Full Name
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Eden Michael Hazard
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Date Of Birth
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7th
January 1991
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Place Of Birth
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La Louvière, Belgium
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Spouse
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Natacha
Van Honacker
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Occupation
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Professional Footballer
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Net Worth
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$120 Million
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Eden Michael Hazard is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as a winger or attacking midfielder for Spanish club Real Madrid and captains the Belgium national team. Widely regarded as one of the best players in the world, Hazard is known for his creativity, speed, acceleration, dribbling and passing.
Early Life
Hazard was born in La Louvière and
grew up in Braine-le-Comte, Belgium. His parents were football
players and so are his three younger brothers.
He began his football career playing for club Royal Stade
Brainois at the age of four before joining Tubize.
Career Achievements
At age of 13 he joined French side Lille after being spotted by clubs scouts.
He made his professional debut aged 16 at Lille where he played for the club 190 times. He twice became Ligue 1's young player of the year and Player of the year.
In his 5 seasons at Lille, he featured in Ligue 1 team of the season thrice and won a domestic double in 2010 - 2011 season.
The Belgium international signed for Chelsea in 2012 for
approximately $40 million.
Hazard won the Europa League in his first season and the PFA Young Player of the Year award in his second. In the 2014-15 season, Mourinho’s second year in charge, Chelsea won the Premier League and League cup.
Hazard was awarded the PFA Players’ Player of the Year after regiterring 14
goals and 10 assists in the league. 2 years later Hazard won his second league
title in 2017 and won the FA Cup in 2018.
He won the Europa League in his final season at the Stamford Biridge, where in his 7 year stint scored 110 goals and assisted 92.
Hazard was called up to the Belgium
senior team for the first time on 18 November 2008 and his debut was against
Luxembourg.
In 2018 he was named the National team captain leading them to a third place finish at the 2018 World cup.
Eden Hazard Net Worth
Eden Hazard earns £20 million ($25 million) per year at Real
Madrid. The Belgian attacking midfielder is sponsored by Nike but also endorses
trading card company Topps and Biscoff biscuit manufacturers Lotus Bakeries.
Hazard is currently considered as on of the best professional footballers in
the world today.
As of 2023, Eden Hazard's net worth is
roughly $120 million.
Eden Hazard Fun Facts
- Eden's dad
played in the Belgian third division. Eden's mom was really good, and she
played as a striker in the Belgian women's league.
- He's an ardent
NBA fan, supporting the New York Knicks
- His first red
card as a result kicking a ball boy in a match against Swansea city
- Moving from Chelsea to Real Madrid was great opportunity for Hazard to finally work with his idol Zinedine Zidane.