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'''Frank James Lampard''' (born 20 June 1978) is an English footballer who plays for [[Premier League]] club [[Chelsea F.C.|Chelsea]] and the [[England national football team|England national team]]. He plays most often as a [[Midfielder#.22Box-to-box.22_midfielder|box-to-box midfielder]] and has also enjoyed spells in a more advanced [[Midfielder#Attacking_midfielder|attacking midfield]] role. |
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Lampard began his career at [[West Ham United]], his [[Frank Lampard, Sr.|father's]] former club. Joining the youth team in 1994, he had secured a place in the first team by the 1997-98 season. He helped the team secure their highest ever Premier League placing in the [[West Ham United F.C. season 1998-99|1998-99 season]]. The following season Lampard scored 14 goals in all competitions from midfield. With progress stagnating at West Ham, he moved to rival [[London]] club Chelsea in 2001 for £11 million. |
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From his debut onwards he was ever-present in the Chelsea first team, setting a record 164 consecutive Premier League appearances. He established himself as a prolific scorer at the West London club and was a key part of the sides which won back-to-back Premier League titles in [[Premier League 2004-05|2004-05]] and [[Premier League 2005-06|2005-06]] and a [[The Double#FA Cup and League Cup Double|domestic cup double]] in 2007. He signed a new contract in 2008, becoming the highest paid Premier League footballer at that time,<ref name=Paid/> and scored in his first [[2008 UEFA Champions League Final|Champions League Final]] that same year. He won the FA Cup for the second time in [[2009 FA Cup Final|2009]], scoring the winning goal in the final. On 23 December 2009, he was named the Premier League's Player of the decade by official stats.<ref>[http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/sport/football/2783628/Lamps-is-star-of-the-decade.html Lamps is Star of the Decade] The Sun</ref> |
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Lampard has won the [[Chelsea Player of the Year]] award three times and is the clubs 5th all-time goalscorer with 143 goals in all competitions, including 93 league goals, the most in club history for a midfielder. He is the highest goalscoring midfielder in Premier League history with 117 league goals <ref name="premiersoccerstats.com">http://premiersoccerstats.com/epl.html#</ref> and he's 3rd in the Premier League's all-seasons assists table with 148 assists <ref name="premiersoccerstats.com"/>. In 2005, Lampard was voted [[PFA Fans' Player of the Year]], [[FWA Footballer of the Year]] also he came second in both the [[2005 FIFA World Player of the Year|FIFA World Player of the Year]] and the [[Ballon d'Or]]. He is considered one of the best players in the world, <ref>[http://www.wldcup.com/worldcup/2006/players_present//31_player_profile.html Frank Lampard] World Cup Soccer</ref><ref>[http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/sport/football/138196/Lampards-world-bid.html Lampard's World bid] The Sun</ref><ref>[http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/sport/football/216133/Lamps-lights-up-Owen.html Lamps lights up Owen] The Sun</ref><ref>[http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/sport/football/1871296/Hull-City-0-Chelsea-3.html Hull City 0 Chelsea 3] The Sun</ref>. |
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Internationally, Lampard has been capped 76 times by England since making his debut in 1999, and scored 20 goals. He was voted England player of the year for two consecutive years in 2004 and 2005. He played in [[UEFA Euro 2004]] (scoring three goals in four games). He was topscorer for [[England National Football Team|England]] in their [[2006 FIFA World Cup|2006 World Cup]] qualifying campaign scoring 5 goals, and he played in the [[2006 FIFA World Cup|2006 World Cup]]. Then in the [[World Cup 2010|2010 World Cup]] qualifiers he scored 4 goals which sent England to the South Africa 2010 World Cup. |
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Lampard is an Athlete Ambassador for the international children's charity [http://www.righttoplay.com/uk/the-team/Pages/FrankLampard.aspx Right To Play]. |
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Lampard has two children, Luna and Isla, with Elen Rives. |
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==Club career== |
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===West Ham United=== |
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Frank Lampard joined West Ham, where his father was the assistant coach, as an apprentice in July 1994 as part of their [[The Academy of Football|youth system]], and signed his professional forms a year later. He was [[loan (association football)|loaned]] to [[Football League Second Division|Second Division]] team [[Swansea City F.C.|Swansea City]] in October 1995, and debuted in a 2-0 win over [[Bradford City A.F.C.|Bradford City]], and scoring his first senior goal in a game against [[Brighton & Hove Albion F.C.|Brighton & Hove Albion]].<ref>{{cite news |
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|last=Tucker}}</ref> Lampard made nine league appearances for Swansea before returning to West Ham in January 1996, with whom he played his first match at the end of the month against [[Coventry City F.C.|Coventry City]], and spent the remainder of the season as a reserve. |
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The next year, a broken leg suffered in a March game against [[Aston Villa F.C.|Aston Villa]] prematurely put an end to Lampard's 1996-97 season after thirteen appearances. He had to wait until the [[1997-98 in English football|1997-98 campaign]] to score his first goal for West Ham, which came in a road victory over [[Barnsley F.C.|Barnsley]]. He became a starter in [[1998-99 in English football|1998-99]] and appeared in every match as West Ham finished fifth in the Premier League standings, which saw the club qualify for Europe. In the 1999-2000 season, Lampard finished as West Ham's third highest scorer, with a total of 13 goals, which was his highest single season total. These included his first ever European goals, with a total of four in the club's [[UEFA Intertoto Cup 1999|Intertoto Cup]] and [[UEFA Cup 1999-2000|UEFA Cup]] campaigns. Following the sale of teammate and friend [[Rio Ferdinand]] to [[Leeds United A.F.C.|Leeds United]] after the [[2000-01 in English football|2000-01]] season, combined with the departures of his father and Redknapp, Lampard followed suit and left West Ham. Aston Villa announced their interest and even had a last-minute bid accepted by West Ham,<ref>[http://www.avfc.co.uk/page/News/0,,10265~66862,00.html Villa Lose Lampard Race] Aston Villa</ref> but Lampard chose to stay in London by joining Chelsea for an £11 million fee.<ref name="bbcsport">[http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/c/chelsea/1388659.stm Lampard's moment of truth] - BBC Sport, 14 June 2001</ref> |
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===Chelsea=== |
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====2001–2004==== |
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[[File:Lampard playing.jpg|thumb|120px|Lampard warming up for Chelsea]] |
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Lampard's Premier League debut with Chelsea came on 19 August 2001 in a 1-1 draw with [[Newcastle United F.C.|Newcastle United]], while his first red card came in a match against [[Tottenham Hotspur F.C.|Tottenham Hotspur]] on 16 September. |
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He scored a long-range goal from 25 yards vs Crystal Palace in Premier League which Chelsea won 4-1<ref>[http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/sport/134394/Chelsea-4-Crystal-Palace-1.html Chelsea 4 Crystal Palace 1] The Sun</ref>. He scored two goals vs [[Bolton Wanderers FC|Bolton]] in a 2-0 win which was the [[Premier League]] title winning match<ref>[http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/sport/football/217187/Chelsea-champions.html Chelsea Champions] The Sun</ref>, which also won the first major trophy of his career as Chelsea bagged their first top-flight title in fifty years, by a twelve point margin. He was named as Barclays Player of the Season<ref>[http://www.4thegame.com/club/chelsea-fc/player-profile/1125/franklampard.html Frank Lampard] 4thegame.com</ref>. In the Champions League quarter-final he scored 3 goals in 2 legs against [[FC Bayern Munich|Bayern Munich]] as Chelsea won 6-5 on aggregate, his second goal in the first leg was stunning, he controlled [[Claude Makelele|Claude Makelele's]] cross with his chest then turned & swivelled and sent the ball inside the far post with a left-foot half volley<ref>[http://www.uefa.com/competitions/ucl/history/season=2004/round=1970/match=1084882/index.html Stylish Chelsea seize command] uefa.com, 6 April 2005</ref><ref>[http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/sport/football/215818/Chelsea-4-B-Munich-2.html Chelsea 4 Bayern Munich 2] The Sun</ref>. Though Chelsea were eliminated in the [[UEFA Champions League 2004-05|Champions League]] [[UEFA Champions League 2004-05#Semi-finals|semi-finals]] by league rivals [[Liverpool F.C.|Liverpool]], they took home the [[Football League Cup 2004-05|Football League Cup]], in which Lampard scored twice in six matches, which included the opening goal against [[Manchester United F.C.|Manchester United]] in the League Cup semi-final, which Chelsea won 2-1. He landed his first personal award by being named the [[FWA Footballer of the Year|Footballer of the Year]].<ref>{{cite news | date=6 May 2005| url=http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/06/en/050506/7/3lg2.html | title=Chelsea's Lampard is writers' player of the year| publisher=Yahoo | accessdate=6 January 2007}}</ref> Football legend [[Johan Cruyff]] referred to him as "the best midfielder in Europe". |
He scored a long-range goal from 25 yards vs Crystal Palace in Premier League which Chelsea won 4-1<ref>[http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/sport/134394/Chelsea-4-Crystal-Palace-1.html Chelsea 4 Crystal Palace 1] The Sun</ref>. He scored two goals vs [[Bolton Wanderers FC|Bolton]] in a 2-0 win which was the [[Premier League]] title winning match<ref>[http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/sport/football/217187/Chelsea-champions.html Chelsea Champions] The Sun</ref>, which also won the first major trophy of his career as Chelsea bagged their first top-flight title in fifty years, by a twelve point margin. He was named as Barclays Player of the Season<ref>[http://www.4thegame.com/club/chelsea-fc/player-profile/1125/franklampard.html Frank Lampard] 4thegame.com</ref>. In the Champions League quarter-final he scored 3 goals in 2 legs against [[FC Bayern Munich|Bayern Munich]] as Chelsea won 6-5 on aggregate, his second goal in the first leg was stunning, he controlled [[Claude Makelele|Claude Makelele's]] cross with his chest then turned & swivelled and sent the ball inside the far post with a left-foot half volley<ref>[http://www.uefa.com/competitions/ucl/history/season=2004/round=1970/match=1084882/index.html Stylish Chelsea seize command] uefa.com, 6 April 2005</ref><ref>[http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/sport/football/215818/Chelsea-4-B-Munich-2.html Chelsea 4 Bayern Munich 2] The Sun</ref>. Though Chelsea were eliminated in the [[UEFA Champions League 2004-05|Champions League]] [[UEFA Champions League 2004-05#Semi-finals|semi-finals]] by league rivals [[Liverpool F.C.|Liverpool]], they took home the [[Football League Cup 2004-05|Football League Cup]], in which Lampard scored twice in six matches, which included the opening goal against [[Manchester United F.C.|Manchester United]] in the League Cup semi-final, which Chelsea won 2-1. He landed his first personal award by being named the [[FWA Footballer of the Year|Footballer of the Year]].<ref>{{cite news | date=6 May 2005| url=http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/06/en/050506/7/3lg2.html | title=Chelsea's Lampard is writers' player of the year| publisher=Yahoo | accessdate=6 January 2007}}</ref> Football legend [[Johan Cruyff]] referred to him as "the best midfielder in Europe". |
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Full name | Frank James Lampard[1] | ||
Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in)[2] | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Chelsea | ||
Number | 8 | ||
Youth career | |||
1994–1995 | West Ham United | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1995–2001 | West Ham United | 149 | (24) |
1995–1996 | → Swansea City (loan) | 9 | (1) |
2001– | Chelsea | 307 | (93) |
International career‡ | |||
1997–2000 | England U21 | 16 | (0) |
1999– | England | 76 | (20) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 01:41, 14 December 2009 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 01:41, 14 December 2009 (UTC) |
Frank James Lampard (born 20 June 1978) is an English footballer who plays for Premier League club Chelsea and the England national team. He plays most often as a box-to-box midfielder and has also enjoyed spells in a more advanced attacking midfield role.
Lampard began his career at West Ham United, his father's former club. Joining the youth team in 1994, he had secured a place in the first team by the 1997-98 season. He helped the team secure their highest ever Premier League placing in the 1998-99 season. The following season Lampard scored 14 goals in all competitions from midfield. With progress stagnating at West Ham, he moved to rival London club Chelsea in 2001 for £11 million.
From his debut onwards he was ever-present in the Chelsea first team, setting a record 164 consecutive Premier League appearances. He established himself as a prolific scorer at the West London club and was a key part of the sides which won back-to-back Premier League titles in 2004-05 and 2005-06 and a domestic cup double in 2007. He signed a new contract in 2008, becoming the highest paid Premier League footballer at that time,[3] and scored in his first Champions League Final that same year. He won the FA Cup for the second time in 2009, scoring the winning goal in the final. On 23 December 2009, he was named the Premier League's Player of the decade by official stats.[4]
Lampard has won the Chelsea Player of the Year award three times and is the clubs 5th all-time goalscorer with 143 goals in all competitions, including 93 league goals, the most in club history for a midfielder. He is the highest goalscoring midfielder in Premier League history with 117 league goals [5] and he's 3rd in the Premier League's all-seasons assists table with 148 assists [5]. In 2005, Lampard was voted PFA Fans' Player of the Year, FWA Footballer of the Year also he came second in both the FIFA World Player of the Year and the Ballon d'Or. He is considered one of the best players in the world, [6][7][8][9].
Internationally, Lampard has been capped 76 times by England since making his debut in 1999, and scored 20 goals. He was voted England player of the year for two consecutive years in 2004 and 2005. He played in UEFA Euro 2004 (scoring three goals in four games). He was topscorer for England in their 2006 World Cup qualifying campaign scoring 5 goals, and he played in the 2006 World Cup. Then in the 2010 World Cup qualifiers he scored 4 goals which sent England to the South Africa 2010 World Cup.
Lampard is an Athlete Ambassador for the international children's charity Right To Play.
Lampard has two children, Luna and Isla, with Elen Rives.
Club career
West Ham United
Frank Lampard joined West Ham, where his father was the assistant coach, as an apprentice in July 1994 as part of their youth system, and signed his professional forms a year later. He was loaned to Second Division team Swansea City in October 1995, and debuted in a 2-0 win over Bradford City, and scoring his first senior goal in a game against Brighton & Hove Albion.[10] Lampard made nine league appearances for Swansea before returning to West Ham in January 1996, with whom he played his first match at the end of the month against Coventry City, and spent the remainder of the season as a reserve.
The next year, a broken leg suffered in a March game against Aston Villa prematurely put an end to Lampard's 1996-97 season after thirteen appearances. He had to wait until the 1997-98 campaign to score his first goal for West Ham, which came in a road victory over Barnsley. He became a starter in 1998-99 and appeared in every match as West Ham finished fifth in the Premier League standings, which saw the club qualify for Europe. In the 1999-2000 season, Lampard finished as West Ham's third highest scorer, with a total of 13 goals, which was his highest single season total. These included his first ever European goals, with a total of four in the club's Intertoto Cup and UEFA Cup campaigns. Following the sale of teammate and friend Rio Ferdinand to Leeds United after the 2000-01 season, combined with the departures of his father and Redknapp, Lampard followed suit and left West Ham. Aston Villa announced their interest and even had a last-minute bid accepted by West Ham,[11] but Lampard chose to stay in London by joining Chelsea for an £11 million fee.[12]
Chelsea
2001–2004
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Lampard's Premier League debut with Chelsea came on 19 August 2001 in a 1-1 draw with Newcastle United, while his first red card came in a match against Tottenham Hotspur on 16 September.
He scored a long-range goal from 25 yards vs Crystal Palace in Premier League which Chelsea won 4-1[13]. He scored two goals vs Bolton in a 2-0 win which was the Premier League title winning match[14], which also won the first major trophy of his career as Chelsea bagged their first top-flight title in fifty years, by a twelve point margin. He was named as Barclays Player of the Season[15]. In the Champions League quarter-final he scored 3 goals in 2 legs against Bayern Munich as Chelsea won 6-5 on aggregate, his second goal in the first leg was stunning, he controlled Claude Makelele's cross with his chest then turned & swivelled and sent the ball inside the far post with a left-foot half volley[16][17]. Though Chelsea were eliminated in the Champions League semi-finals by league rivals Liverpool, they took home the Football League Cup, in which Lampard scored twice in six matches, which included the opening goal against Manchester United in the League Cup semi-final, which Chelsea won 2-1. He landed his first personal award by being named the Footballer of the Year.[18] Football legend Johan Cruyff referred to him as "the best midfielder in Europe".
He netted a career-high 16 league goals in 2005-06, which marked an increase for the fifth consecutive season and was a Premier League record for a midfielder to score goals in one season. In September 2005, Lampard was selected as a member of the inaugural FIFPro World XI.[19] His record of consecutive Premier League appearances ended at 164 (five better than previous record-holder David James) on 28 December 2005, when he sat out a match against Manchester City due to illness.[20] The streak began on 13 October 2001, during his first season with the club, though has since been bettered twice[21]. He finished as runner-up to Ronaldinho for both the Ballon d'Or and FIFA World Player of the Year awards.[22][23]. He scored twice against Blackburn Rovers F.C. in a 4-2 win, which included a free-kick from 25 yards. After the match manager Jose Mourinho hailed Lampard as the Best player in the world[24]. Chelsea won the Premier League for the second time, in which Lampard was Chelsea's topscorer with 16 league goals. In the Champions League group stages, he scored a free-kick vs Anderlecht, Chelsea proggresed to the first knock-out round but were eliminated by Barcelona.
Due to a back injury sustained by John Terry, Lampard spent much of the 2006-07 campaign as team captain in his absence. He enjoyed a streak of seven goals in eight games, he scored both the goals in a 2-0 win over Fulham and scored his 77th goal for Chelsea from a long range strike in a 3–2 win over Everton on 17 December, overtaking Dennis Wise as Chelsea's highest scoring midfielder.[25]. Then in the UEFA Champions League group stages he scored a goal from a extremely tight angle vs Barcelona, at Camp Nou, the match ended 2-2 [26]. Lampard finished with 21 goals in all competitions, including a career-high six FA Cup goals; he had scored seven Cup goals in his first eleven seasons combined. He scored his first Chelsea hat-trick in the third-round tie against Macclesfield Town on 6 January 2007. He scored two goals to help Chelsea to a quarter-final draw with Tottenham Hotspur after having trailed 3-1, and he was named the FA Cup player-of-the-round for his performance.[27]. He gave the assist to Didier Drogba in the 2007 FA Cup Final which was the winning goal in extra-time, as Chelsea won it 1-0. In a post-match interview following Chelsea's FA Cup Final victory over Manchester United, Lampard said he wanted to stay at the club "forever."[28]
2007–2009
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Lampard's 2007-08 season was riddled with injury, managing to play 40 matches, 24 of which in the league-the fewest he had played in a season since 1996-97. On 16 February 2008, Lampard became the eighth Chelsea player to score 100 goals for the club in a 3-1 FA Cup fifth-round win over Huddersfield Town.[29] After the final whistle, Lampard removed his jersey and flashed a T-shirt to the Chelsea fans with "100 Not Out, They Are All For You, Thanks" printed across the front.[30]. Then in the Premier League match vs Liverpoool he scored a penalty in the 62nd, from which Chelsea equalised, the match ended 1-1 at Anfield. He scored four goals in a 6-1 rout of Derby County on 12 March. Then in the Champions League quarter-final second leg he scored the winning goal against Fenerbahçe in the 87th minute as Chelsea won 3-2 on aggregate[31]. On 30 April, Lampard, grieving the loss of his mother a week earlier, decided to play in the second leg of Chelsea's Champions League semi-final against Liverpool, who were eliminated on 4-3 aggregate as he took a emotional penalty in the 98th minute of extra-time, which he scored confidendtly[32]. In the final against Manchester United, he scored an equalising goal in the 45th minute, as Michael Essien's deflected shot found him as he went to the box with his trade-mark run, he scored with a left foot finish. The Match ended 1-1 after extra-time and Chelsea lost 6-5 on penalties. He was later named UEFA Club Midfielder of the Year.
On 13 August 2008, when it seemed that after a long summer of courtship he would join former manger Mourinho at Inter, Lampard signed a new five-year contract with Chelsea worth £39.2 million, making him the highest-paid Premier League player.[3][33] He started the 2008-09 season by scoring five goals in his first eleven league matches. He scored the 150th goal of his club career with a goal vs Manchester City in the Premier League. Then he scored chipped goal against Hull City with his left foot in the Premier League; he unleashed a chip from 20 yards that curled & swerved and fooled the goal-keeper as it went into the net, World Cup winning coach Luiz Felipe Scolari said after the game: "It was the best goal I have seen, My vote for World Player of the year award will go to him, only a player with his intelligence could have done that"[34]. He scored his hundredth career Premier League goal in a 5-0 victory over Sunderland on 2 November.[35] Eighteen of Lampard's hundred goals were penalties.[36]
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He was named Premier League Player of the Month for the third time in his career in October.[37]
After a streak of matches without scoring, Lampard scored three goals in the span of two days, the first being against West Bromwich Albion and the latter two against Fulham.[38][39]. On 17 January 2009, he made his 400th Chelsea appearance against Stoke City, scoring a stoppage time winner. He again scored a stoppage time winner, this time against Wigan Athletic. Then in the FA cup 4th round, he scored a free-kick from 35 yards vs Ipswich Town. He scored twice against Liverpool in the second-leg quarter finals of the Champions League which ended 4-4, but Chelsea won 7-5 on aggregate. Then he provided two assists in the next game against Arsenal in FA Cup Semi-finals which Chelsea won 2-1. Lampard finished the Premier League season with 12 goals and 10 assists, and won the Chelsea player of the Year for 2009. Manchester United Manager Sir Alex Ferguson heaped praise on Lampard saying: "Frank Lampard is an exceptional player - a huge asset to Chelsea, You pay attention to players who can get goals from midfield and he's been averaging 20 a season.You don't see him getting into stupid tackles or making a habit of becoming involved in silly rows. He remained restrained after Chelsea were knocked out of the Champions League by Barcelona and even made a point of swapping shirts with Andres Iniesta."
In 2009, Lampard made $18 million, including sponsorships. This made him the seventh highest paid soccer player in the world.[40]
Lampard's 20th goal of the season was the winning goal in the 2009 FA Cup Final against Everton, with a left-foot shot from long-range. He repeated the corner flag celebration his father had done after scoring the winning goal in the 1980 FA Cup semifinal second leg against Everton. It was the fourth consecutive season that he scored 20 or more goals. He was named later named Chelsea's Player of the Year for the third time.
2009–present
Lampard scored against Manchester United, in the 2009 Community Shield, in the 72nd minute, the match ended 2-2, but Chelsea won 4-1 on penalties. On 18 August 2009, Lampard scored Chelsea's second goal in a 3-1 away win against Sunderland. He scored his 133rd goal for Chelsea in a UEFA Champions League match against Atletico Madrid on 21 October 2009, which moved him up to 5th among the club's all time goalscorers. He had been struggling to score the amount of goals he had in the past seasons however this soon changed as he scored 2 goals in the 5-0 defeat of Blackburn Rovers on 24 October 2009. On 30 October, he was nominated for the FIFA World Player of the Year award for the sixth straight year.[41]. He then scored a penalty against Bolton as Chelsea ran out 4-0 winners on Halloween.
On 16 December, Lampard scored a crucial 79th minute winning goal from a penalty against Portsmouth and on 20 December, Lampard scored a penalty against West Ham, however he had to take his spot-kick 3 times due to players running into the box too early, he scored all three and later kissed his fists in front of Hammers fan at the West Stand before kick-off. In Chelsea's 7-2 thrashing of Sunderland, Lampard notched up two goals to add to his league tally. On 27 January 2010 Lampard also scored two goals in Chelsea's 3-0 win over Birmingham City.
International career
Lampard was first spotted by England under-21 manager Peter Taylor, and his under-21 debut came on 13 November 1997 in a match against Greece. He played for the under-21 side from November 1997 to June 2000, and scored nine goals, a mark bettered only by Alan Shearer and Francis Jeffers.
Lampard earned his first cap for England on 10 October 1999 in a 2-1 friendly win over Belgium, and scored his first goal on 20 August 2003 in a 3-1 win over Croatia. He was bypassed for Euro 2000 and the 2002 World Cup, and had to wait until Euro 2004 to participate in his first international competition. England reached the quarter-finals with Lampard netting three goals in four matches, he equalised for England in the 112th minute against Portugal, bringing the scoreline to 2–2 but England lost on penalties. He was named in the team of the tournament by UEFA.[42] He became a regular in the squad following the retirement of Paul Scholes, and was voted England Player of the Year by fans in 2004 and 2005.[43][44]
Though Lampard played every minute of England's 2006 World Cup matches, he went scoreless as England were eliminated in the quarterfinals by Portugal on penalties.[45] He scored in a 2-1 loss to Germany in a friendly. He was booed by England supporters while coming on as a second-half substitute during England's Euro 2008 qualifying match against Estonia on 13 October 2007,[46] and finished with one goal (a 3-2 loss to Croatia on 21 November) as England failed to qualify for the tournament. He scored his first international goal in two years in a 4-0 win over Slovakia in March 2009, and also created another for Wayne Rooney. Lampard's goal was the 500th England goal scored at Wembley.[47] On 9 September 2009, Lampard struck twice in England's 5-1 win against Croatia which secured their place at World Cup 2010.[48]
Lampard lives in Surrey and has two children with his former fiancee Elen Rives, Luna (born 22 August 2005) and Isla (born 20 May 2007).[49] His autobiography, Totally Frank, was published in August 2006. In mid-February 2009 it was reported that Lampard and Rives had split, with Rives taking between £1m to £12.5m in settlement fees from Lampard's estimated £32m net worth.[50][51]
A year after the death of his mother, on 24 April 2009, Lampard was involved in a radio confrontation with James O'Brien on the London radio station LBC 97.3.[52] Newspapers had reported that following Lampard's split from Rives their children were living with her in a small flat while Lampard had converted their family home into a bachelor pad. Lampard phoned-in, objecting to the assertion that he was "weak" and "scum" for allowing his children to live in inferior conditions to him, and that he had fought "tooth and nail" to keep his family together.[53]
British media reported that Lampard showed an unusually high IQ score during neurological research carried about by the Chelsea doctor, Bryan English. English stated that "Frank Lampard scored one of the highest set of marks ever recorded by the company doing the tests".[54]
He was selected by EA Sports to be one of the three football stars to be on the cover of FIFA 10 football game pack globally, along with Theo Walcott and Wayne Rooney.[55]
Lampard is dating television presenter Christine Bleakley.[56]
Career statistics
Correct as of 31 October 2009
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Totals include additional competitions such as the FA Community Shield.
Goal | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1 | 20 August 2003 | Portman Road, Ipswich | ![]() |
3-1 | Won | Friendly |
2 | 5 June 2004 | City of Manchester Stadium, Greater Manchester | ![]() |
6-1 | Won | Friendly |
3 | 13 June 2004 | Estadio da Luz, Lisbon | ![]() |
1-2 | Lost | UEFA Euro 2004 |
4 | 21 June 2004 | Estadio da Luz, Lisbon | ![]() |
4-2 | Won | UEFA Euro 2004 |
5 | 24 June 2004 | Estadio da Luz, Lisbon | ![]() |
2-2 | Draw | UEFA Euro 2004 |
6 | 4 September 2004 | Ernst Happel Stadion, Vienna | ![]() |
2-2 | Drawn | World Cup 2006 Qual. |
7 | 9 October 2004 | Old Trafford | ![]() |
2-0 | Won | World Cup 2006 Qual. |
8 | 26 March 2005 | Old Trafford | ![]() |
4-0 | Won | World Cup 2006 Qual. |
9 | 8 October 2005 | Old Trafford | ![]() |
1-0 | Won | World Cup 2006 Qual. |
10 | 12 October 2005 | Old Trafford | ![]() |
2-1 | Won | World Cup 2006 Qual. |
11 | 3 June 2006 | Old Trafford | ![]() |
6-0 | Won | Friendly |
12 | 16 August 2006 | Old Trafford, Greater Manchester | ![]() |
4-0 | Won | Friendly |
13 | 22 August 2007 | Wembley Stadium, London | ![]() |
1-2 | Lost | Friendly |
14 | 21 November 2007 | Wembley Stadium, London | ![]() |
2-3 | Lost | Euro 2008 Qual. |
15 | 28 March 2009 | Wembley Stadium, London | ![]() |
4-0 | Won | Friendly |
16 | 6 June 2009 | Almaty Central Stadium, Almaty | ![]() |
4-0 | Won | World Cup 2010 Qual. |
17 | 10 June 2009 | Wembley Stadium, London | ![]() |
6-0 | Won | World Cup 2010 Qual. |
18 | 5 September 2009 | Wembley Stadium, London | ![]() |
2-1 | Won | Friendly |
19 | 9 September 2009 | Wembley Stadium, London | ![]() |
5-1 | Won | World Cup 2010 Qual. |
20 | 9 September 2009 | Wembley Stadium, London | ![]() |
5-1 | Won | World Cup 2010 Qual. |
Honours
West Ham
- UEFA Intertoto Cup: 1999
Chelsea
Champion
- Barclays Premier League: 2004-05, 2005-06
- FA Cup: 2006-07, 2008–09
- Carling Cup: 2004-05, 2006–07
- Community Shield: 2005-06, 2009–10
Runners-up
- Barclays Premier League: 2003-04, 2006-07, 2007-08
- FA Cup: 2001-02
- Carling Cup: Carling Cup 2007-08
- UEFA Champions League: 2007-08
Individual
- 2005 FIFA World Player of the Year: Silver Award
- 2005 Ballon d'Or: Silver Award
- FWA Footballer of the Year: 2005
- UEFA Club Midfielder of the Year: 2007-08
- FIFPro World XI: 2005
- PFA Fans' Player of the Year: 2005
- England Player of the Year: 2004, 2005
- UEFA Euro 2004: Team of the Tournament
- Premier League Player of the Month: September 2003, April 2005, October 2005, October 2008
- Barclays Player Of The Season: 2004-2005, 2005–2006
- Chelsea Player of the Year: 2004, 2005, 2009
- PFA Premier League Team of the Year: 2004, 2005, 2006
- 2004-05 Barclays Merit Award (for 164 consecutive appearances)
- Premier League's Player of the Decade, (2000–2009) according to official stats.
- ESM Team of the Year: 2004-05, 2005–06
- FWA Tribute Award: 2010
References
- ^ Hugman, Barry J. (2005). None. Queen Anne Press. p. 358. ISBN 1852916656.
- ^ "Frank Lampard Profile". Chelsea FC. 8 December 2009. Retrieved 8 December 2009.
- ^ a b Striking it rich - football's top ten highest earners are revealed The Daily Mail (2 March 2009) Retrieved on 11 March 2009
- ^ Lamps is Star of the Decade The Sun
- ^ a b http://premiersoccerstats.com/epl.html#
- ^ Frank Lampard World Cup Soccer
- ^ Lampard's World bid The Sun
- ^ Lamps lights up Owen The Sun
- ^ Hull City 0 Chelsea 3 The Sun
- ^ Tucker, Steve (9 November 2008). "First goal for Swans started my career ? Lampard". Wales on Sunday. Retrieved 10 November 2008.
- ^ Villa Lose Lampard Race Aston Villa
- ^ Lampard's moment of truth - BBC Sport, 14 June 2001
- ^ Chelsea 4 Crystal Palace 1 The Sun
- ^ Chelsea Champions The Sun
- ^ Frank Lampard 4thegame.com
- ^ Stylish Chelsea seize command uefa.com, 6 April 2005
- ^ Chelsea 4 Bayern Munich 2 The Sun
- ^ "Chelsea's Lampard is writers' player of the year". Yahoo. 6 May 2005. Retrieved 6 January 2007.
- ^ "Lamps and Terry honoured". thefa.com. 20 December 2005. Retrieved 9 December 2006.
- ^ "Lampard 164 and out". The Guardian. 29 December 2005. Retrieved 9 December 2006.
- ^ Friedel honoured with Barclays Merit award Offical website of the Premier League
- ^ "Ronaldinho scoops European award". BBC. 28 November 2005. Retrieved 9 December 2006.
- ^ "Ronaldinho wins world award again". BBC. 19 December 2005. Retrieved 9 December 2006.
- ^ Chelsea 4 Blackburn 2 The Sun
- ^ "Match Report: Everton 3 Chelsea 2". chelseafc.com. 17 December 2006. Retrieved 17 December 2006.
- ^ Barcelona 2 Chelsea 2 The Sun
- ^ "Lampard triumphs in FA Cup award". BBC. 30 March 2007. Retrieved 9 April 2007.
- ^ "Mourinho proud of Chelsea players". Eurosport. 20 May 2007. Retrieved 20 May 2007.
- ^ "Frank and the Full 100 Club". Official Chelsea FC website. 17 February 2008. Retrieved 17 February 2008.
- ^ Barlow, M. (17 February 2008). "A ton of thanks - Lampard's salute after reaching Chelsea milestone". Daily Mail. Retrieved 15 November 2008.
- ^ Chelsea 2 Fenerbahce 0 - Lampard helps Chelsea into Champions League semi-final The Sun
- ^ Champions League Semi-Final: Chelsea 3 Liverpool 2 aet The Sun
- ^ "Lamps signs mega deal". Malaysian Star Online. 13 August 2008. Retrieved 13 August 2008.
- ^ Frank Lampard and Chelsea put a stop to Hull's capital gains The Telegraph, 29 October 2008
- ^ PA Sport (2 November 2008). "Scolari hails centurion Lampard". TheWorldGame.com.au. Retrieved 3 November 2008.
- ^ "THE LAMPARD 100 GOAL PUZZLE - PART TWO". ChelseaFC.com. 6 November 2008. Retrieved 10 November 2008.
- ^ "Rafa and Lamps claim Prem gongs". TeamTalk.com. 15 november 2008. Retrieved 15 November 2008.
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(help) - ^ "Drogba, Lampard See Chelsea Past West Brom". IBNLive.com. Retrieved 3 January 2009.
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(help) - ^ David Smith (29 December 2008). "Lampard rallies team-mates after Chelsea's title bid falters at Fulham". Dailymail.co.uk. Retrieved 3 January 2009.
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(help) - ^ "Top 10 Highest Earning Soccer Players". ReviewSoccer. 19 april 2008. Retrieved 30 January 2010.
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(help) - ^ England stars Wayne Rooney, Steven Gerrard, Frank Lampard and John Terry on short list for FIFA World Player of the Year Mail Online, 30 October 2009
- ^ Chris Hatherall (5 July 2004). "Four All-Star Lions". The Football Association. Retrieved 12 April 2007.
- ^ "And the winner is." The Football Association. 20 January 2005. Retrieved 7 December 2008.
- ^ "And the winner is..." The Football Association. 1 February 2006. Retrieved 7 December 2008.
- ^ "Frank Lampard". ESPNsoccernet. Retrieved 9 December 2006.
- ^ "Barnes angered by Lampard booing". BBC Sport. 14 october 2007. Retrieved 18 October 2007.
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(help) - ^ "England cruise to victory". The Football Association. 28 March 2009. Retrieved 29 March 2009.
- ^ England 5 1 Croatia England recreate Magic of Munich goal.com
- ^ "Rives gives birth to footballer's second daughter". nowmagazine.co.uk. Retrieved 3 July 2007.
- ^ Frank Lampard to lose £1m after split from Elen Rives Wags Blog Retrieved 12 March 2009
- ^ Frank Lampard and Elen Rives hammer out deal after split The Sun Retrieved 12 March 2009
- ^ "Lampard vents anger at 'heartless' comments live on radio". The Independent. 24 April 2009. Retrieved 25 April 2009.
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(help) - ^ "Frank Lampard's call to LBC: The full transcript". The Independent. 24 April 2009. Retrieved 25 April 2009.
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(help) - ^ "Footballer Frank Lampard reported to have a high IQ". Retrieved 12 March 2009.
- ^ Lampard Joins Rooney on FIFA 10 Global Pack Games Guru 25 August 2009
- ^ Bleakley admits she's dating Lampard RTE
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- Frank Lampard – FIFA competition record (archived)
- BBC profile
- Profile - Official Chelsea site
- Profile on the FA website
- Profile - UEFA.com
- Frank Lampard's at Soccerbase
- 1978 births
- Living people
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