Thorgan Hazard

belgian association football player

Thorgan Ganael Francis Hazard ( behave 29 March 1993 ) is a belgian professional football player who plays as an attacking midfielder and winger for Bundesliga club Borussia Dortmund and the Belgium national team. He is the younger brother of Eden and older brother of Kylian Hazard. He began his professional career at Lens in Ligue 1, and moved to Chelsea in 2012 soon after they had signed his elder brother. He never played a competitive match for Chelsea, being loaned for two years to Zulte Waregem, where he was awarded the belgian Golden Shoe in January 2014, for the best football player in the belgian Pro League, [ 4 ] and the trophy for best professional football actor in May 2014. [ 5 ] He joined Borussia Mönchengladbach in 2014, initially on loanword, and made over 100 appearances for the club before moving to Borussia Dortmund in 2019.

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Having previously played at every level in the belgian home young team system, he was handed his first elder external cap against the United States in May 2013. He was function of the belgian squad that came third base at the 2018 FIFA World Cup .

early life [edit ]

Hazard grew up in Braine-le-Comte, a small town in the Wallonia area, but he was born in La Louvière. His beginning name was inspired by the belgian comic strip Thorgal and he grew up in a kin where football was dominant allele. [ 6 ] His mother Carine and don Thierry were both footballers in Belgium. His father spent most of his career play at semi-professional charge with Louviéroise in the belgian Second Division. [ 6 ] He played chiefly as a defensive midfielder. [ 6 ] His mother played as a striker in the belgian Women ‘s First Division and stopped playing when she was three months meaning with his older brother Eden. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] [ 8 ] [ 9 ] [ 10 ] After playing football, both parents became physical education teachers. [ 6 ] Thierry retired from his situation in 2009 in order to devote more time to his children. [ 6 ] Hazard has three other siblings. His older brother, Eden, played for Lens ‘ biggest rivals Lille and now plays for Real Madrid in Spain. Hazard ‘s other younger brothers are Kylian and Ethan. In 2013, Kylian joined White Star Bruxelles, and on 29 August 2017, he signed to join Chelsea ‘s development team, however is presently playing for Cercle Brugge. [ 11 ] Ethan goes to the young academy of Eden ‘s former club, Tubize. [ 6 ] [ 8 ] [ 12 ] [ 13 ] Hazard and his three brothers were raised in a comfortable environment with their parents ensuring they had whatever they needed to excel. [ 14 ] The family lived “ no more than three meters ” from a football educate background and the brothers frequently ventured onto a discipline pitch through a small hole in order to hone and develop their skills. [ 7 ]

Club career [edit ]

Lens [edit ]

Hazard with Lens in 2011 Hazard began his football career play for hometown baseball club Royal Stade Brainois at long time five. After spending five years at the club, Thorgan followed his brother Eden to Tubize. At age 14, he was discovered by french club Lens while playing for Tubize in a local tournament. alike to his brother ‘s move to Lille, his parents accepted an offer from Lens with hopes that the prepare facilities in France would be better, here he met mate Belgium actor and future Chelsea teammate Charly Musonda. [ 14 ] Hazard ‘s father late admitted Eden was much better than Thorgan, and that joining clubs in the North of France was the best solution, express, “ They remained so near to family and, at the lapp meter, they integrated at structures where they could grow, because in Belgium, unfortunately, it ‘s a little empty for the education of young. ” [ 15 ] While in the cabaret ‘s youth academy, Hazard played for the Lens under-16 team, aboard players such as Geoffrey Kondogbia and Raphaël Varane, that won the 2008–09 edition of the Championnat National des 16 ans 44. On 7 April 2010, Hazard signed his foremost professional contract after agreeing to a three-year manage until June 2013. [ 16 ] Ahead of the 2010–11 season, Hazard trained with the senior team during the pre-season. On his pre-season debut, he scored a goal in a 1–1 pull with belgian club Roeselare. [ 17 ] [ 18 ] however, Hazard began the season with the golf club ‘s Championnat de France amateur team in the fourth class. He made his amateurish debut on 8 August 2010, appearing as a substitute in a 2–0 victory over Drancy. [ 19 ] After spending most of the season playing concurrently with the reservation team in the CFA and with the under-19 team in the Coupe Gambardella, on 9 May 2011, Hazard was named to the elder team for the first clock on 11 May in a Ligue 1 equal against Bordeaux. however, Hazard did not feature in the peer and finished the 2010–11 political campaign with no elder team appearances. ahead of the 2011–12 temper, Hazard was promoted to the senior team permanently and assigned the count 22 shirt. [ 20 ] He made his professional debut in Lens ‘ opening league match of the season against Reims, appearing as a second-half alternate in a 2–0 defeat. [ 21 ] He played 14 league games that season .

Chelsea [edit ]

On 24 July 2012, Chelsea confirmed on its web site the club had agreed terms with Lens for the transfer of Hazard, soon after the sign of his brother Eden from Lille. [ 22 ] [ 23 ] He made his debut on 17 August 2012 in an Under-21 Premier League match, a 0–0 home withdraw against Manchester City in what was to be his alone appearance in Chelsea colours before leaving the clubhouse. [ 24 ] [ 25 ]

Zulte Waregem [edit ]

On 30 August 2012, Hazard was sent on a season-long loan move to belgian Pro League club Zulte Waregem. The travel was set up to allow him first-team know rather than be developed slowly by Chelsea. [ 26 ]
He made his debut on 15 September 2012 in a 1–0 away win against OH Leuven. [ 27 ] [ 28 ] Hazard scored his beginning goal on 31 October in a 4–1 home succeed against Charleroi. [ 29 ] On 16 May 2013, Hazard put in an impressive stir as he scored the game ‘s opening goal from the penalty touch before providing two assists in a 5–2 get the better of of Club Brugge at the Regenboogstadion in Waregem. [ 30 ] On 15 July 2013, Chelsea and Waregem agreed for Hazard to be loaned back for another year until the end of the 2013–14 season. [ 31 ] [ 32 ] Hazard scored a free-kick and assisted a finish as Zulte won their season opener against Lierse on 27 July. [ 33 ] On 2 August, the belgian club announced Hazard would be replacing experience defender Davy De fauw as baseball club captain, which was received with much anger from a incision of the club ‘s supporters. [ 34 ] This led to Hazard handing the captain ‘s armband rear, less than 24 hours after receiving it. [ 35 ] After the incident, it was rumoured the move to make Thorgan the club captain was one of the conditions in the loanword deal imposed by Chelsea. On 28 November 2013, Hazard scored against Wigan Athletic in a 2–1 winnings in the UEFA Europa League group stage win away at the DW Stadium. [ 36 ] He was voted as Zulte ‘s player of the temper, and scored 17 goals in 53 matches across all competitions. Hazard besides won the belgian Player of the Year Award .

Borussia Mönchengladbach [edit ]

Hazard train for Mönchengladbach in 2015 On 5 July 2014, Hazard was loaned to Borussia Mönchengladbach of the german Bundesliga for the 2014–15 season. [ 37 ] During his lend, Hazard wore the issue 26. In the 3–1 winnings against FC 08 Homburg in the DFB-Pokal 16 August 2014, Hazard made his debut, coming on in the 78th minute as a alternate for Branimir Hrgota. [ 38 ] He then made his league debut 24 August 2014 in a 1–1 draw against VfB Stuttgart, coming off the workbench in the 67th moment. [ 39 ] Hazard scored doubly in Gladbach ‘s 7–0 gain over FK Sarajevo in the UEFA Europa League play-offs on 28 August 2014, including a curling free-kick from 35 yards out. [ 40 ] [ 41 ] On 24 September 2014, Hazard made his foremost beginning for Borussia Mönchengladbach in the Bundesliga, against Hamburger SV, playing 71 minutes before being substituted for Fabian Johnson in a 1–0 win. [ 42 ] On 6 December 2014, Hazard started against Hertha BSC, merely his second beginning in the Bundesliga. He played the full 90 minutes and assisted Tony Jantschke for the inaugural goal of the couple in the afford ten minutes, ampere well as scoring the winning goal in the 83rd minute, his first base of the Bundesliga season. The match ended in a 3–2 acquire, breaking the golf club ‘s four-match winless streak. [ 43 ] [ 44 ] On 23 February 2015, Hazard agreed to sign permanently for Borussia Monchengladbach, affective from 1 July. He joined on a five-year compress, thus lasting until June 2020, a buy-back agreement with Chelsea was besides included. The contract consists of four years, along with one year optional. The transfer fee was reported as €8 million ( £5.9 million ), 16 times arsenic much as Chelsea paid for him. [ 45 ] During an interview about his move becoming permanent in the summer, Hazard confirmed his batch does contain a buy-back clause and that he still dreams of returning to Stamford Bridge in the future. In his interview, he said, “ I am focusing on excelling at Borussia Monchengladbach, but I still hope to play for Chelsea one sidereal day. ” [ 46 ] On 8 August 2015, in his first gear game after his remove, Hazard scored in a 4–1 win at FC St. Pauli in the first round of the DFB-Pokal. [ 47 ] Following the resignation of director Lucien Favre, who lost the first five matches of the Bundesliga, and André Schubert ‘s appointment, he was unable to find a locate in the start lineup. [ 48 ] Hazard made his first startle under Schubert on 20 December against Darmstadt 98, finally earning preference from Schubert over Ibrahima Traoré on the correct side. [ 49 ] Hazard finished the season with four goals, two coming in a pit against Hertha BSC on 3 April 2016 in a 5–0 gain. [ 50 ] Looking to improve his dally time and goalscoring heading into the year, [ 51 ] Hazard scored his first always hat-trick in a 6–1 victory over Swiss baseball club Young Boys in the irregular leg of the UEFA Champions League play-off orotund on 24 August 2016. Mönchengladbach set a record with a 9–2 aggregate scoreline, the largest always gross profit of victory in a play-off tie. [ 52 ] On 17 September, Hazard and teammate Raffael both scored first-half braces against Werder Bremen in a Bundesliga peer. [ 53 ]

Borussia Dortmund [edit ]

On 22 May 2019, Hazard joined Borussia Dortmund on a five-year abridge for a report fee of €25.5 million. [ 61 ] [ 62 ] He joined the golf club at the same time as new teammate julian Brandt, who arrived from Bayer 04 Leverkusen. [ 63 ] [ 64 ]

International career [edit ]

youth [edit ]

Hazard is a belgian young person international and has represented his nation at under-16, under-17, and under-18 tied. With the under-16 team, Hazard was a regular player. He made his debut on 16 September 2008 in a 5–0 kill to Germany in a tournament in Hassloch. [ 65 ] In the team ‘s following match in the tournament, against Macedonia, Hazard scored a goal in a 3–0 victory. For the rest of the under-16 campaign, he scored goals in matches against Malta and Poland. Hazard besides played with the team at the 2009 edition of the Aegean Cup in Turkey. He featured in all three matches as Belgium crashed out in the group stage helping of the contest. due to his increased engagement with Lens domestically, Hazard chiefly played in competitive matches with the under-17 team under coach Bob Browaeys. In August 2009, he played with the team in the Toto Cup, a annual international young tournament held in Austria. In the first qualify circle for the 2009 UEFA european Under-17 Championship, Hazard scored his alone finish with the team in a 1–1 describe with Montenegro. [ 66 ] He was subsequently called up to the team in March 2010 for Elite Round qualification matches that were played in Northern Ireland. [ 67 ] Hazard played in all three matches as Belgium failed to earn reservation to the tournament. Hazard appeared in only one pit with the under-18 team before bypassing the age level to represent the under-19 team ahead of the 2011 UEFA european Under-19 Championship. He made his debut on 8 February in a friendly match against Belarus, scoring the team ‘s lone finish in a 1–0 acquire. [ 68 ] On 27 March 2011, Hazard scored the game-winning finish converting a punishment in a 2–1 succeed over Ukraine. In Elite Round reservation for the 2011 UEFA european Under-19 Championship, Hazard featured as a appetizer and played the stallion equal in all three group stage matches. In the second base group stagecoach match against Estonia, Hazard netted the achiever in the 88th minute to give Belgium a 3–2 win. [ 69 ] The victory allowed the nation to qualify for the tournament with one match to spare. Belgium ultimately finished the Elite Round unbeaten. At the 2011 UEFA european Under-19 Championship, Hazard featured in two of the three group phase matches Belgium contested. In the team ‘s opening pit against Spain, Hazard assisted on the team ‘s only goal in a 4–1 get the better of after his shoot from distance was blocked by the spanish defense mechanism and fell into the way of teammate Florent Cuvelier, who converted his snapshot. [ 70 ] Belgium ultimately finished end in its group, which resulted in the team being eliminated from the tournament. due to being an minor player in the 2010–11 season, Hazard remained eligible to play on the under-19 team for the 2011–12 season. In the first catch of the political campaign against Denmark, Hazard scored the team ‘s only goal converting a penalty in a 1–1 draw. On 7 September 2011, he scored the second goal in the team ‘s 4–1 friendly match gain over Turkey. In foremost turn qualification for the 2012 UEFA european Under-19 Championship, Hazard scored a team-leading three goals. In the first group meet against Wales, he scored a bivalent in a 3–0 win and, in the team ‘s final group match against Scotland, Hazard netted the second goal in a 3–1 victory. [ 71 ] [ 72 ] [ 73 ] In Elite Round qualification, Hazard appeared in two of the team ‘s three group stage matches as Belgium finished one-third in the group behind favourites Spain and Italy. [ 74 ]

elder [edit ]

On 16 May 2013, Hazard earned his first aged call-up after being included in Marc Wilmots ‘ 28-man squad ahead of a friendly with the United States followed by a 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifier against Serbia. [ 75 ] On 29 May, he made his senior international introduction for Belgium as a second-half substitute for Chelsea teammate Romelu Lukaku in the 4–2 friendly acquire over the United States. [ 76 ] Hazard was one of seven understudy players named for Belgium ‘s squad for the 2014 World Cup final examination stages. [ 77 ] It took him three-and-a-half years to gain his second gear hood, in a 1–1 low Countries derby friendly off to the Netherlands on 9 November 2016, again from the bench. [ 78 ] Hazard scored his first goal in a 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifier on 10 October 2017 in a 4–0 home victory against Cyprus. [ 79 ] On 4 June 2018, director Roberto Martínez named Hazard in Belgium ‘s 23-man police squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia. [ 80 ] He made his tournament debut on 18 June, playing the last seven minutes of the group match against Panama in place of Dries Mertens in a 3–0 victory, and played the entirety of the 1–0 gain against England in the adjacent meet in Kaliningrad ; [ 81 ] the Belgians finished in a best-ever third base plaza. On 17 June 2021, he scored one goal in Belgium ‘s Group B game, a 2–1 winnings against Denmark in Euro 2020. [ 82 ] He besides scored a 42nd moment goal outside the box against Portugal to bring Belgium into the Euro 2020 quarter finals following a 1–0 win on 27 June 2021. [ 83 ]

career statistics [edit ]

club [edit ]

As of match played 6 November 2021[84][85]

International [edit ]

As of match played 16 November 2021[87]

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team
Year
Apps
Goals

Belgium

2013
1
0

2014
0
0

2015
0
0

2016
1
0

2017
6
1

2018
11
2

2019
7
1

2020
5
0

2021
9
4

Total
41
9

As of match played 13 November 2021. Belgium score listed first, score column indicates score after each Hazard goal.

Honours [edit ]

Borussia Dortmund
Belgium
Individual