Eden Hazard is one of the most talented and talked about footballers of our time. Key career milestones, interesting facts and personal life.
Belgian footballer Eden Hazard is famous for his outstanding skill. For its speed, agility and unpredictability, he was even given the nickname "nightmare of defense." Only one of his programs changed the whole course of the game more than once! Many consider him one of the best midfielders of our time and compare him with Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo, but the footballer himself avoids such comparisons and says that he does not claim the fame of such eminent stars.
Biography of Eden Azar
Eden Hazard was born on January 7, 1991 in the small provincial town of La Louviere. Eden's dad is Belgian and mom is Moroccan. Eden, like his mother, is a Muslim.
From childhood, Eden grew up in a sports family, where everyone was passionate about football. His father was once a midfielder and played in the club "Louvieros", his mother - a striker in the first division of Belgium. Both of them are coaches today. The love of football passed from parents to children. Eden's brothers, of whom he already has three, also play football. All the conditions of the boys' life were conducive to ensuring that they could freely improve their playing skills. The family lived near the football field, where they went to train every day.
As a child of 4 years old, Hazard enters the Royal Stud Brainua football club. And by the age of 12 he moved to Tubiz. Two years later he is noticed by the scouts of the football club Lille and he receives his first contract in the youth squad of Lille. Parents agree to move their son to France, because the French school promised him much more prospects than the Belgian. Behind Eden's shoulders is the Lille sports school and the French club academy. In 2007, Eden found himself in the Lille adult team and a year later entered the main squad in the Lille - Sochaux game. As part of the French club, Eden becomes the leader of the team and one of the most promising footballers in the world! As part of Lille, Hazard becomes the champion of France, and in 2011 he wins the French Cup!
After the overwhelming success of Eden, the best clubs in the world wanted to accept him into their teams. But in the summer of 2012, he announced that he would only agree to the contract to the winner of the Champions League. And as a result, he signs a contract with the London club Chelsea. The transfer of the talented Belgian cost Chelsea £ 30 million! He had to change the "10" number to "17", since the "ten" in the club at that time was Juan Mata.
Eden Azar's personal life
Not much is known about Eden's personal life. He is not a fan of advertising his relationship and it is rare to find at least one photo of him with his family on the Internet. It is known that Eden has a strong and close-knit family. In his family, as well as in his parents, so far there are only boys. Leo's youngest son has dual (British and Belgian) citizenship. By the way, Leo is an extremely popular name among Chelsea players. The sons of Fernando Torres and Gary Cahill are also named Leo. Eden's wife Natasha is from Belgium. They met when she was only 14 years old. Natasha is not a public person and most of the time she is engaged in raising children.
Today, Eden Hazard is the highest paid football player in the English Premier League.
