Eden Hazard Belgian Soccer Player Biography

Eden Michael Hazard (born 7 January 1991) is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as a winger or attacking midfielder for Spanish club Real Madrid and is the captain of the Belgian national team. Known for his creativity, dribbling, and passing, he is considered one of the great players of his technology.

Hazard is the son of two former footballers and began his career in Belgium gambling for local youth clubs. In 2005, he moved to France, where he began his professional career with a membership in the Ligue 1 Lille. Hazard spent two years in the club's academy and, at the age of 16, made his debut as a pundit in November 2007. He became an indispensable part of the Lille team under manager Rudi Garcia. In his first full season, he became the main non-French player to win the Ligue 1 Young Player of the Year award, and the following season he became the main player to win the award twice. In the 2010-11 season, he was part of the Lille team that won the league and cup twice and as a result of his performances became the Ligue 1 Player of the Year, the youngest member to receive the award.

After making over one hundred and ninety appearances and scoring 50 goals for Lille, Hazard signed for English club Chelsea in June 2012. He won the UEFA Europa League in his first season and the PFA Young Player of the Year in his second. In the 2014-15 season, Hazard helped Chelsea win the League Cup and the Premier League, becoming the FWA Player of the Year and the PFA Player of the Year. Two years later, he won his 2nd English league title when Chelsea won the 2016-17 Premier League. In 2018, he won the FA Cup and became the FIFA FIFPro XI World Champion. He won the Europa League once more with Chelsea in June 2019, and then joined Real Madrid in a one-hundred-and-fifty-million-euro transfer, winning La Liga throughout his injury-plagued debut season.

Having represented his country at numerous children's training grounds, Hazard made his senior debut for the Belgium national team in November 2008 at the age of 17 in a nice action against Luxembourg. Almost 3 years after his debut, Hazard scored his first global goal against Kazakhstan in October 2011. Since then, he has scored more than 100 goals and joined the Belgian national team that reached the semi-finals of the 2014 FIFA World Cup and UEFA Euro 2016. At the 2018 FIFA World Cup, he led the Belgian national team to a third-place finish, which was their exceptional end in history, receiving the Silver Ball as the second quality participant of the event.

Early life

Hazard developed into a native of La Louviere and grew up in Bren-le-Comte. His mother Karina and father Thierry were both football players. His father spent the maximum of his career at a semi-professional level with La Louviere in the Belgian Second Division, playing specifically as a defensive midfielder. His mother played as a striker in the Belgian Women's First Division and stopped playing when she was three months pregnant with Eden. After playing football, both my mother and father became sports instructors. Thierry stepped down from his post in 2009 if you want to devote extra time to your youth.

Hazard is the eldest of four children. He has three brothers, all of whom play football, including Thorgan, who joined him at Chelsea in 2012 but then moved on to Borussia Monchengladbach in 2015 and in addition to Borussia Dortmund in 2019. Thorgan has previously improved his position in the youth ranks of Lille's biggest rivals. Hazard's other younger brothers are Kylian and Ethan. On 15 July 2013, Kilian joined White Star Brussels, but then went on to play for Hungarian side Uipest, before joining Chelsea,  while Ethan continues to play at former club Tubies of the Eden Children's Academy.

Hazard and his 3 brothers grew up in a safe environment, and their mother and father made sure they had something they needed to succeed. The family lived "no more than three meters" from the football school floor, and the brothers often entered the football field through a small hole to hone and increase their abilities. As a child, his idol was the French playmaker Zinedine Zidane, and Hazard "spent hours watching him on TV and on the Internet". 

Club profession

Early career

Hazard began his football career by gambling for membership in the Royal Stade Brainois club at the age of 4. While working at the club, one of his childhood coaches called him a "talented" member. He said, " He knew everything. I had nothing to raise him with." Hazard spent eight years at the club before moving to Tubes. While in Tubize, he was spotted through a Lille scout while playing at a nearby event with members of the club. A subsequent scout report on the player led to membership officials satisfying Hazard's father and granting the younger player a contender (teen) contract. 

Hazard's parents accepted the offer from Lille with the hope that educational institutions in France could be better. Hazard's father later admitted that the decision to allow Eden and then Thorgan to be part of the golf equipment in the north of France turned into a satisfactory response, noting that "they stayed so close to home and at the same time were included in structures where they could develop, because in Belgium, unfortunately, it is a little empty for the training of teenagers". 

Lille

Hazard joined Lille in 2005 and spent years at the sports college next door to the club, as its academy for teenagers in Lucina was no longer functioning at the time. On 28 May 2007, he signed his first professional contract, agreeing to a three-to 12-month contract with Lille. At the start of the 2007-08 season, at the age of sixteen, Hazard moved to the club's reserve group as part of the French Championship Newcomer, the fourth stage of French football, although he still played with the Lille under-18 team in his league and the Gambardella Coupe. Hazard made his debut as a rookie on 1 September 2007 in the league in the form of Racing Club de France, appearing as an alternate in the 2nd half in a 3-1 defeat. He made his first start every week after the team's 1-0 defeat to Leskin.

After spending most of October and early November gambling with the club's under-18 team, on 14 November, due to several players being on international duty, Hazard was known as up to the senior team through supervisor Claude Puel to take part in a friendly match against Belgian club Brugge on the sixteenth of November. He appeared rather in uniform and, due to his overall performance, changed into an 18-man team to face Nancy in a league suit on November 24, where he subsequently made his professional debut in a suit, we are approaching it in the 78th minute.

Hazard returned to the club's reserve team and spent December playing with the team. After a winter break, Hazard returned to the first team in January and played as a substitute in three league games against Metz, Sochaux, and Paris Saint-Germain. After the match against PSG, he changed into a reduced rookie level, in which he played simultaneously with the reserve team in the fourth division and the under-18 group in the Gambardella coupe. On 17 May 2008, he scored his first amateur goal in a 3-2 victory over Vitre. Hazard finished his amateur career with eleven appearances and one goal, helping the reserve team finish in 5th place, which became the first among the reserve groups of professional clubs playing within the group.

2018-19: Final season in England

Hazard with a Europa League winner's medal in May 2019

Hazard scored his first goal of the 2018-19 season, converting a penalty in a 2-1 win against Newcastle United on 26 August. On 15 September, Hazard scored a hat-trick in a 4-1 win over Cardiff City. He came off the bench to secure Chelsea a 2-1 comeback win over Liverpool in the EFL Cup 1/3 final at Anfield on 26 September. It was his 6th goal in seven games at the start of the season. In the next match, against Liverpool in the Premier League, he did so seven times in eight video games, opening the scoring in a 1-1 draw at Stamford Bridge. On the sixteenth of December, Hazard scored and assisted Pedro's goal as Chelsea went 2-1 away to Brighton & Hove Albion in the league, before coming off the bench to send Chelsea into the EFL Cup semi-finals, the most recent on Bournemouth's fee three days later. He scored both dreams in a 2-1 boxing day win over Watford. Vicar's Road, the primary of which became his one-hundred-and-fifty-cent blues and one-hundred-and-fifty-cent professional Club intent. 

On April 8, 2019, Hazard scored a solo goal against West Ham United, which will be recognized as the best goal of the month in the Premier League in April. On 9 May 2019, Hazard scored the decisive penalty in a 4-3 shootout win over Eintracht Frankfurt at Stamford Bridge to send Chelsea to the Europa League Final. His tally of 15 assists in the 2018-19 Premier League season saw him win the Premier League Playmaker of the Season award. Hazard joined Thierry Henry, Matt Le Tissier and Eric Cantona became 4 - m is a participant in the most excellent league records, having reported at least 15 wishes and 15 assists in a Major League season, and he also became the participant with the most assists and dreams in a season-31. On 29 May, Chelsea won the Europa League after a 4-1 victory over Arsenal in the most recent match, in which Hazard scored twice, also supporting Pedro's goal. After being fit, Hazard advised that this probably changed recently when he could play for the membership.

Real Madrid

Moving

Danger during the pre-season match with Real Madrid in 2019

On 7 June 2019, Real Madrid's La Liga membership announced on their website that Hazard would sign with them for the 2019-20 season. He signed an agreement until 30 June 2024 at a proposed rate of one hundred million euros, which could rise to 146.1 million euros due to additional costs, on a deal worth 400,000 pounds according to the week. 13 At the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium in June, Hazard was officially introduced in front of fifty thousand fans. Hazard became Madrid's highest-paid player after Gareth Bale, who moved to One Hundred and One Million Euros in 2013. If any of the variables are met, Hazard could become Madrid's most luxurious player ever. Hazard was introduced at the Bernabeu without a number on his jersey; he wore the number 10 for both Chelsea and Belgium for several years and admitted to asking Luka Modric for a number in Madrid, but Modric refused to offer it. Almost a few months later, Madrid revealed that Hazard would wear a wide selection of 7 previously worn by club legends Cristiano Ronaldo, Raul Gonzalez, and Emilio Butragueno.

Having signed a contract with Real Madrid, Hazard said: "I dreamed about it, seeing that I turned into a little one, I always supported Real Madrid" and defined it as" a real honor." He described manager Zinedine Zidane as a determining factor in the decision, as he had always been a fan of Zidane.

2019-20: Spain debut, League winner, accidents

Hazard made his debut on 14 September 2019, coming on as a substitute in a 3-2 La Liga win over Levante at the Bernabeu. On 5 October, he scored his first goal for Los Blancos, scored earlier than half-time, against Granada in his first start in the national league. In the second 1/2, he also received his first assist, which should have led to Modric's 4-2 win. On 26 November, Hazard suffered an ankle injury in a Champions League-level clash with Paris Saint-Germain after a rash draft with the help of Belgium teammate Thomas Meunier. He couldn't hold on and was replaced a few moments later. A day later, the Madrid medical team reported that the ankle injury was an "external bruise" that was predicted to keep the danger on the sidelines for just 10 days. But a week later, similar assessments by the clinical team found that he had suffered an "incomplete external microfracture" in his own ankle, rather than using a set return date. Hazard missed 16 Madrid matches during the four competitions that ended the season's main El Clasico., the victory of the Spanish Super Cup in Jeddah, and the full campaign of the Copa del Rey, which ended in the 1/4 final, went to Sociedad.

On February 16, Hazard returned from injury and went to Celta Vigo in La Liga. He earned a penalty after being fouled by Celta goalkeeper Ruben Blanco in the area, which Sergio Ramos converted to make the score 2-1 in the home side's favor. Hazard received a standing ovation in the 73rd minute. Six days later, he suffered a "fractured right distal fibula" in his ankle at some stage in Madrid's 1-0 defeat to Levante and was forced to leave the field in the second half. The ankle injury forced Hazard to miss two of the biggest video games of the season in Madrid, the Champions League round sixteen against Manchester City and the second leg of the El Clasico League. Hazard's ankle was operated on in Dallas in early March, and he has developed into an expected player. being out for three months means that his season is likely to end. After La Liga resumed in June after a 3-month hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Hazard was available for selection. On 14 June, in the sport of the first league of Madrid after an injury, Hazard helped Sergio Ramos defeat Eibar 3-1 at the Alfredo di Stefano Stadium. At the end of the season, he made sixteen league appearances as Madrid won the 2019-20 La Liga. 

2020-21: New injuries

On 31 October, Hazard scored his first goal of the 2020-21 season in Madrid's 4-1 domestic league win over Huesca. On 25 November, he scored his first Champions League goal with Madrid in a 2-0 away win against Inter Milan.  In May 2021, Hazard apologized for making fun of Chelsea players after Real Madrid's three-to-one defeat in the Champions League semi-final.

FIFA World Cup 2018

Appointed captain of the Belgium squad for the 2018 World Cup, Hazard led his kingdom to 0.33, a fine end to their history.

Hazard captained Belgium at the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia. In the first match against Panama, he helped in the 1/3 final, scored through Lukaku, when Belgium won 3-nil. He then scored twice (resulting in a penalty) in their 2nd-degree win against Tunisia. His penalty in the 6th minute was the second-fastest goal of the team in the history of the tournament. Hazard was also selected as a Healthy Man after his excellent performance in Tunisia. In the final organization, healthy Hazard now did not play in Belgium's 1-0 win over England, as he, along with 8 different starters in previous matches, was rested with the help of Roberto Martinez. In Belgium's three-2 win over Japan in the final sixteen matches., Hazard played an important role in recovering from a goal deficit as Belgium became the first team in fifty-two years., who came back from scratch-2 to win a world cup knockout in form. For his second consecutive game, Hazard was again named Man of the Suit, using FIFA sponsors, Budweiser.

Hazard returned to brilliant form in the semi-finals as he helped Belgium reach their second World Cup semi-final-the most recent in their history - with a 2-1 win over five-time champions Brazil. Hazard thus set a World Cup record for the most successful dribble completed in any World Cup game in 1966, with the price of a one-hundred-percent completion in ten dribbles. In a semi-final that turned into a good game, Belgium was defeated 1-0 by eventual champions France thanks to a header by Frenchman Samuel Umtiti and the following deep French defense. On 14 July, Hazard's third man of the match secured victory for Belgium, along with his 82nd-minute goal to score a 2-0 victory for England in their third play-off match., his staff has excelled at ever finishing a World Cup.

At the end of the 2018 FIFA World Cup on 15 July, the FIFA Technical Research Group (TSG) selected Hazard as the second-best player of the match, awarding him the Silver Ball. In addition to his dribbling, he scored 3 goals and provided assists overall, in addition to being identified as a suited man by 3 distinctive actions – more than any other contestant.

Euro 2020

Hazard scored his 100th goal for Belgium throughout the Euro 2020 qualifier, in a 2-0 away win against Cyprus in March 2019, scoring the second goal in this form. Hazard captained the Belgian national team, which became the first team to qualify for the tournament. On 17 May 2021, he was selected for the final squad for UEFA Euro 2020.

Eden Hazard Wife

Chelsea playmaker Eden Hazard is married to childhood sweetheart Natasha Van Honaker. The couple began a relationship in their early teens, and at the age of 19, Hazard became a father. In 2012, they married in a mysterious ceremony attended by a small group of close relatives and friends.