with Moussa Sow and Gervinho attracted the attention of European giants at the age of 20. Even though there were many transfer rumors about him at the end of the season, in which he finished with 7 goals and 9 assists, he stayed in Lille for 1 more year. At the end of the 2011-2012 season, he was transferred from Lille to Chelsea for 35 million euros and started his Chelsea adventure that would last 7 seasons.
Eden Hazard 'Chelsea' period
He played 350 matches in 7 years for Chelsea, where he was transferred at the age of 21. He scored 108 goals and 91 assists and won 2 Premier League championships, 1 English League Cup, and 1 FA Cup. He could not play in any finals in the Champions League.
Eden Hazard, who plays for Chelsea, has become an indispensable player for the blue-white team. Hazard, the star name of Chelsea, is also the name of the Belgian National Team. Hazard, who proved himself once again in the 2014 FIFA World Cup, was the biggest factor in Belgium being shown as the secret favorite.
Real Madrid
In the summer of 2019, he was transferred to the Spanish club Real Madrid for a transfer fee of 115 million euros.
Hazard, who was constantly injured in the Spanish team, where he came with high hopes, missed most of the matches. Finally, he was injured again when he had just returned from injury. Thus, he was injured for the 7th time in total. Making a statement about Hazard's injury, the club doctor stated that the player's football life may be over if he undergoes surgery on his wrist for the third time. First of all, he received treatment with a physiotherapist and returned to the field after a while.
Hazard announced that he was ending his career at the age of 32. Hazard, who last played for Real Madrid, said in the announcement he published on his social media account, "You should know how to say stop at the right time. After my 16-year career and more than 700 matches I played, I have decided to end my professional football career."
Eden Hazard family
Eden Hazard married Natacha Van Honacker in 2012. Hazard, who has two children named Yannis and Leo, is Belgian by birth and Muslim. His father's name is Thierry and his mother's name is Carine. He has three brothers named Thorgan Hazard, Kylian Hazard, and Ethan Hazard, and all three of them are football players.