Eden Hazard

In 2012, Eden Hazard married his longtime girlfriend Natacha Van Honacker in a private ceremony. The two attended the same school and first met when he was 14 years old.

After Natacha completed her education, they started to live together in Lille. The couple gave birth to their first son, Yannis, on December 19, 2010. They welcomed their second son, Leo, in February 2013, and another son, Samy, in September 2015.

Eden Hazard was born on January 7, 1991, in La Louvière and was raised in Braine-le-Comte. His father, Thierry, was a defensive midfielder, who played for La Louvière in the Belgian Second Division, while his mother, Carine, was a striker in the Belgian Women's First Division.

His mother quit playing when she was three months pregnant with Eden. She subsequently gave birth to three more boys, Thorgan, Kylian and Ethan, all of who later became footballers.

Eden Hazard joined his hometown club Royal Stade Brainois as a football player when he was only four years old. Immediately recognized by the coaches as a "gifted" player, he played there for eight years straight.

After he moved to Tubize at the age of 13, he was spotted by a scout from Lille OSC, a first division club in France. After the club officials met his parents, they readily accepted the offer to send a 16-year-old Eden to Lille hoping that the training facilities would be better there.

Eden Hazard joined Lille in 2005 and trained at their local sports school for the next two years. He signed his first professional contract, a three-year deal with Lille, on May 28, 2007.

He made his armature debut as a second-half substitute player in a league match against Racing Club de France on September 1, 2007. His professional debut was in a league match against AS Nancy on November 24, 2007 in which he entered the field as a substitute in the 78th minute.

He was permanently promoted to the senior team by manager Rudi Garcia during the 2008–09 season and subsequently earned a three-year contract extension at Lille. He helped his team qualify for the newly created UEFA Europa League, and became the first international player to be named UNFP 'Young Player of the Year'.

During the 2009–10 season, a number of top clubs showed interest in him, with football legend and his idol, Zinedine Zidane, personally recommending him for Real Madrid. However, he stayed at Lille, signing a contract agreement to remain there till 2014, and went on to win UNFP 'Young Player of the Year' award for a second time, becoming the first player to achieve this feat.

He continued to show his exceptional skills on the field during the next season, and was nominated for the 'UNFP Ligue 1 Player of the Year' award for a second time. He became the youngest player ever to win it.