The Champions League, two English championships, the French championship, the UEFA Super Cup and the FA Cup – these are just some of the trophies won by Eden Hazard during his colorful career. In the summer of 2019, Hazard moved to Real Madrid for nearly EUR 121 million, but he completely failed in Spain. Hazard ended his football career at the age of 32. – Before transferring to Real Madrid, I thought that maybe this would be my last real holiday. So I skipped that vacation, just like every other one. They say I'm lazy, but I was a professional footballer for 16 years, said Hazard.
In the last months of his career, Hazard often struggled with injuries and had a few extra kilos. Hazard began to take care of his physical fitness only after his career ended. – My condition? I take care of her and my physical shape. I don't want to look like Peppa Pig. I play football with my friends, I am still active. Now I will only have to play in a friendly match, but even in friendly matches you always want to win, said Hazard.
Hazard was a professional footballer for over 20 years. During his career, he represented clubs such as Lille (2005-2012), Chelsea (2012-2019) and Real Madrid (2019-2023). He played by far the most matches for Chelsea (352). What does Hazard's life look like now after hanging up his boots?
Eden Hazard is enjoying life after his career. “Maybe smoke a cigarette”
Thierry Hazard, Eden's father, talked more about it in an interview with sudinfo.be. It turns out that Eden is happy again. – Friendly matches allow him to experience the pleasure of amateur football that he has never known. He plays two halves and enjoys the third. He can now smoke a cigarette and if he feels like it, he can eat a hamburger. Could Eden have had an even better career? But no. He enjoyed playing football, he said.
– I told Eden: give people pleasure like before at Chelsea and the Belgian national team. But in order to give pleasure to others, you have to derive it. Eden terminated the contract with Real instead of fulfilling it in full, added Thierry Hazard, director of the third division Royal Union Tubize-Braine. Recently, this team lost 0:4 to Anderlecht in the Belgian Cup. In this match, Eden Hazard's three brothers played against each other – Thorgan for Anderlecht, and Kylian and Ethan for Tubize-Braine.
Hazard played 126 matches for the Belgium national team, scoring 33 goals and making 36 assists. Hazard is the second highest scorer in the history of the national team (the leader is Romelu Lukaku with 85 goals), and in terms of the number of appearances, Hazard ranks fourth. Ahead of him are Jan Vertonghen (157), Axel Witsel (132) and Toby Alderweireld (127).