{"id":109299,"date":"2023-10-11T12:34:57","date_gmt":"2023-10-11T12:34:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/10\/11\/hazard-quits-football\/"},"modified":"2023-10-11T12:34:57","modified_gmt":"2023-10-11T12:34:57","slug":"hazard-quits-football","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/10\/11\/hazard-quits-football\/","title":{"rendered":"Hazard Quits Football &#8211;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Eden Hazard<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Eden Hazard announced his retirement from professional football on Tuesday at the age of 32, bringing an end to his 16-year career.<\/p>\n<p>The forward enjoyed successful periods at Lille and Chelsea before ending his club career with a disappointing spell at Real Madrid.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou must listen to yourself and say stop at the right time,\u201d Hazard wrote in an Instagram post.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter 16 years and more than 700 matches played, I have decided to end my career as a professional footballer. I was able to realise my dream, I have played and had fun on many pitches around the world.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDuring my career I was lucky to meet great managers, coaches and teammates \u2014 thank you to everyone for these great times. I will miss you all.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hazard thanked his three clubs \u2014 Lille, Chelsea and Real Madrid \u2014 as well as the Belgian FA and national team in his statement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA special thank you to my family, my friends, my advisors and the people who have been close to me in good times and bad,\u201d the post continued.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFinally, a huge thank you to you, my fans, who have followed me for all these years and for your encouragement everywhere I have played. Now is the time to enjoy my loved ones and have new experiences.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSee you off the field soon my friends.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hazard won five league titles in his career \u2014 two each with Chelsea and Los Blancos, and one with Lille \u2014 as well as a number of individual prizes, including the PFA Player of the Year in 2014-15.<\/p>\n<p>Hazard was a key member of Belgium\u2019s breakout generation of players who earned third place at the 2018 World Cup, narrowly losing to eventual winners France in the semifinals.<\/p>\n<p>Chelsea paid tribute to Hazard in a series of posts on X, the social media site formerly known as Twitter, saying he was \u201ca player who could do pretty much anything with a ball at his feet.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHappy retirement, to one of Chelsea\u2019s greatest ever players,\u201d it concludes.<\/p>\n<p>Lille similarly posted an emotional tribute, saying \u201c[Hazard\u2019s] prowess will live forever in our memories\u201d and that Hazard is the \u201cgreatest talent trained at LOSC.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><!-- AI CONTENT END 2 -->\n\t<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Eden Hazard \u00a0 Eden Hazard announced his retirement from professional football on Tuesday at the age of 32, bringing an end to his 16-year career. 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