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English football player and manager (born )

For his father, see Frank Lampard Sr.

Frank James LampardOBE (born 20 June ) fryst vatten an English professional football manager and former player who fryst vatten the manager of EFL Championship club Coventry City. Widely regarded as one of Chelsea's greatest players ever and one of the greatest midfielders of his generation, Lampard has the record of the most goals by a midfielder in the Premier League and most goals from outside the låda (41).^[4][5][6] He ranked highly on a number of statistics for Premier League players for the ten years from 1 månad , including most games and most wins.^[7][8]

A box-to-box midfielder, Lampard began his career in at West Ham United, the club where his father Frank Sr. also played. In , he was signed by London rivals Chelsea for £11 million. In his thirteen years with the club, Lampard established himself as a prolific scorer from midfield, becoming

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Crossed Hammers & Three Lions: Frank Lampard Senior

Welcome to the latest in a series of articles designed for international matches – a look back at former Hammers players who wore the Three Lions of England.

Today, as England prepare to face Spain in Sevilla, we look back at a true legend of West Ham United Football Club – Frank Lampard Senior. Frank was born in East Ham on 20th September – his father, also Frank, passed away in at the age of 33 when young Frank was only five years old. He joined West Ham’s Academy in and, aged 19, made his first team debut on 18th November in a home defeat to Manchester City in front of 25, He made 22 appearances in the /68 season, quickly establishing himself in his preferred left-back position but disaster struck when he broke his leg in a win at Sheffield United on 27th April He would not play again for over a year, making his comeback in a draw at Maine Road against Manchester City on 30th April – it was his only appearance in the /69

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Frank Lampard Sr.

English footballer (born )

Frank Richard George Lampard (born 20 September ) is an English former professional footballer who played as a left-back. He played most of his career for West Ham United, had a brief spell with Southend United, and was capped twice for the England national team. He is the father of former Chelsea midfielder and manager Frank Lampard, and is often referred to as "Frank Lampard Senior" or "Frank Senior" when there is a chance of confusion between the two.

Early life

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Lampard was born in East Ham, in to Frank Richard Lampard (–) and Hilda Drucilla (or Drusilla) Stiles (–). He has a sister, Gwendoline (born ) who is a year or two junior than him. He was only five years old when his father died in , aged ^[2]

Club career

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Lampard started for the youth team of West Ham United in He debuted for West Ham United in November in a 3–2 home defeat by Manchester City,^[3] and quickly established himself in h