Chelsea defender Cesar Azplicueta believes his team-mate Eden Hazard will one day be ranked alongside Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo and win the Ballon d'Or . Either Messi or Ronaldo has won the prize on the last seven occasions , with the Barcelona forward winning four , and the Real Madrid star three . But Azpilicueta believes Hazard has the ability to break the La Liga duo 's monopoly and claim the top individual award in world football . Although he maintains his 24-year-old team-mate is more concerned with winning team trophies than individual honours . Eden Hazard can reach the level of Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi , says team-mate Cesar Azpilicueta . The Chelsea star scored the only goal as his side beat West Ham in the Premier League on Wednesday . ( L-R ) Juan Cuadrado , Kurt Zouma , Loic Remy and Hazard celebrates Chelsea 's Capital One Cup victory . 'We are talking about two monsters of football today , ' Azpilicueta told Marca of Messi and Ronaldo . 'Eden is a great player , younger than them , and therefore has more capacity for improvement . ' I think in the future he could win the Ballon d'Or , he has the quality to it , but I see more focus on titles than achieving individual trophies . But yes , he has great quality and I think in the future we will see with the trophy in his hands . ' Azpilicueta during Chelsea 's 2-0 victory over Tottenham in the final at Wembley last Sunday . Barcelona star Messi has won four Ballon d'Or awards in 2009 , 2010 , 2011 and 2012 . While Real Madrid rival Ronaldo has won three in 2008 , 2013 and 2014 . Hazard signed for Chelsea in 2012 , and has so far gone on to score 44 goals in 147 games in all competitions for the club , as well as winning the Europa League in 2013 and last Sunday 's Capital One Cup . Last month , he signed a new five-and-half-year deal to secure his long-term future at Stamford Bridge .
Cesar Azpilicueta believes team-mate Eden Hazard will win Ballon d'Or . Hazard can reach the level of Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo . But Chelsea star is more concerned with trophies than individual awards . READ : Hazard wins Footballer of 2010 at London Football Awards . CLICK HERE for all the latest Chelsea news .