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Eden Hazard

Hazard with Chelsea during the 2019 UEFA Europa League final

Personal information

Full name

\nEden Michael Walter Hazard

Date of birth

\n7 January 1991 (age 34)

Place of birth

\nLa Louvi\u00e8re, Belgium

Height

\n1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)^[1]

Position(s)

\nWinger, attacking midfielder

Youth career

1995\u20132003

\nRoyal Stade Brainois

2003\u20132005

\nAFC Tubize

2005\u20132007

\nLille

Senior career\"

Years

\nTeam

\nApps

\n(Gls)

2007\u20132008

\nLille II

\n13

\n(1)

2007\u20132012

\nLille

\n147

\n(36)

2012\u20132019

\nChelsea

\n245

\n(85)

2019\u20132023

\nReal Madrid

\n54

\n(4)

Total

\n459

\n(126)

International career

2006

\nBelgium U15

\n5

\n(1)

2006

\nBelgium U16

\n4

\n(2)

2006\u20132008

\nBelgium U17

\n17

\n(2)

2007\u20132009

\nBelgium U19

\n11

\n(6)

2008\u20132022

\nBelgium

\n126

\n(33)

Medal record

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Men's football\n
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Representing $\"\"$ Belgium\n
FIFA World Cup\n
$\"Third$	2018 Russia	\n

\n\"Club domestic league appearances and 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 dribbling and creativity, he is regarded as one of the best players of his generation.\n

Hazard began his senior career with Ligue 1 club Lille in 2007 at the age of 16 and soon became an integral part of the Lille team under manager Rudi Garcia. In his first full season, he became the first non-French player to win the Ligue 1 Young Player of the Year award, and the following season became the first player to win the award twice. In the 2010\u201311 season, he won the league and cup double and, as a result of his performances, was named the Ligue 1 Player of the Year, the youngest player to win the award.\n

After making over 190 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\u201315 season, Hazard helped Chelsea win the Football League Cup and Premier League, earning him the FWA Footballer of the Year and the PFA Players' Player of the Year awards. Two years later he won his second English league title as Chelsea won the 2016\u201317 Premier League. In 2018, he won the FA Cup, and was named in the FIFA FIFPRO Men's World 11. He won the Europa League again with Chelsea in 2019, scoring twice in the final. At Chelsea, Hazard established himself as one of the best players in the world. He joined Real Madrid in the summer of 2019 in a transfer worth up to \u20ac150 million, making it one of the highest transfer fees ever. However, injury woes, subpar performances, and a lack of fitness led to him only playing a limited number of games, departing the club in June 2023 and retiring from professional football four months later.\n

Having represented his country at various youth levels, Hazard made his senior debut for the Belgium national team in November 2008, aged 17. He has since earned over 126 caps, and was a member of the Belgian squad which reached the quarter-finals of the 2014 FIFA World Cup, UEFA Euro 2016, and Euro 2020. At the 2018 World Cup, he captained Belgium to third place which was their best finish in history, receiving the Silver Ball as the second-best player of the tournament. From 2015 to 2022, he served as the captain of the team, including the time Belgium topped the FIFA men's ranking for the first time, which became the longest continuous reign of any European team.\n

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Club\n	Season\n	League\n	National cup^[a]\n	League cup^[b]\n	Europe\n	Other\n	Total\n
Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals\n
Lille II\n	2007\u201308^[346]\n	CFA\n	11	1	\u2014	\u2014	\u2014	\u2014	11	1\n
2008\u201309^[347]\n	CFA\n	2	0	\u2014	\u2014	\u2014	\u2014	2	0\n
Total\n	13	1	\u2014	\u2014	\u2014	\u2014	13	1\n
Lille\n	2007\u201308^[348]\n	Ligue 1\n	4	0	0	0	0	0	\u2014	\u2014	4	0\n
2008\u201309^[348]\n	Ligue 1\n	30	4	4	2	1	0	\u2014	\u2014	35	6\n
2009\u201310^[348]\n	Ligue 1\n	37	5	1	0	2	1	12^[c]	4	\u2014	52	10\n
2010\u201311^[2]\n	Ligue 1\n	38	7	5	3	2	2	9^[c]	0	\u2014	54	12\n
2011\u201312^[2]\n	Ligue 1\n	38	20	3	1	1	0	6^[d]	0	1^[e]	1	49	22\n
Total\n	147	36	13	6	6	3	27	4	1	1	194	50\n
Chelsea\n	2012\u201313^[349]\n	Premier League\n	34	9	6	1	5	2	13^[f]	1	4^[g]	0	62	13\n
2013\u201314^[350]\n	Premier League\n	35	14	3	0	1	0	9^[d]	2	1^[h]	1	49	17\n
2014\u201315^[351]\n	Premier League\n	38	14	1	0	6	2	7^[d]	3	\u2014	52	19\n
2015\u201316^[352]\n	Premier League\n	31	4	2	2	1	0	8^[d]	0	1^[i]	0	43	6\n
2016\u201317^[353]\n	Premier League\n	36	16	4	1	3	0	\u2014	\u2014	43	17\n
2017\u201318^[354]\n	Premier League\n	34	12	5	1	4	1	8^[d]	3	0	0	51	17\n
2018\u201319^[355]\n	Premier League\n	37	16	2	0	5	3	8^[c]	2	0	0	52	21\n
Total\n	245	85	23	5	25	8	53	11	6	1	352	110\n
Real Madrid\n	2019\u201320^[2]\n	La Liga\n	16	1	0	0	\u2014	6^[d]	0	0	0	22	1\n
2020\u201321^[2]\n	La Liga\n	14	3	1	0	\u2014	5^[d]	1	1^[j]	0	21	4\n
2021\u201322^[2]\n	La Liga\n	18	0	2	1	\u2014	3^[d]	0	0	0	23	1\n
2022\u201323^[2]\n	La Liga\n	6	0	1	0	\u2014	3^[d]	1	0	0	10	1\n
Total\n	54	4	4	1	\u2014	17	2	1	0	76	7\n
Career total\n	459	126	40	12	31	11	97	17	8	2	635	168\n

National team	Year	Apps	Goals\n
Belgium\n	2008	1	0\n
2009	9	0\n
2010	7	0\n
2011	8	1\n
2012	8	1\n
2013	9	3\n
2014	12	1\n
2015	9	6\n
2016	14	5\n
2017	5	4\n
2018	16	6\n
2019	8	5\n
2020	0	0\n
2021	10	1\n
2022	10	0\n
Total	126	33\n

No.\n	Date\n	Venue\n	Cap\n	Opponent\n	Score\n	Result\n	Competition\n	Ref.\n
1	7 October 2011	King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels, Belgium	23	$\"\"$ Kazakhstan	2\u20130	4\u20131	UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying	^[357]\n
2	25 May 2012	King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels, Belgium	27	$\"\"$ Montenegro	2\u20131	2\u20132	Friendly	^[358]\n
3	6 February 2013	Jan Breydel Stadium, Bruges, Belgium	34	$\"\"$ Slovakia	1\u20130	2\u20131	Friendly	^[359]\n
4	22 March 2013	Philip II National Arena, Skopje, Macedonia	35	$\"\"$ Macedonia	2\u20130	2\u20130	2014 FIFA World Cup qualification	^[360]\n
5	26 March 2013	King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels, Belgium	36	$\"\"$ Macedonia	1\u20130	1\u20130	2014 FIFA World Cup qualification	^[361]\n
6	1 June 2014	Friends Arena, Solna, Sweden	45	$\"\"$ Sweden	2\u20130	2\u20130	Friendly	^[362]\n
7	28 March 2015	King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels, Belgium	55	$\"\"$ Cyprus	4\u20130	5\u20130	UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying	^[363]\n
8	7 June 2015	Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France	57	$\"\"$ France	4\u20131	4\u20133	Friendly	^[364]\n
9	3 September 2015	King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels, Belgium	59	$\"\"$ Bosnia and Herzegovina	3\u20131	3\u20131	UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying	^[365]\n
10	6 September 2015	GSP Stadium, Nicosia, Cyprus	60	$\"\"$ Cyprus	1\u20130	1\u20130	UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying	^[366]\n
11	10 October 2015	Estadi Nacional, Andorra la Vella, Andorra	61	$\"\"$ Andorra	3\u20131	4\u20131	UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying	^[367]\n
12	13 October 2015	King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels, Belgium	62	$\"\"$ Israel	3\u20130	3\u20131	UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying	^[368]\n
13	5 June 2016	King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels, Belgium	66	$\"\"$ Norway	2\u20132	3\u20132	Friendly	^[369]\n
14	26 June 2016	Stadium de Toulouse, Toulouse, France	70	$\"\"$ Hungary	3\u20130	4\u20130	UEFA Euro 2016	^[370]\n
15	7 October 2016	King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels, Belgium	74	$\"\"$ Bosnia and Herzegovina	2\u20130	4\u20130	2018 FIFA World Cup qualification	^[371]\n
16	10 October 2016	Est\u00e1dio Algarve, Faro/Loul\u00e9, Portugal	75	$\"\"$ Gibraltar	6\u20130	6\u20130	2018 FIFA World Cup qualification	^[372]\n
17	13 November 2016	King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels, Belgium	77	$\"\"$ Estonia	3\u20130	8\u20131	2018 FIFA World Cup qualification	^[373]\n
18	31 August 2017	Stade Maurice Dufrasne, Li\u00e8ge, Belgium	78	$\"\"$ Gibraltar	6\u20130	9\u20130	2018 FIFA World Cup qualification	^[374]\n
19	10 October 2017	King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels, Belgium	81	$\"\"$ Cyprus	1\u20130	4\u20130	2018 FIFA World Cup qualification	^[375]\n
20	3\u20130\n
21	10 November 2017	King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels, Belgium	82	$\"\"$ Mexico	1\u20130	3\u20133	Friendly	^[376]\n
22	6 June 2018	King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels, Belgium	85	$\"\"$ Egypt	2\u20130	3\u20130	Friendly	^[377]\n
23	23 June 2018	Otkritie Arena, Moscow, Russia	88	$\"\"$ Tunisia	1\u20130	5\u20132	2018 FIFA World Cup	^[378]\n
24	4\u20131\n
25	14 July 2018	Krestovsky Stadium, Saint Petersburg, Russia	92	$\"\"$ England	2\u20130	2\u20130	2018 FIFA World Cup	^[379]\n
26	7 September 2018	Hampden Park, Glasgow, Scotland	93	$\"\"$ Scotland	2\u20130	4\u20130	Friendly	^[380]\n
27	11 September 2018	Laugardalsv\u00f6llur, Reykjav\u00edk, Iceland	94	$\"\"$ Iceland	1\u20130	3\u20130	2018\u201319 UEFA Nations League A	^[381]\n
28	21 March 2019	King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels, Belgium	99	$\"\"$ Russia	2\u20131	3\u20131	UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying	^[382]\n
29	3\u20131\n
30	24 March 2019	GSP Stadium, Nicosia, Cyprus	100	$\"\"$ Cyprus	1\u20130	2\u20130	UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying	^[383]\n
31	16 November 2019	Krestovsky Stadium, Saint Petersburg, Russia	105	$\"\"$ Russia	2\u20130	4\u20131	UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying	^[384]\n
32	3\u20130\n
33	5 September 2021	King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels, Belgium	113	$\"\"$ Czech Republic	2\u20130	3\u20130	2022 FIFA World Cup qualification	^[385]\n

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Early life

Club career

Early career

Lille

Early Lille career

2008\u20132010: Debut season and individual success

2010\u201311: League double, Ligue 1 Player of the Year and continued individual success

2011\u201312: Final season in France

Chelsea

2012\u201313: Debut season and first trophy

2013\u20132015: Premier League winner and individual success

2015\u201316: Year of scrutiny

2016\u20132018: Return to form, Premier League winner and first FA Cup win

2018\u201319: Final season in England

Real Madrid

2019\u20132021: Fitness struggles and decline in form

2021\u20132023: Continued struggle, departure, and retirement

International career

2006\u20132009: Youth career

2009\u20132011: Early international career and first major tournaments

2014\u20132022: Belgium's Golden Generation and assuming the captaincy

2022: Retirement

Player profile

Style of play

Reception

Outside football

Personal life

Sponsorship

Club ownership

Lille tribute

Career statistics

Club

International

Honours

See also

References

External links

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Talks

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