Belgian footballer Eden Hazard ended his career at the age of 32. He announced this on Tuesday through the social network. The member of the bronze team from the 2018 WC worked in Real Madrid until the end of last season and did not find a new club.
“You have to listen to yourself and say stop at the right time. After 16 years and more than 700 games played, I have decided to end my professional football career,” Hazard wrote in an Instagram post. AFP reported.
Hazard, who played as an offensive midfielder and winger, played for OSC Lille (2007–2012), FC Chelsea (2012–2019) and Real Madrid (2019–2023). He was often troubled by injuries at Real. He played 126 matches for Belgium and scored 33 goals in them.
“I managed to fulfill my dream, I played and had fun on many courts around the world. During my career I was lucky to meet great coaches and teammates. Special thanks to my family, friends, advisors and people who were close to me in good times and bad times. And finally, a huge thank you to you, the fans, who have followed me.” said the Belgian, who first rose to prominence in the 2011/12 season when he scored 20 league goals for Lille.
After the breakthrough year, Chelsea of London paid 35 million euros for him, making him the second most expensive player in the club’s history at the time, after the Spaniard Fernando Torres (50 million from FC Liverpool). During his seven-year tenure in “The Blues” jersey, he won two titles in the English Premier League (2014/15, 2016/17), two trophies in the Europa League (2012/13, 2018/19), and also won the FA Cup (2017/18 ) and the League Cup (2014/15). In the Premier League, he started 245 matches, in which he scored 85 goals and added 61 assists.
After moving to the Santiago Bernabeu for an astronomical 115 million, he was plagued by frequent injuries, as a result of which he played only 54 matches in La Liga and scored four goals. With the “white ballet” he enjoyed two league titles in four years (2019/20, 2021/22), he was also at the fourteenth triumph of “Los Blancos” in the Champions League. In the past year, he won the trophy in the Spanish King’s Cup and the title at the Club World Cup with Real.
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2023-10-10 09:54:18
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