The highest-scoring midfielder in Premier League history: Who is Frank Lampard?
Finally, Chelsea, who parted ways with Graham Potter, reached an agreement with Frank Lampard to serve as interim coach until the end of the 2023-24 season. Football fans are curious about who Frank Lampard is, his football career and his coaching career.
Frank James Lampard was born on June 20, 1978, in the Romford district of London, England. Frank Lampard, who is regarded as one of the best players in the world as an attacking midfielder, started his football career at West Ham United, his father's former club.
Lampard, who secured his place in the team in the 1997-1998 season, helped West Ham achieve its greatest success ever in the Premier League by helping his team finish 5th in the league the following season. He was transferred to Chelsea in 2001 for £11 million.
Lampard has played 164 consecutive matches with Chelsea in the Premier League. Proving that he is a productive football player, Lampard managed to become a key player of his team and made a great contribution to his team's double cup victories in 2004-2005, 2005-2006, and 2007. Lampard, who signed a contract with Chelsea again in 2008 and became the highest-paid Premier League player at the time, also managed to score his first goal in the Champions League final that year. In 2009, he scored the goal that brought his team the FA Cup and lifted this cup for the second time. On 23 December 2009, he was named the Best Premier League Player of the Decade by official statistics.
Frank James Lampard OBE (born 20 June 1978) is an English professional football manager and former player who was most recently caretaker manager of Premier League club Chelsea. He is widely regarded as one of Chelsea's greatest players ever, and one of the greatest midfielders of his generation. He has the record of the most goals by a midfielder in the Premier League and of scoring the most goals from outside the box (41). He ranked highly on a number of statistics for Premier League players for the ten years from 1 December 2000, including most games and most wins.
Lampard, who managed to become the top-scoring midfielder in the history of his club with more than 100 goals in the Premier League and the third top scorer with 157 goals in all competitions in total, won the Chelsea Player of the Year Award three times.
Lampard, who made his name in Premier League history as the midfielder who scored the most goals with 129 goals, became the second player with the most assists with 156 goal passes. Additionally, Lampard averaged 1400 accurate passes and 10 or more assists every season. In 2005, Lampard was nominated for the Professional Footballers' Association Fans' Footballer Award. He also won the 2005 FIFA World Player of the Year Award and finished second in the Ballon d'Or 2005.
Lampard, who made his debut at the national team level in October 1999 and scored 20 goals in total, played for England 80 times. He was voted as England's best football player in 2004 and 2005. Playing in Euro 2004, Lampard managed to get into the team of the tournament after scoring 3 goals in 4 matches played by England. In the 2006 World Cup, he became the top scorer of his team with 5 goals in the qualifying rounds. He played a role in his team's trip to South Africa by scoring 4 goals in the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifiers.
Frank Lampard ended his active football career in 2016 and started working as a coach.
IN WHICH TEAMS DID FRANK LAMPARD PLAY FOOTBALL?
1995-2001 West Ham United
1995-1996 Swansea (on loan)
2001-2014 Chelsea
2014-2016 New York City
2014-2015 Manchester City (on loan)
IN WHICH TEAMS WAS FRANK LAMPARD THE COACH DIRECTOR?
2018-2019 Derby County
2019-2021 Chelsea
2022-2023 Everton
2023 Chelsea