Biography
Eden Azar is a Belgian footballer, midfielder of the Spanish professional football club "Real Madrid". Azar was famous for the creative approach to the game, lightning speed and the highest skill. Football commentators secured the glory of the "fearless, explosive attacking midfielder who can change the course of the game with one pass." And the Belgian nicknamed the "nightmare of defenders" for a tough and unpredictable style.Childhood and youth
Eden Michel Azar was born on January 7, 1991 in the Belgian province of Eno, located in the Walloon region, where French was the main language of communication. But in the city of La Luvier, there were only early children's years: a football player in another town of Wallonia - 20,000th Bren-Le County.
In the veins 4 sons - Eden has the younger brothers Torgan, Kilian and Ethan - the Belgian Blood Father and African Mother flows: Catherine Azar is from Morocco. Eden confesses the same religion as the mother, he is a Muslim.
The sons of the Azar family seems to have a different choice, as becoming football players, was not. Both parents dedicated life to this sport. Father - Thierry Azar - most of the sports career gave the La Luvier club, where he was playing as a support midfielder. He performed in the second division of Belgium, and the wife of Catherine was an attacker in the first.
Catherine's sports career was completed on the 3rd month of pregnancy, when he wore Eden's firstborn. Thierry left the football field in 2009 - 4 offsprings and spouses demanded attention and care guardians of the family. Now the parents of the midfielder are sports mentors.
The family lived in close proximity to the stadium. According to Eden, the dwelling was located 3 meters from the field, and it was possible to get on it through a hole in the fence. The sons chased the ball, barely learned to walk. No wonder that all siblings Azar became football players. Torgan played in Lance, Kilian in Lille, Itan remained in Belgium - he was accepted in Tubiz, where the sports biography of the elder brother was developed.
The athlete made the first steps in football at 4 years in the club "Royal Stud Brainua". After 8 years of the gifted player, they took in Tubiz. Already then, Azara midfielder qualified as Winger - so called flanking midfielders playing closer to the side line.
Football
At the local tournament of a 14-year-old player from "Tubiz", the scout of the French professional club "Lille" was noticed. The leadership invited the father of Eden to the meeting, on which the parties discussed the youth contract. Catherine and Thierry agreed to the transition of the Son, as they considered the Belgian system of training football players less professional. Played the role and territorial proximity.So in 2005, the young Winger got into the sports school of the first league, after the end of which continued his studies at the Lille Academy. In 2007, promising Belgian (height 1.75 m) put a signature under a 3-year-old contract with the French club. A year later, Azar has already performed for the main structure of Lille, debuting in a duel against the "SOSHO" team.
The first goal midfielder scored in the gate "Askos", and in November 2008 signed a new contract for 3 years on the best conditions. Soon Azara football commentators and club fans called the promising player in the world - the progress of a football player in a matter of years turned out to be rapidly. In Lille, the midfielder became the team leader.
In 2012, the strund in the struggle for Havbek, "Arsenal", Manchester United, Spanish "Bars" and "Real Madrid" were agreed in the struggle for Havbek, for whom the nationality of the midfielder did not matter, professionalism was put at the head of the corner.
In the summer of 2012, Eden decided on the choice of competing in the struggle for him, FC: announced that he would go to the Champions League leader. The winner was the London Chelsea, and Azar signed a multi-year contract with the "blue". For the player's transition number 10, the French "Lille" received £ 30 million. In the new team, the footballer changed the number on the 17th.
In the first season, the Belgian club became the "Chelsea" star: With the help of Azar, the team won the Europa League. The following year, the footballer became the best scorer of the team, but in the English Premier League "Chelsea" remained without trophies. Midfielder called the best young APL player.
In 2013, in the cinema "Blue" Winger won the Europa League. Midfielder named the player of the year teams on the season.
In 2014, rumors broke out about the return of Eden to France, but this did not happen. According to a new contract, which Havbek signed up to 2020, his salary increased to record € 340 thousand, which made it the highest paid football player of the British Premier League.
In the Premier League season 2017/2018, the midfielder spent most of the matches for Chelsea. At the end of the season, conversations were raised about moving football player in Madrid Real. Journalists compared Azara with Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo, but Eden refused analogies with famous forwards, stating that he did not reach the level of stars.
According to the statistics of "Blue", for his career in Chelsea, Winger scored 110 heads in 352 matches.
In June 2019, Real announced the transfer of Azara, the parties signed an agreement designed for 5 seasons - until the summer of 2024. Eden turned to Chelsea fans, explaining that he had always dreamed of playing the "Royal Club". The "creamy" midfielder got a T-shirt at number 7 - before it was Cristiano Ronaldo.
The transfer amount for the new player, taking into account the bonuses and additional payments, was about € 140 million. According to the portal "TransferMakt", it became the maximum result in the chart of the midfielder's value for all his career and the most expensive year transfers for the club.
In the 2019/2020 season, the athlete took part in the Games of the Spanish La League, where he scored a goal in the match with Granada, and the Champions League. According to the results of 2019, Azar became the best player of the year, according to football players.
The next season brought the midfielder 2 goals in the matches of La League and 1 goal at the Champions League tournament in the game against Inter M.
Playing for Real "in 2019-2020, Eden received 8 injuries, because of which a total of 43 matches were forced to skip.
Personal life
The footballer is active in social networks and regularly pleases fans with fresh photos in "Instagram", the number of followers of which is calculated by millions. But pictures are professional in nature - Eden does not apply about personal life.
Azara has a happy and strong family. The wife of a football star was the girl named Natasha Van Honker. The athlete took the young Belgian beauty in his wife, barely graduated from school. The novel was the test of time: Eden met his beloved at age 14.
The wife left Belgium and moved to Eden to France. In December 2010, Natasha gave birth to her husband, who was given by Janis. Two years later, the spouses who lived in civil marriage were legalized. Today, 3 sons grow up in the family: the older Yanisa had 2 brothers - Leo and Samra.
Natasha avoids publicity and keeps in the shadow of the famous husband. Spouses rarely appear in secular events. A woman raises the children of Star Winger and provides homemade comfort. It helps a good income, because only in 2020, Real midfielder earned € 32 million and took the 6th place in the list of the highest paid footballers in the world.
The athlete is a connoisseur of expensive cars and has already collected a whole collection, which includes Lamborghini Aventador SVJ, Audi R8 V10, BMW X6, Audi RS4 Avant, Range Rover, Aston Martin Vanquish, Mercedes C Class.
Eden Azar now
In early February 2021, due to damage to the lumbar muscle, Eden once again fell out of the closet until mid-March and missed 7 matches. After the first match, "Real" - "Elche", in which the athlete appeared for 15 minutes on a replacement, Azar did not exercise, and in the media there was information about recurrence.Due to the large number of injuries in Real Club began an internal investigation.
Coach Zinined Zidan expressed confidence that Azar, who has a long contract with Realom, will also take a form and achieve a success team. From the choice of the method of treatment of an ankle athlete depended on its recovery. The midfielder himself stated that if injuries continue, he examines the option with the end of the career.
Awards and achievements
Team:
- 2010/11 - Champion of France: "Lille"
- 2011 - the winner of the France Cup: "Lille"
- 2014/15, 2016/17 - Champion of England (2): Chelsea
- 2015 - Football League Cup owner: Chelsea
- 2013 - UEFA Europe League Winner: Chelsea
- 2019/20 - Champion of Spain
- 2017/18 - winner of the Cup of England
- 2018 - Bronze Word Camera
Personal:
- 2009, 2010 - Young player of the year in France according to the NSPF
- 2011, 2012 - Player of the year in France according to the NSPF
- 2011 - Wroudler Trophy "Bravo"
- 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017 - team of the year according to PFA
- 2014 - Young Player of the Flu
- 2014, 2015, 2017 - Player of the Year according to Chelsea fans
- 2015 - player of the year according to Chelsea football players
- 2015 - Player of the Year according to PPA football players
- 2015 - Player of the Year according to AFZ
- 2015 - Player of the Season of the English Premier League
- 2016 - the best assistant of the European Championship (together with Aaron Ramzi)
- 2016 - Player of the British Premier League
- 2017 - Team of UEFA
- 2017 - Best Footballer Belgium
- 2018 - owner of the "Silver Ball" of the World Cup
- 2018/19 - the best play winder of the English Premier League season
- 2018/19 - the best player of the season according to PPA fans
- 2018/19 - member of the symbolic national team in the Europa League
- It is in the symbolic team from the best players of the decade in the English Premier League according to BBC Sport