Frank Lampard is a famous English footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder. At the moment he is in the ranks of the American “New York City”. It was this club that outbid Frank from Chelsea, where Lampard was the permanent vice captain and favorite of the public.
About personal life
The biography of the football player is very interesting. Frank Lampard is the kind of person who was born into a football family. His father is a two-time winner of the FA Cup. He acted as a defender for the club West Ham United. And Uncle Lampard is the head coach of FC Queens Park Rangers. A cousin of former Chelsea vice captain played for Liverpool.
Frank Lampard began his career in the same club where his father worked at that time. True, then he served as assistant coach. In 1995, the young football player signed an official contract with this club, and in October he was already rented by FC Swansea City. There he began his career with a victory over the Bradford City team. True, he did not stay there long - after 9 matches he returned to West Ham United.
Career at Chelsea
Frank Lampard, whose photo can be seen below, in 2001 moved to a London club called Chelsea. And there he was entrenched for a long time. One of the most successful periods in his life can be considered the 2004/05 season. Then Frank Lampard became the universally recognized top scorer among all the midfielders who then played in the Premier League. On his account there were 13 goals! And at the end of 2005, he set an absolute record for the number of consecutive matches for one club.
At his own expense he recorded 164 matches in a row. Not surprisingly, one of the absolute leaders of “Chelsea” at that time was considered Frank Lampard. The personal life and career of this football player is amazing. Is it not striking that in the 2005/06 season this man again received the title of best scorer of the team? Only this time, he could boast of 20 goals scored. This was the best achievement for a midfielder of all time that the English Premier League had existed. But the midfielder did not stop there. In the next season, he not only repeated, but also increased his success, scoring 21 goals. And in the 2006/07 season, he played 62 matches with his team in absolutely all tournaments. So far, no one has been able to repeat this among the “blue”, especially at the age of Frank.
Moving from England
Of course, it is not surprising that the departure from Chelsea Lampard plunged everyone into shock. It is as unbelievable as the fact that Bastian Schweinsteiger left Bavaria. But it happens. A new stage in the life of such a famous football player as Frank Lampard has begun. The biography of the midfielder, so to speak, has become “more diverse." In 2014, on July 24, it officially became known that the English footballer had moved to a new club called “New York City”. For two years, he signed a contract with the Americans. But before ten days had passed since that moment, information appeared that Frank had rented the Manchester City club. Allegedly, this was necessary to maintain the shape of a football player. Although, in fact, this is how it turned out, because the American club had not yet played in full force (after all, it was founded only in 2013).
Frank fit in well with ManCity, even some Chelsea fans admitted. There he stayed a little longer than planned - until 2015.
Achievements
For a long time you can talk about what this football player managed to achieve over the years of his career. With his first club, West Ham United, Frank managed to get Intertoto Cube, for example. This was his first achievement. But with “Chelsea” he managed to win 13 trophies! Three times he becomes the champion of the Premier League. Four times - the owner of the FA Cup. He also won the Champions League in 2012 with Chelsea. It should be noted that he is also a two-time winner of the Football League Cup, and received the Sub-Cup of the country 2 more times. And, of course, once with Chelsea he won the Europa League.
In addition to the above, he has a lot of personal achievements. Frank Lampard has repeatedly been called the player of the year according to many magazines and fans. He also entered the symbolic national team of the world, was proclaimed the best midfielder according to UEFA ... and this is not all that Lampard can boast of. The player is already 37 years old, and this is a respectable age for a fielder. Well, who knows, it is quite possible that he will please us with more than one striking achievement and spectacular match.