Frank Lampard

Frank Lampard
Personal information
Full name	Frank James Lampard
Date of birth	20 June 1978 (1978-06-20)
Place of birth	Romford, London, England
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Chelsea
Number	8
Senior clubs
Years	Club
1994-2001 1995-1996 2001-	West Ham United →Swansea City (loan) Chelsea
National team
1999-	England

Frank James Lampard (born June 20, 1978 in Romford, London, England) is an English football player, son of Frank Lampard Senior. He went to Brentwood School in Essex, where amongst other subjects, he studied Latin and gained an A* grade. He is a Premier League football player currently at Chelsea, and plays for England national team too. He is a midfielder and wears the number 8. Currently, Lampard is Chelsea's current highest goalscorer with 115 goals. Lampard is also the highest goal scorer in the Premier League for a midfielder.

Career

Frank Lampard started his football career at West Ham United 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 Division Two team Swansea City in October 1995, and debuted in a 2-0 win over Bradford City. 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., 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 '97-98 campaign to score his first goal for West Ham, which came in a road victory over Barnsley F.C. He became a starter in 1998-99 and appeared in every match as West Ham finished fifth in the Premiership standings.

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, but chose to stay home in London by joining Chelsea for an £11 million fee.[2]

Chelsea

Lampard made his debut for Chelsea on August 19 2001. He has since been a regular on the team sheet. He was voted vice captain in 2007.

Personal Life

Lampard did live in Surrey with his Spanish fiance Elen Rives and their two daughters Luna and Isla but now they have split up and live separate lives. It has been rumoured that Lampard is dating "One Show" host Christine Bleakley. However, this is yet to be confirmed. Lampard still sees his 2 daughters regularly and it appears that he loves them lots.

Club career statistics

Club performance			League		Cup		League Cup		Continental		Total
Season	Club	League	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
England			League		FA Cup		Football League Cup		Europe		Total
1995/96	West Ham United	Premier League	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
1995/96	Swansea City	Second Division	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	1
1996/97	West Ham United	Premier League	13	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	16	0
1997/98			31	5	6	1	5	4	0	0	42	10
1998/99			38	5	1	0	2	1	0	0	41	6
1999/00			34	7	1	0	4	3	10	4	49	14
2000/01			30	7	4	1	3	1	0	0	37	9
2001/02	Chelsea	Premier League	37	5	8	1	4	0	4	1	53	7
2002/03			38	6	5	1	3	0	2	1	48	8
2003/04			38	10	4	1	2	0	14	4	58	15
2004/05			38	13	2	0	6	2	12	4	58	19
2005/06			35	16	5	2	1	0	9	2	50	20
2006/07			37	11	7	6	6	3	12	1	62	21
2007/08			24	10	1	2	3	4	12	4	40	20
2008/09			37	12	8	3	2	2	6	3	53	20
2009/10
Country	England		441	108	53	18	43	20	81	24	618	170
Total			441	108	53	18	43	20	81	24	618	170

International career statistics

England national team
Year	Apps	Goals
1999	1	0
2000	0	0
2001	3	0
2002	3	0
2003	9	1
2004	13	6
2005	9	3
2006	13	2
2007	9	2
2008	6	0
2009	10	6
2010
Total	76	20