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CristianoRonaldo_52 | On 12
March, Ronaldo scored a hat-trick in a 3–0 home win
against Atlético in the second leg of the Champions
League round of 16, helping Juventus overcome a two-
goal deficit to reach the quarter-finals. |
CristianoRonaldo_53 | On 20
April, Ronaldo played in the scudetto clinching game
against Fiorentina, as Juventus won their eighth
successive title after a 2–1 home win, thereby
becoming the first player to win league titles in
England, Spain and Italy. With 21 goals and eight
assists, Ronaldo won the league award for Most
Valuable Player. |
CristianoRonaldo_54 | On 1 October, he reached several milestones in
Juventus's 3–0 Champions League group stage win over
Bayer Leverkusen including breaking Iker Casillas'
record for most Champions League wins of all time. On
18 December, Ronaldo leapt to a height of 8 ft 5 in
(2.57 m), higher than the crossbar, to head the
winning goal in a 2–1 away win against Sampdoria. |
CristianoRonaldo_55 | He
scored his first Serie A hat-trick on 6 January 2020,
in a 4–0 home win against Cagliari and became only
the second player to score hat-tricks in the Premier
League, La Liga and Serie A. On 22 February, Ronaldo
scored for a record-equalling 11th consecutive league
game, alongside Gabriel Batistuta and Fabio
Quagliarella, in what was his 1, |
CristianoRonaldo_56 | in what was his 1,000th senior
professional game, a 2–1 away win against SPAL. On 22
June, he scored a penalty in a 2–0 away win over
Bologna, overtaking Rui Costa to become the highest
scoring Portuguese player in Serie A history. |
CristianoRonaldo_57 | On 20
July, Ronaldo scored twice in a 2–1 home win over
Lazio; his first goal was his 50th in Serie A. He
became the first player in history to reach 50 goals
in the Premier League, La Liga and Serie A, and |
CristianoRonaldo_58 | becoming the second player after Edin Džeko to score
50 goals in three of Europe's top five major leagues.
Moreover, he became the oldest player, at the age of
35 years and 166 days, to score over 30 goals in one
of the five top European leagues since Ronnie Rooke
with Arsenal in 1948. |
CristianoRonaldo_59 | On 26 July, Ronaldo scored the
opening goal in a 2–0 home win over Sampdoria as
Juventus were crowned Serie A champions for a ninth
consecutive time. |
CristianoRonaldo_60 | On 7 August, Ronaldo scored a brace
in a 2–1 home win against Lyon in the second leg of
the Champions League round of 16, which saw him
finish the season with 37 goals in all competitions;
the tally allowed him to break Borel's club record of
36 goals in a single season. |
CristianoRonaldo_61 | Subsections (0):
Section: 2020–2021: 100 Juve goals, Capocannoniere,
and departure (3):
Ronaldo played his 100th match in all competitions
for Juventus on 13 December, scoring two penalties in
a 3–1 away win over Genoa in the league to bring his
goal tally to 79. |
CristianoRonaldo_62 | On 2 March 2021, he scored a goal
in a 3–0 win over Spezia in his 600th league match,
to become the first player to score at least 20 goals
in 12 consecutive seasons in the top five leagues of
Europe. |
CristianoRonaldo_63 | On 12 May, Ronaldo scored a goal in a 3–1
away win over Sassuolo to reach his 100th goal for
Juventus in all competitions on his 131st appearance,
becoming the fastest Juventus player to achieve the
feat. With Juventus's victory in the 2021 Coppa
Italia Final on 19 May, Ronaldo became the first
player in history to win every major domestic trophy
in England, Spain and Italy. |
CristianoRonaldo_64 | Ronaldo ended the season
with 29 league goals, winning the Capocannoniere
award for highest goalscorer and becoming the first
footballer to finish as top scorer in the English,
Spanish and Italian leagues.
The start of the following season came amid reports
Ronaldo would depart the club before the closure of
the transfer window, despite Ronaldo and his agent |
CristianoRonaldo_65 | Jorge Mendes reaching a verbal agreement with
Manchester City over personal terms, but the club
pulled out of the deal, and later it was confirmed
that City's rivals Manchester United, Ronaldo's
former club, were in advanced talks to sign him,
while former manager Alex Ferguson and several ex-
teammates had been in contact to persuade him to re-
sign for United. |
CristianoRonaldo_66 | Subsections (0):
Section: Return to Manchester United (2):
On 27 August 2021, Manchester United announced they
had reached an agreement with Juventus to re-sign
Ronaldo, subject to agreement of personal terms, visa
and medical. Ronaldo was given the number 7 shirt
after Edinson Cavani agreed to switch to 21. |
CristianoRonaldo_67 | The
first 24 hours of Ronaldo's shirt sales was reported
to have broken the all-time record following a
transfer, overtaking Messi after his move to Paris
Saint-Germain.
On 11 September, Ronaldo made his second debut at Old
Trafford, scoring the opening two goals in a 4–1
league victory against Newcastle United. |
CristianoRonaldo_68 | On 29
September, he scored a last-minute winner in United's
2–1 victory at home to Villarreal in the Champions
League, and overtook Iker Casillas as the player with
the most appearances in the competition. Ronaldo
proved to be crucial in the next Champions League
fixtures, scoring various last minute goals to help
United qualify for the round of 16 as group winners. |
CristianoRonaldo_69 | On 2 December, Ronaldo netted two goals in a 3–2 home
league win against Arsenal, which saw him surpass 800
career goals. Struggles ensued, with a fractured
relationship with his teammates and interim manager,
continuing for two months, until he scored in
United's 2–0 win at home versus Brighton & Hove
Albion on 15 February 2022, his first in the new
year. |
CristianoRonaldo_70 | He finished the season with 24 goals in all
competitions being named in the Premier League Team
of the Year and the winner of United's Sir Matt Busby |
CristianoRonaldo_71 | Player of the Year award, but United finished in a
disappointing sixth place and qualified for the UEFA
Europa League; as a result, Ronaldo went trophyless
for the first time since 2010. |
CristianoRonaldo_72 | After growing dissatisfaction with the direction of
United on and off the field, Ronaldo desired to leave
to join a club competing in the Champions League, but
a move failed to materialise, with various European
clubs refusing a transfer, due to his age, overall
cost of a transfer and high wage demands. |
CristianoRonaldo_73 | Shortly
after, he fell out with manager Erik ten Hag who used
him as a substitute, leading United to terminate his
contract on 22 November, following an interview with
Piers Morgan, where Ronaldo said that he felt
"betrayed" by Ten Hag and criticised the management
of the club. |
CristianoRonaldo_74 | Subsections (0):
Section: Al Nassr (2):
On 30 December 2022, Saudi club Al-Nassr reached an
agreement for Ronaldo to join the club, signing a
contract until 2025. Ronaldo received the highest
football salary ever, at €200 million per year,
including a guaranteed football salary of €90
million, with commercial and sponsorship deals
bringing his total annual salary to €200 million. |
CristianoRonaldo_75 | He made his debut for Al Nassr on 22 January 2023, as
club captain, playing the full 90 minutes of a 1–0
win over Al-Ettifaq, and scored his first goal in a
2–2 draw against Al-Fateh by converting a last-minute
penalty. |
CristianoRonaldo_76 | On 9 February, Ronaldo scored all four goals
in a 4–0 win over Al Wehda, his first goal of the
match being his 500th career league goal. According
to the BBC, Ronaldo's transfer to Al-Nassr led a
"revolution" in Asian football, with many players
from other leagues, particularly those in Europe,
transferring to Saudi Pro League clubs for the 2023–
24 season. |
CristianoRonaldo_77 | In the final of the Arab Club Champions Cup on 12
August, Ronaldo scored both goals as they defeated |
CristianoRonaldo_78 | rivals Al-Hilal 2–1 after extra time. Ronaldo scored
six goals in the competition. At the close of the
year, Ronaldo scored 54 goals in all competitions for
Al-Nassr and Portugal, making him the outright top
scorer in 2023, reaching the same goalscoring record
as in 2016. |
CristianoRonaldo_79 | On 27 May 2024, in Al Nassr's home
fixture against Al-Ittihad, Ronaldo scored his 34th
and 35th league goals of the campaign, surpassing
Abderrazak Hamdallah's record for the most goals
scored in a single Saudi Pro League season. He also
became the first footballer to finish as top scorer
in four different leagues, the English, Spanish,
Italian and Saudi leagues. |
CristianoRonaldo_80 | On 31 May, in a 5–4
penalty shoot-out defeat to Al-Hilal in the 2024 King
Cup final following a 1–1 draw after extra-time (in
which he scored his side's second spot kick), he
equalled Rogério Ceni's record for most top-level
matches by a male professional footballer (1,225).
Subsections (0): |
EdenHazard_0 | Section: Club career (1):
Subsections (4):
Section: Early career (2):
Hazard began his football career playing for his
hometown club Royal Stade Brainois at the age of
four. During his time at the club, one of his youth
coaches described him as a "gifted" player. He added:
"He knew everything. I had nothing to teach him."
Hazard spent eight years at the club before moving to
AFC Tubize. |
EdenHazard_1 | While at Tubize, he was spotted by a
Lille scout while playing in a local tournament with
the club. The scout's subsequent report on the player
prompted club officials to meet with Hazard's father
and offer the young player an aspirant (youth)
contract.
Hazard's parents accepted the offer from Lille head
of academy Jean-Michel Vandamme with hopes that the
training facilities in France would be better. |
EdenHazard_2 | Hazard's father later admitted that the decision to
let Eden and, later Thorgan, join clubs in the North
of France was the best solution stating "They
remained so close to home and, at the same time, they
integrated at structures where they could grow,
because in Belgium, unfortunately, it's a little
empty for the training of youth." |
EdenHazard_3 | Subsections (0):
Section: Lille (2):
Subsections (4):
Section: Early Lille career (3):
Hazard joined Lille in 2005 and spent two years
developing in the club's local sports school, due to
its youth academy in Luchin not being in operation at
that time. On 28 May 2007, he signed his first
professional contract agreeing to a three-year deal
with Lille. |
EdenHazard_4 | At the start of the 2007–08 season, at
the age of 16, Hazard was promoted to the club's
reserve team in the Championnat de France Amateur, |
EdenHazard_5 | the fourth level of French football, though he still
played with Lille's under-18 team in its league and
the Coupe Gambardella. Hazard made his amateur debut
on 1 September 2007 in a league match against Racing
Club de France. appearing as a second-half substitute
in a 3–1 defeat. He made his first start a week later
in the team's 1–0 defeat to Lesquin. |
EdenHazard_6 | After spending the majority of October and the early
part of November playing with the club's under-18
team, on 14 November, due to several players being on
international duty, Hazard was called up to the
senior team by manager Claude Puel to participate in
a friendly against Belgian club Club Brugge on 16
November. |
EdenHazard_7 | He appeared as a substitute in the match
and, as a result of his performance, was included in
the 18-man squad to face Nancy in a league match on
24 November, where he subsequently made his
professional debut in the match, coming on as a
substitute in the 78th minute.
Hazard returned to the club's reserve team and spent
December playing with the squad. |
EdenHazard_8 | Following the winter
break, Hazard returned to the first team in January
and made substitute appearances in three league
matches against Metz, Sochaux, and Paris Saint-
Germain. Following the match against PSG, he was
demoted back to amateur level where he played
concurrently with the reserve team in the fourth
division and the under-18 team in the Coupe
Gambardella. |
EdenHazard_9 | On 17 May 2008, he scored his first
amateur goal in a 3–2 victory over Vitré. Hazard
finished his amateur career with 11 appearances and
one goal, helping the reserve team finished in fifth
place, which was first among professional clubs'
reserve teams playing in the group. |
EdenHazard_10 | Subsections (0):
Section: 2008–2010: Debut season and individual
success (3):
Hazard was promoted to the first team permanently by
new manager Rudi Garcia ahead of the 2008–09 season. |
EdenHazard_11 | Early on, he made substitute appearances regularly,
including against Auxerre on 20 September, when he
scored a goal to make it 2–2 in the 88th minute in a
game Lille won 3–2 in stoppage time following a goal
from Túlio de Melo. Hazard's first career goal
resulted in him becoming the youngest goalscorer in
the club's history. |
EdenHazard_12 | Four days after scoring his first
goal, Hazard made his first senior start in a 4–2
defeat on penalties to Montpellier in the Coupe de la
Ligue. After featuring as a substitute in the team's
next five league matches, on 15 November, Hazard
started his first league game against Saint-Étienne,
and capped the appearance by scoring the opening goal
in the club's 3–0 victory. |
EdenHazard_13 | His assured performances
with the club resulted in Lille offering him a three-
year contract extension, which he agreed to on 18
November 2008, tying him to the club until 2012.
After featuring as a substitute in December, Hazard
returned to the starting lineup in January. In
February, he scored the match-winning goal in a
league match against Sochaux. |
EdenHazard_14 | In the Round of 16 of
the Coupe de France, Hazard netted a goal in a 3–2
win over the competition's defending champions Lyon.
In the final ten league matches of the campaign,
Hazard started eight and contributed to the team
finishing in fifth place, which resulted in Lille
qualifying for the UEFA Europa League. |
EdenHazard_15 | After the
season, he was named the Ligue 1 Young Player of the
Year, becoming the first non-French player to achieve
the honour.
Following the 2008–09 season, constant media
speculation occurred in numerous countries regarding
Hazard's availability on the transfer market. |
EdenHazard_16 | Despite
Lille chairman Michel Seydoux declaring the player
off limits and Hazard stating that he wanted to
remain at the club for at least another season,
several clubs declared interest in the player. These
included English clubs Arsenal and Manchester United,
Italian club Inter Milan, and Spanish clubs Barcelona
and Real Madrid. Frenchman Zinedine Zidane personally |
EdenHazard_17 | recommended the player to the latter club.
Hazard began the 2009–10 season on a positive note
scoring in Lille's first competitive match of the
season. The goal, contributing to the team's 2–0
victory, came against Serbian club FK Sevojno in the
first leg of the club's third qualifying round tie in
the Europa League. |
EdenHazard_18 | On 27 August, he scored his second
career European goal in the club's second leg tie in
the play-off round against Belgian club Genk. It was
Lille's final goal in the club's 4–2 victory. The 6–3
aggregate scoreline assured the club progression to
the Europa League group stage. |
EdenHazard_19 | On 22 October, Hazard scored a goal in Lille's
important 3–0 victory over Italian club Genoa in the
84th minute after entering as a substitute 10 minutes
prior. Upon receiving the ball on the left wing,
Hazard proceeded to dash through the midfield
dribbling past six Genoa defenders before finishing
at the 18-yard box. |
EdenHazard_20 | A month later, Hazard was
instrumental in Lille's 5–1 thrashing of Czech club
Slavia Prague as he was partly responsible for the
opening goal, slicing through the defence and
delivering a cross near post, which went off Slavia
player Marek Suchý resulting in an own goal.
On 20 December, Hazard scored his first league goal
of the season in the club's 3–0 win over Le Mans, as
well as assisting the other two. |
EdenHazard_21 | On 30 January,
Hazard scored the only goal in Lille's win over Derby
du Nord rivals Lens. Five days later, Hazard and
Lille reached an agreement on a contract extension,
which will keep the player at the club until 2014. On
11 March, Hazard scored the only goal in Lille's
victory over English club Liverpool in the first leg
of the club's Europa League tie, converting a free
kick in the 83rd minute. |
EdenHazard_22 | Three weeks later, Hazard
provided two assists in the club's 4–1 win over title
rivals Montpellier. For his impressive displays in
the month of March, Hazard was given the UNFP Player
of the Month award.
On 29 April, Hazard was nominated for the Ligue 1 |
EdenHazard_23 | Player of the Year award. He was also nominated, for
the second consecutive season, for the Young Player
of the Year award. On 9 May, Hazard was awarded the
Young Player of the Year trophy for the second
consecutive season. He became the first player since
its inception in 1994 to win the award twice. Hazard
lost out on the Player of the Year award, which was
awarded to Lyon striker Lisandro López. |
EdenHazard_24 | Subsections (0):
Section: 2010–11: League double, Ligue 1 Player of
the Year and continued individual success (3):
Hazard began the 2010–11 campaign as a starter
featuring in Lille's first six league matches of the
season, as well as matches in the Europa League. On
29 August, he scored his first goal of the season in
a 1–1 draw with Nice. |
EdenHazard_25 | In late September, Hazard began
to struggle with inconsistency and was benched by
Garcia in an effort to "allow him to breathe and
learn that his performances were insufficient".
Hazard later admitted that his first bout of
inconsistency affected him stating "The first two
months were a bit tough. I wouldn't say that I began
doubting my abilities, but I definitely went through
a really patchy spell." |
EdenHazard_26 | On 7 October, Belgium national team manager Georges
Leekens, citing Hazard's recent spell on the bench at
Lille, said that the player needed to work harder,
both physically and mentally, to regain his past
year's form. The team's assistant coach, Marc
Wilmots, also stated that Hazard often displayed a
lazy mentality while training with the national team. |
EdenHazard_27 | Garcia responded to Leekens comments the following
day stating that he thought they were "excessive" and
that "Eden is only 19 years old" and can still "make
more progress in all areas". Following Belgium's
match against Kazakhstan, in which Hazard failed to
start or even appear on the substitute's bench,
Leekens responded to Garcia's comments declaring that
he would stand by his previous comments and that |
EdenHazard_28 | players must think about the team and not themselves.
Hazard, himself, later reflected on Leekens and
Garcia comments in February 2011 stating "I learned a
lot during those few weeks, mentally speaking. And
since then things have got better. The national side
has had a fair bit to do with that – I get a lot out
of being a part of it." |
EdenHazard_29 | Following the international break, he scored his
second league goal of the season in a 3–1 win against
the league leaders Brest. On 21 November, Hazard
assisted both Lille's goals in a 2–1 win over Monaco.
The victory continued the club's domestic unbeaten
streak, which led to Lille topping the league table
following an emphatic 6–3 victory against Lorient on
5 December. |
EdenHazard_30 | At the turn of the calendar year, Hazard
scored in the team's first match against amateur club
Forbach in the Coupe de France. Lille won the match
3–1. In the team's following match, he assisted goals
scored by Moussa Sow and Gervinho in a 2–0 league
victory over Nice.
On 19 January, Hazard scored the second goal in a 3–0
victory over Nancy. |
EdenHazard_31 | On 4 March, Lille officials
confirmed that Hazard had signed a new contract until
2015, a deal which also made him the highest paid
player in Ligue 1. In his first match after the news,
Hazard scored the opening goal in Lille's 2–1 away
win over title rivals Marseille. |
EdenHazard_32 | The goal was scored
on a left-footed shot from almost 35 metres (38 yd)
out and was clocked at 95 km/h (59 mph). On 2 April,
Hazard capped his 100th league appearance with Lille
by scoring the second goal in a 3–1 win over Caen.
The goal tied his career-high for goals in a season
and also moved Lille eight points clear at the top of
the league table. |
EdenHazard_33 | For his performances in the month
of March, Hazard was named the UNFP Player of the
Month for the second time in his career. On 19 April,
after appearing as a first-half substitute, he scored
the opening goal in Lille's 2–0 Coupe de France semi-
final victory over Nice. The victory inserted the
club into the 2011 Coupe de France final; the club's |
EdenHazard_34 | first appearance in the competition's final since
1955. On 7 May, Hazard converted a game-winning free-
kick goal in the team's 1–0 win over Nancy. Three
days later, he was nominated for the Ligue 1 Player
of the Year award for the second consecutive season.
In the 2011 Coupe de France final, Hazard played 89
minutes as Lille defeated PSG 1–0 at the Stade de
France. |
EdenHazard_35 | A week later, Lille clinched the Ligue 1
title by drawing 2–2 away to PSG, achieving the
club's first league championship since the 1953–54
season and the club's first double since the 1945–46
season. The domestic cup and league title were the
first two honours in Hazard's career. |
EdenHazard_36 | On the day
after Lille won the league, Hazard was named the
Ligue 1 Player of the Year, becoming the youngest
player to win the award. He was also rewarded with a
place in the Ligue 1 Team of the Year for the second
consecutive season. |
EdenHazard_37 | Subsections (0):
Section: 2011–12: Final season in France (3):
In Lille's first match of the 2011–12 season against
Marseille in the 2011 Trophée des Champions, Hazard
scored the team's second goal, which put Lille up 2–
0. Marseille would later come back to win the match
5–4. |
EdenHazard_38 | On 10 September, he scored two goals in a 3–1
away victory against Saint-Étienne. Fours days after,
Hazard made his UEFA Champions League debut in a 2–2
group stage draw with Russian club CSKA Moscow.
In Lille's next league match following his Champions
League debut, he converted a penalty in a 2–2 draw
with Sochaux. |
EdenHazard_39 | Three days after, Hazard scored the
equalising goal in a 1–1 draw against Bordeaux. After
going over two months without scoring a league goal,
on 3 December, Hazard came on as a substitute and
scored the match-winning goal in a win over Ajaccio
converting a penalty—described as an "Antonín
Panenka-style chipped penalty". |
EdenHazard_40 | Two days later,
Hazard was among several players nominated for UEFA's
Team of the Year for the 2011 calendar year. In |
EdenHazard_41 | Lille's final match before the winter break, Hazard
tied his career-high for league goals in a season by
scoring the team's third goal in a 4–4 draw with
Nice. After scoring the goal, Hazard celebrated by
paying tribute to Molami Bokoto, a former Lille youth
academy player who had died a day prior. On 3 March,
Hazard scored both goals in a 2–2 draw with Auxerre. |
EdenHazard_42 | On 18 March, Hazard scored a goal and assisted two
others in a 4–0 win over local rivals Valenciennes.
In Lille's next match against Evian, Hazard converted
a penalty and assisted a goal by Dimitri Payet in a
3–0 win. The following week, on 1 April, Hazard
converted a first-half penalty and later assisted
another Payet goal to cap a 2–1 victory over
Toulouse. |
EdenHazard_43 | On 15 April, Hazard marked his 100
consecutive Ligue 1 appearance, which to date, is the
longest current run in the French top flight, by
scoring a goal and assisting on another in a 4–1 win
over Ajaccio. On 29 April, in a vital league fixture
against PSG, he converted his ninth penalty of the
season to draw the match at 1–1 cancelling out a goal
from Javier Pastore. |
EdenHazard_44 | Hazard later contributed to
Lille's game-winning goal after delivering a rabona-
style cross into the box, which was laid onto the
path of striker Nolan Roux who, subsequently,
converted the goal to give Lille a 2–1 win.
On 28 April, for the third consecutive season, Hazard
was nominated for the Ligue 1 Player of the Year
award. |
EdenHazard_45 | Two weeks later, he was awarded the
prestigious honour ahead of the likes of Olivier
Giroud and Younès Belhanda. After capturing the
award, Hazard became the second player in the awards'
history after former PSG striker Pauleta to achieve
the honour in consecutive seasons. He was also
included in the Ligue 1 Team of the Year for the
third straight season. |
EdenHazard_46 | On 20 May, Hazard appeared in
his final match as a Lille player against Nancy, the
club he had made his professional debut against. In
the match, Hazard scored his first hat-trick in a 4–1
win. |
EdenHazard_47 | Subsections (0):
Section: Chelsea (2):
Subsections (5):
Section: 2012–13: Debut season and first trophy (3):
On 4 June 2012, Premier League club Chelsea confirmed
that it had agreed terms with Lille for the transfer
of Hazard. He agreed personal terms with the club and
passed a medical examination. The transfer fee was
reported to be priced at £32 million. |
EdenHazard_48 | Upon signing,
Hazard told the club's official website "I'm
delighted to finally arrive here. It's a wonderful
club and I can't wait to get started." On 12 August,
Hazard made his debut for Chelsea in the 2012 FA
Community Shield against Manchester City, which ended
in a 3–2 defeat at Villa Park. A week later, he made
his league debut against Wigan Athletic at the DW
Stadium. |
EdenHazard_49 | In the contest, Hazard provided the assist
for Branislav Ivanović's opening goal and, minutes
later, won a penalty, which Frank Lampard converted,
earning his side a 2–0 victory. Hazard made his home
debut in the team's next fixture, against Reading on
22 August, in which he won another penalty from which
Lampard converted. |
EdenHazard_50 | Hazard also assisted goals by Gary
Cahill and Branislav Ivanović as Chelsea won 4–2 at
home. Three days later, Hazard scored his first goal
as a Chelsea player in a league match against
Newcastle United after scoring a penalty. Chelsea won
the match 2–0.
Hazard made his Champions League debut for Chelsea in
the team's opening group stage game against Juventus
on 19 September 2012. |
EdenHazard_51 | During December, he scored in
back-to-back games, in a 5–1 away victory over Leeds
United in the Football League Cup, and an 8–0 league
win against Aston Villa. In January 2013, Hazard
scored a goal with his left-foot from 25 yards in
Chelsea's 4–0 win over Stoke City, as Chelsea
inflicted the first home defeat of the season on
Stoke. He scored again in the following game, with an |
EdenHazard_52 | impressive strike from the edge of the area in a 2–2
draw at home to Southampton. On 23 January 2013, he
was sent off in the League Cup semi-final second leg
game against Swansea City for kicking a ball out from
underneath a ball boy who was lying on it to waste
time. Chelsea went on to lose the tie 2–0. |
EdenHazard_53 | Thereafter, he told Chelsea TV that he "apologised
and the boy apologised" to each other. It was later
revealed that the 17-year-old ball boy had planned
before the game to deliberately waste time. On 9
February, he scored on his return from suspension in
a 4–1 win at home against Wigan Athletic. |
EdenHazard_54 | On 21 February 2013, Hazard came on as a substitute
against Sparta Prague and scored an individual goal
in stoppage time, to send Chelsea through to the last
16 on a 2–1 aggregate score. |
EdenHazard_55 | Again Hazard came off
the bench to make an impact for Chelsea, scoring a
goal and providing an assist to Ramires, as the team
came back 2–0 down to salvage a 2–2 draw against
Manchester United in the quarter-finals of the 2012–
13 FA Cup on 10 March, setting up a replay. |
EdenHazard_56 | On 17
March, Hazard put in a man of the match performance
in a 2–0 home victory over West Ham United, assisting
Lampard's 200th Chelsea goal, then scoring a solo
goal. On 11 May, at Villa Park, Hazard was the
provider of Lampard's brace against Aston Villa,
which enabled Lampard to break Bobby Tambling's all-
time goal scoring record for Chelsea. |
EdenHazard_57 | However an
injury picked up in the same game ruled him out of
the Europa League final. Hazard ended his debut
campaign at Chelsea with 13 goals in all
competitions. |
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One of Chelsea's first games of the season was
against Bayern Munich in the 2013 UEFA Super Cup, in
which Hazard played a vital role in the buildup to
the first goal and scored the second, but went on to |
EdenHazard_59 | an eventual 5–4 defeat in the penalty shoot-out. In
October 2013, Hazard scored the match-winning goal in
a 3–1 away win over Norwich City in the Premier
League, before scoring twice and assisting Samuel
Eto'o's first Chelsea goal in a 4–1 win over of
Cardiff City in the same competition. |
EdenHazard_60 | Hazard netted
his fifth goal of the season against Schalke 04 in a
3–0 Champions League group stage win. In October,
Hazard was part of the 23-man shortlist of players
nominated for the prestigious FIFA Ballon d'Or,
awarded to the player who is voted the men's world
footballer of the year. |
EdenHazard_61 | On 9 November 2013, Hazard created Chelsea's first
goal against West Bromwich Albion, which was scored
by Eto'o. Later in the match Chelsea went 2–1 down,
but Hazard scored a last minute penalty to clinch a
point for his team. On 4 December, Hazard scored a
brace in a 4–3 away victory over Sunderland, with
coach José Mourinho claiming that Hazard delivered
his best performance of the season. |
EdenHazard_62 | Sunderland
manager Gus Poyet also praised Hazard for his
individual impact on the game, saying he was
"outstanding. He was unplayable, as a manager I
haven't come up against anyone like that." After
Hazard maintained his excellent form in Chelsea's 1–0
away victory over Manchester City on 3 February 2014,
Mourinho declared Hazard as the best young footballer
in the world. |
EdenHazard_63 | Hazard scored his first Premier League
hat-trick against Newcastle United at home on 8
February.
On 27 April 2014, Hazard won the PFA Young Player of
the Year award and finished as the runner-up to Luis
Suárez for the PFA Players' Player of the Year award
for his fine attacking performances under José
Mourinho. |
EdenHazard_64 | After Chelsea's Champions League exit
against Atlético Madrid, Hazard claimed that Chelsea
are only set up to counter-attack. Mourinho responded
by saying that Hazard "is not so mentally ready" to
help his defence, blaming him for the first goal
scored by the opponents. In May, Hazard was voted |
EdenHazard_65 | Chelsea's Player of the Year in his second season at
the club.
On 5 October 2014, he won a penalty against Arsenal
after being fouled by Laurent Koscielny, and then
converted it himself past Wojciech Szczęsny to open a
2–0 victory which made Chelsea the last unbeaten team
in the league. In doing so, he maintained his 100%
penalty record out of 16 penalties. |
EdenHazard_66 | He also became
the only player in Europe who has taken more than 15
penalties and scored all of them. His first goals of
the 2014–15 Champions League campaign came on 21
October, scoring from the penalty-spot and from open
play in a 6–0 home win over Maribor. |
EdenHazard_67 | On 5 November,
away to the Slovene team, he earned an 85th-minute
penalty but had it saved by Jasmin Handanović in a 1–
1 draw. Hazard opened the scoring in Chelsea's 2–0
win over Hull on 13 December, with the goal being
only the second headed one of his entire career. |
EdenHazard_68 | The
header came as a surprised for many, even Mourinho,
who stated: "That he scored in the air, I was
surprised. He jumps a lot but normally he closes his
eyes. So I was surprised, but very good goal."
Hazard signed a new five-and-a-half-year contract
with Chelsea on 12 February 2015. |
EdenHazard_69 | After signing,
Hazard said: "I've signed a new contract and I'm very
happy because I'm playing for one of the best clubs
in the world." He played in the club's 2–0 win over
Tottenham on 1 March in the 2015 League Cup final at
Wembley Stadium. |
EdenHazard_70 | As a result of Hazard's impressive
performances throughout the 2014–15 season, his
manager declared him "one of the top three players in
the world". On 26 April, Hazard was recognised as the
best player of the season among his peers, winning
the PFA Players' Player of the Year award. A week
later, he scored the only goal as Chelsea defeated
Crystal Palace to win their first Premier League
title since 2010. |