30 Facts About Thorgan Hazard

Thorgan Ganael Francis Hazard was born on 29 March 1993 and is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder and winger for Eredivisie club PSV, on loan from Bundesliga club Borussia Dortmund, and the Belgium national team.

Thorgan Hazard 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 footballer in the Belgian Pro League, and the prize for best professional football player in May 2014.

Thorgan Hazard joined Borussia Monchengladbach in 2014, initially on loan, and made over 100 appearances for the club before moving to Borussia Dortmund in 2019.

Thorgan Hazard was part of the Belgian squad that came third at the 2018 FIFA World Cup.

Thorgan Hazard grew up in Braine-le-Comte, a small town in the Wallonia region, but he was born in La Louviere.

Thorgan Hazard's father spent most of his career playing at semi-professional level with Louvieroise in the Belgian Second Division, playing mainly as a defensive midfielder.

Thorgan Hazard's mother played as a striker in the Belgian Women's First Division and stopped playing when she was three months pregnant with his older brother Eden.

Thorgan Hazard began his football career playing for hometown club Royal Stade Brainois at age five.

On 7 April 2010, Thorgan Hazard signed his first professional contract after agreeing to a three-year deal until June 2013.

However, Thorgan Hazard began the season with the club's Championnat de France amateur team in the fourth division.

On 30 August 2012, Thorgan Hazard was sent on a season-long loan move to Belgian Pro League club Zulte Waregem.

Thorgan Hazard was voted as Zulte's player of the season, and scored 17 goals in 53 matches across all competitions.

On 6 December 2014, Thorgan Hazard started against Hertha BSC, only his second start in the Bundesliga.

Thorgan Hazard played the full 90 minutes and assisted Tony Jantschke for the first goal of the match in the opening ten minutes, as well as scoring the winning goal in the 83rd minute, his first of the Bundesliga season.

On 23 February 2015, Thorgan Hazard agreed to sign permanently for Borussia Monchengladbach, affective from 1 July.

Thorgan Hazard joined on a five-year contract, thus lasting until June 2020, a buy-back agreement with Chelsea was included.

Thorgan Hazard joined the club at the same time as new teammate Julian Brandt, who arrived from Bayer Leverkusen.

On 31 January 2023, Thorgan Hazard joined Eredivisie club PSV on loan until the end of the season.

Thorgan Hazard is a Belgian youth international and has represented his nation at under-16, under-17, and under-18 level.

Thorgan Hazard played with the team at the 2009 edition of the Aegean Cup in Turkey.

Thorgan Hazard featured in all three matches as Belgium crashed out in the group stage portion of the competition.

Thorgan Hazard was called up to the team in March 2010 for Elite Round qualification matches that were played in Northern Ireland.

Thorgan Hazard played in all three matches as Belgium failed to earn qualification to the tournament.

Thorgan Hazard appeared in only one match 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.

In Elite Round qualification for the 2011 UEFA European Under-19 Championship, Thorgan Hazard featured as a starter and played the entire match in all three group stage matches.

At the 2011 UEFA European Under-19 Championship, Thorgan Hazard featured in two of the three group stage matches Belgium contested.

In first round qualification for the 2012 UEFA European Under-19 Championship, Thorgan Hazard scored a team-leading three goals.

In Elite Round qualification, Thorgan Hazard appeared in two of the team's three group stage matches as Belgium finished third in the group behind favourites Spain and Italy.

On 16 May 2013, Thorgan Hazard earned his first senior 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.

Thorgan Hazard was one of seven standby players named for Belgium's squad for the 2014 World Cup final stages.