adminLONDON. — Eden Hazard was named England’s Footballer of the Year yesterday after his consistently outstanding performances throughout the season helped Chelsea win the English Premier League title.
Tottenham Hotspur striker Harry Kane was second in the voting by members of the English Football Writers Association with Hazard’s Chelsea club mate and captain John Terry third.
The 24-year-old Belgian international midfielder adds the award to the Professional Footballers Association (PFA) honour he collected last month and becomes the first player from his country to claim the accolade since it was launched in 1948.
Only two other Chelsea players have won England’s most prestigious and soccer’s oldest individual honour – Gianfranco Zola in 1997 and Frank Lampard in 2005. — Soccernet.
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