Eden Hazard

Eden Hazard: Biography in Details

Who is Eden Hazard?

Eden Hazard is a Belgian professional footballer.

He plays for Belgium national team and Real Madrid. He plays as an attacking midfielder and a winger.

Hazard is best known for his speed, creativity, and technical ability and is described as a “fearless, explosive attacking midfielder who can change the game with a turn of pace or a dribble”.

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Reflecting on his early life, Eden Hazard was born on January 7, 1991. He experienced his childhood in La Louvière, Wallonia, Belgium.

His birth name was Eden Michael Hazard. Eden is the son of Carine and Thierry Hazard, both former footballers.

His mother, Carine, and his father, Thierry, both were football players. After playing football, both parents became sports professors.

Eden Hazard was raised in Braine-le-Comte, Belgium. Hazard is the oldest of four children.

His brothers, Thorgan Hazard and Kylian Hazard are also professional footballers while Ethan Hazard remains playing in the youth academy of Eden’s former club Tubize.

Eden Hazard is of Belgian (Walloon) ethnicity and holds Belgian nationality. There is no information available regarding his education.

Eden Hazard: Career, Salary, and Net Worth

Eden Hazard started his footballing career in Belgium playing for local clubs Tubize and Royal Stade Brainois.

Hazard spent two years in the club’s academy. At the age of 16, he made his professional debut in November 2007.

In the 2010-2011 Season, Eden scored his first goal of the season against Caen in the Coupe de la Ligue in October. He scored his second goal against Nancy in a 3-0 victory.

In March, it was announced that Eden’s contract will be extended for another year Lille. Eden scored 1 goal to defeat Paris Saint-Germain in a 1-0 match in the Coupe de France final.

In June of 2012, he signed up with Chelsea for around $40 million and made his debut for the English club in a friendly match against Seattle Sounders during pre-season.

Moreover, Eden Hazard made his debut for Chelsea in the 2012 FA Community Shield against Manchester City which his team lost.

His league debut was a week later against Wigan Athletic, which Chelsea won with a score of 2-0.

Furthermore, he made his Champions League debut in a match against Juventus in which he scored his 2nd league goal for the club in a match against Norwich City.

In the 2013-2014 Season, Eden played his initial game for Chelsea against Bayern Munich in the 2013 UEFA Super Cup which his group lost despite a brilliant 2 goals by Eden, in the long run, lost to Bayern with a score of 5-4 ending in a penalty shoot-out.

In May of 2014, Eden Hazard was named in Belgium’s group for the 2014 FIFA World Cup and went ahead to give a fantastic execution with various assists and numerous goals which helped his team reach the quarter-finals.

Eden has additionally been named as the captain of the Belgian national football group for the UEFA Euro 2016 finals.

Eden Hazard is the main player in Europe to have taken 15 penalties and scored every one of them and additionally maintaining a perfect record of 16 straight penalty goals.

Hazard is paid a weekly salary of in his club Chelsea of 185,000 Euro and a total net worth of $101.3 million.

He is one of the Top 15 highest-paid footballers of 2017.

Currently, Eden Hazard has got on the scoresheet with a 3-0 victory against Southampton.

Eden Hazard has scored 8 goals within 10 matches since former Napoli boss Maurizio Sarri succeeded Conte this summer.

Awards and Achievements

Eden Hazard was the first non-French player to win the UNFP Young Player of the Year award in 2008 and the youngest player to win the ‘UNFP Ligue 1 Player of the Year award in 2010.

He won the PFA ‘Young Player of the Year award in 2014, and in the next season, was named the PFA Player of the Year.

Considered among one of the best players in the world, he has often been compared to star footballers like Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo.

Eurocup 2020 Eden Hazard playing for Belgium?

The 2020 UEFA European Football Championship, also known as the 2020 UEFA European Championship, UEFA Euro 2020, or simply Euro 2020, is the 16th edition of the UEFA European Football Championship, the quadrennial European men’s football championship organized by the Union of European Football Associations.

Eden Hazard is playing for his country as a midfielder. The Euro cup matches will take place in different countries which are listed below:

• The Netherlands – The 1988 European champions will play their games at Amsterdam’s iconic Johan Cruijff Arena.
• Azerbaijan – The former Soviet Republic will host the group stage games on the grounds of the Baku Olympic Stadium, which is located near the Boyukshor Lake’s shoreline.
• Romania – This year’s Euro games will be held at the National Arena Bucharest in Romania’s capital, Bucharest.
• Hungary – The Group F matches will be held at the state-of-the-art Puskás Arena in Budapest, which was recently completed.
• Denmark – At Copenhagen’s Parken Stadium, the 1992 UEFA Champions League winners will strive to advance from the group stage to the next round of the competition.
• Scotland – The matches in Group D will be held at the renowned Hampden Park, which is the home of the Scotland national team.
• Germany – The German national team’s group games will be held in the Football Arena, home of Bayern Munich, the multiple Bundesliga champion and pride of Bavaria.
• Russia – Following the successful organization of the 2018 World Cup games at the Saint Petersburg Stadium, the EURO 2021 will be no different.
• Spain – The newest addition to this list is Estadio La Cartuja, which is home to both La Liga clubs Betis and Seville.
• Italy – The championship will kick off in the Stadio Olimpico in Rome, the second largest and oldest stadium on the list (constructed in 1927).
• England – This will be the first time Wembley Stadium has hosted a major international football tournament since its refurbishment following EURO 1996. The semifinal and final games will be held at Wembley Stadium.

Eden Hazard: Rumors and Controversies

There is no controversy found yet but there are some transfer rumors about him.

On 4 June, Chelsea officially confirmed on its site that the club had agreed to terms with Lille for the transfer of Eden.

The transfer fee was rumored to be priced at £32 million while Hazard will receive a weekly wage of around £170,000.

Additionally, rumors were flying around about Eden exchanging with Real Madrid.

But he addressed the rumors in an interview with Chelsea’s magazine saying that he would like to win the EPL title next year too and also win the Player of the Year.

How tall is Eden Hazard?

Talking about his body measurements, Eden Hazard has a perfect height standing 5 feet 9 inches (1.73 m), and weighs around 74 kg.

Eden Hazard has an athletic body with dark brown hair color and green eye color.

His chest size is 38 inches, his arms size is 14 inches and his waist size is 30 inches.

Social Media

Due to his successful footballing career, Eden has been connected with different sorts of social networking such as Facebook, Twitter as well as Instagram.

Eden Hazard has more than 9.13 million followers on his official Facebook account while he has around 7.3 million followers on his official Twitter account.

In addition to this, he has around 27 million followers on his official Instagram account.

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