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Thorgan Hazard
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<p>Thorgan Ganael Francis Hazard (born 29 March 1993) is a Belgian professional <a href="/facts/Association_football/yttjeD0D">footballer</a> who plays as an <a href="/facts/Attacking_midfielder/FEWpVjnD">attacking midfielder</a> and <a href="/facts/Winger_(association_football)/FEWpVjnD">winger</a> for <a href="/facts/Belgian_Pro_League/q3MqEgmj">Belgian Pro League</a> club <a href="/facts/R.S.C._Anderlecht/GgtHx9M4">Anderlecht</a> and the <a href="/facts/Belgium_national_football_team/HIEk1qCR">Belgium national team</a>. </p><p>Hazard began his professional career at <a href="/facts/RC_Lens/gKLEwxz6">Lens</a> in <a href="/facts/Ligue_1/jtGrnX8g">Ligue 1</a>, and moved to Chelsea in 2012 shortly after they had signed his older brother, <a href="/facts/Eden_Hazard/rSxfcDE7">Eden</a>. He never played a competitive match for Chelsea, being loaned for two years to <a href="/facts/S.V._Zulte_Waregem/q9rR5V08">Zulte Waregem</a>, where he was awarded the <a href="/facts/Belgian_Golden_Shoe/889CjvT7">Belgian Golden Shoe</a> in January 2014, for the best footballer in the <a href="/facts/Belgian_Pro_League/q3MqEgmj">Belgian Pro League</a>, and the prize for <a href="/facts/Belgian_professional_football_awards/dsoBDNmI">best professional football player</a> in May 2014. He joined <a href="/facts/Borussia_M%C3%B6nchengladbach/JQh7naPY">Borussia Mönchengladbach</a> in 2014, initially on loan, and made over 100 appearances for the club before moving to <a href="/facts/Borussia_Dortmund/kVGq7nE3">Borussia Dortmund</a> in 2019. In 2023, Hazard joined Eredivisie club <a href="/facts/PSV_Eindhoven/PBWDCEzF">PSV Eindhoven</a> on loan. In September 2023, Hazard joined Anderlecht. </p><p>Having previously played at every level in the Belgian national youth team system, he was handed his first senior international cap against the <a href="/facts/United_States_men%27s_national_soccer_team/qzeWseWK">United States</a> in May 2013. He was part of the Belgian squad that came third at the <a href="/facts/2018_FIFA_World_Cup/156gktLT">2018 FIFA World Cup</a> alongside his older brother <a href="/facts/Eden_Hazard/rSxfcDE7">Eden</a>. His younger brothers, <a href="/facts/Kylian_Hazard/yraNpBSJ">Kylian</a> and Ethan, are also footballers. </p>