Thorgan Hazard Salary, Background, Professional Career Highlights, Personal Life and Net Worth

Belgian football player, Thorgan Hazard salary rose as he excelled in his professional career playing for German Bundesliga club and the Belgium national team.

Synopsis

Thorgan Hazard plays for Borussia Mönchengladbach—a German club in addition to Belgium national team. Before this, he has played for the Belgian national youth team at the entry level. Thorgan Hazard salary started to rise as he got to play against the United States in May 2013. The skillful player is the winner of Belgian Golden Shoe (2014) and the title Best Professional Football Player (2014).

Birth and Background

Thorgan Hazard was born on March 29, 1993 in La Louvière, Belgium. But he grew up in Braine-le-Comte, Wallonia region in a football dominant family. His parents, Carine and Thierry, are footballers. His father, Thierry, played semi-professionally with R.A.A. Louviéroise in the Belgian Second Division whereas, his mother, Carine, played as striker in the Belgian Women’s First Division.  Carine stopped playing when she was three month pregnant with Thorgan’s elder brother, Eden. After retiring from football career, his parents turned into physical education teachers.

Hazard grew up with three siblings. His older brother Eden plays for Chelsea. He has two younger brothers: Kylian and Ethans.  Kylian plays for Ujpest FC while Ethan goes to the youth academy at club A.F.C. Tubize.

Club Career Highlights

Thorgan Hazard salary was decided to rise as he started playing for hometown club Royal Stade Brainois at the age of 5. He played there for 5 years. Thorgan grabbed French club Lens’s attention when he was 14 years old playing for Tubize in a local tournament. He and his parents agreed to Lens’s deal. Therefore, Thorgan moved to France. There, he played for the Lens under-16 team and contributed to the team’s win of the Championnat National des 16 ans 44.

On April 7, 2010, Thorgan Hazard salary rose by signing a professional contract of three years. He scored a goal in 1-1 draw with KSV Roeselare in his pre-season debut. Later, he made amateur debut as a substitute player on August 2010 where the club won over Drancy. Soon, Thorgan became senior in 2011 and played his first match as a permanent senior team member against Reims.

He made his debut in an Under-21 on August 17, 2012 during Premier League. The same year, Thorgan moved to Belgian Pro League club Zulte Waregem for a season. Waregem won over Charleroi in 31 August 2012 where Thorgan scored a goal in 4-1 victory. The next year, Thorgan scored a free-kick goal helping Waregem win against K.Lierse S.K.

With the dedication and contribution of Thorgan, Waregem declared him the new defender replacing experienced Day De Fauw. On November 2013, he scored 17 goals in 53 competitions winning the Belgian Player of the Year Award for his excellent performance. The announcement and award both contributed to rise in Thorgan Hazard salary and recognition.

Next year, Thorgan went to play for Borussia Mönchengladbach of the German Bundesliga for a season. He made his league debut in 24 August 2014 in 1-1 draw match against VB Stuttgart. His remarkable score as in 7-0 win over FK Sarajevo where he scored twice. It was during the Europa League Play-off.

On February 23 2015, Thorgan Hazard salary accelerated signing 5-year contract with Borussia Mönchengladbach  worth €8 million (£5.9 million). He hopes to play for Chelsea and the contract has a buy-back agreement for Chelsea. However, the contract worth is 16 times as much as Chealea had paid for him.

On August 18, 2015, Thorgan Hazard got into highlight scoring 4-1 win in his debut at FC St. Pauli in DFB-Pokal. The same year, he scored his career first hat-trick in 6-1 victory over BSC Young Boys in Champions League Play-Off Round. With this, Mönchengladbach broke record with 9-2 aggregate scoreline. It marked one of the greatest ever margin of victory. Thorgan Hazard scored his first Champions League goal against FC Barcelona on 29 September 2015.

International Career Highlights

Thorgan has represented his country, Belgium at under-16, under-17 and under-18 level since he is a Belgian youth international. He made his international debut on September 2008 in a defeat against Germany. Later, he scored a goal in 3-0 victory against Macedonia. He has also scored goals against Malta and Poland throughout his under-16 career. Before Thorgan Hazard salary scaled up as club player, he had already earned name as junior international team player from Belgium.

Moreover, he has played in 2009 Aegean Cup in Turkey, 2009 Toto Cup in Austria in under-17 team and qualifying round in 2009 UEFA European Under-17 Football Championship. During UEFA Championship, Thorgan scored the only goal in draw match against Montenegro. In addition, he also played 2011 UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship where his team won against Belarus. Similarly, he scored game winning goal in 2011 during a match against Ukraine as well as Estonia.

Amidst his under-19 career, he scored a goal in 4-1 won against Turkey and a goal in 1-1 draw against Denmark.  Additionally, he scored 3 goals in 2012 UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship to lead his team in first qualifying round. Similarly, he scored 2 goals in 3-0 win over Scotland.

It was not until May 2013 he made his senior international debut. This increased Thorgan Hazard salary even more as he played for Belgium as a second-half substitute in the 4-2 win over the United States. Due to his outstanding career from early age, Thorgan Hazard was named for 2014 FIFA World Cup along with other 6 players from Belgium.

Personal Life, Salary and Net Worth

The 24 year old skilled footballer, Thorgan Hazard married his longtime girlfriend, Marie Kindermans. Thorgan and Marie have a beautiful daughter named Elayana. The family is happy together and their family also includes a dog as member— Brun.

The footballer achieved recognition and high salary through his professional football career. Thorgan Hazard salary is $10 million and has accumulated the net worth of $100 million through his perseverance and hard work as a footballer.