kids encyclopedia robot

Frank Lampard facts for kids

Kids Encyclopedia Facts
Quick facts for kids
Frank Lampard
OBE
Frank Lampard 2017.jpg
Lampard in 2017
Personal information
Full name Frank James Lampard
Date of birth 20 June 1978 (1978-06-20) (age 43)
Place of birth Romford, London, England
Height 6 feet 0 inches (1.84 m)
Playing position Midfielder
Club information
Current club Chelsea (head coach)
Youth career
1994–1995 West Ham United
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
1995–2001 West Ham United 148 (24)
1995–1996 → Swansea City (loan) 9 (1)
2001–2014 Chelsea 429 (211)
2014–2015 Manchester City 32 (6)
2015–2016 New York City 29 (15)
Total 647 (193)
National team
1997–2000 England U21 19 (9)
1998 England B 1 (0)
1999–2014 England 106 (29)
Teams managed
2018–2019 Derby County
2019– Chelsea
  • Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Frank James Lampard (born 20 June 1978 in Romford, London, England) is an English former footballer and current manager who is best known for his playing time at Chelsea. He is the son of Frank Lampard Senior, a former West Ham and England player. Lampard went to Brentwood School in Essex, where amongst other subjects, he studied Latin and gained an A* grade.

He played for England national team and Chelsea. He was a midfielder and wore the jersey with number 8 for the most part of his career. Lampard is Chelsea's all-time highest goalscorer with more than 200 goals, is also the all-time leading goalscoring midfielder in premier league with 177 goals. He has now retired as a player. He is the current manager of Chelsea.

Career

Frank Lampard started his footballing 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 regular starter in 1998-99 season 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, simultaneously with the departures of his father Frank Lampard Sr. and uncle Redknapp, Lampard followed suit and left West Ham, but chose to stay in London by joining Chelsea for a £11 million fee.

On 24th July, a deal was agreed with New York City FC which would transfer Frank to the team on 1st July.

Chelsea

Lampard made his debut for Chelsea on August 19 2001. He was a crucial first team player at Chelsea till the time he played there.

Personal life

Lampard lived in Surrey with his Spanish fiancé Elen Rives and their two daughters Luna and Isla until they separated. Lampard is married to The One Show host Christine Bleakley. Lampard still sees his 2 daughters regularly.

Club career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Continental Other Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
West Ham United 1995–96 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 2 0
1996–97 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
1999–2000 34 7 1 0 4 3 10 4 — 49 14
2000–01 30 7 4 1 3 1 0 0 — 37 9
Total 148 24 13 2 16 9 10 4 — 187 39
Swansea City (loan) 1995–96 9 1 0 0 0 0 — — 9 1
Chelsea 2001–02 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 8 2 1 0 50 20
2006–07 37 11 7 6 6 3 11 1 1 0 62 21
2007–08 24 10 1 2 3 4 11 4 1 0 40 20
2008–09 37 12 7 3 2 2 11 3 — 57 20
2009–10 36 22 6 3 1 0 7 1 1 1 51 27
2010–11 24 10 3 3 0 0 4 0 1 0 32 13
2011–12 30 11 5 2 2 0 12 3 — 49 16
2012–13 29 15 4 2 3 0 10 0 4 0 50 17
2013–14 26 6 1 0 1 1 11 1 1 0 40 8
Total 429 147 58 26 34 12 117 25 10 1 648 211
Manchester City 2014–15 32 6 2 0 1 2 3 0 — 38 8
New York City FC 2015 10 3 — — — — 10 3
2016 19 12 0 0 — — 2 0 21 12
Total 29 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 31 15
Career total 647 193 73 28 51 23 130 29 12 1 913 274

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 7 0
2011 7 3
2012 3 3
2013 10 3
2014 3 0
Total 106 29

Images for kids

kids search engine
All content from Kiddle encyclopedia articles (including the article images and facts) can be freely used under Attribution-ShareAlike license, unless stated otherwise. Cite this article:
Frank Lampard Facts for Kids. Kiddle Encyclopedia.