Frank Lampard

{{Short description|English football player and manager (born 1978)}} {{For|his father|Frank Lampard Sr.}} {{pp-move}} {{pp-blp|small=yes}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2023}} {{Use British English|date=January 2023}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Frank Lampard<br>{{nobold|{{postnom|country=GBR|OBE}}}} | image = Frank Lampard 2019.jpg | caption = Lampard as Chelsea manager in 2019 | full_name = Frank James Lampard<ref>{{Cite web |title=List of players under written contract registered between 01/12/2014 and 31/12/2014 |url=http://www.thefa.com/-/media/files/thefaportal/governance-docs/registrations/december-2014.ashx |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170819090305/http://www.thefa.com/-/media/files/thefaportal/governance-docs/registrations/december-2014.ashx |archive-date=19 August 2017 |access-date=1 June 2018 |publisher=The Football Association |page=2 |format=PDF}}</ref> | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1978|6|20|df=y}}<ref>{{Hugman|11305|access-date=1 June 2018}}</ref> | birth_place = Romford, London, England | height = {{convert|1.84|m|order=flip}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Frank Lampard |url=http://www.chelseafc.com/first-team/player/6076 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140606091451/http://www.chelseafc.com/first-team/player/6076 |archive-date=6 June 2014 |publisher=Chelsea F.C.}}</ref> | position = Midfielder | currentclub = Coventry City (manager) | youthyears1 = 1994–1995 | youthclubs1 = West Ham United | years1 = 1995–2001 | clubs1 = West Ham United | caps1 = 148 | goals1 = 24 | years2 = 1995–1996 | clubs2 = → Swansea City (loan) | caps2 = 9 | goals2 = 1 | years3 = 2001–2014 | clubs3 = Chelsea | caps3 = 429 | goals3 = 147 | years4 = 2014–2015 | clubs4 = Manchester City | caps4 = 32 | goals4 = 6 | years5 = 2015–2016 | clubs5 = New York City FC | caps5 = 29 | goals5 = 15 | totalcaps = 647 | totalgoals = 193 | nationalyears1 = 1997–2000 | nationalteam1 = England U21 | nationalcaps1 = 19 | nationalgoals1 = 9 | nationalyears2 = 1998 | nationalteam2 = England B | nationalcaps2 = 1 | nationalgoals2 = 0 | nationalyears3 = 1999–2014 | nationalteam3 = England | nationalcaps3 = 106 | nationalgoals3 = 29 | manageryears1 = 2018–2019 | managerclubs1 = Derby County | manageryears2 = 2019–2021 | managerclubs2 = Chelsea | manageryears3 = 2022–2023 | managerclubs3 = Everton | manageryears4 = 2023 | managerclubs4 = Chelsea (caretaker) | manageryears5 = 2024– | managerclubs5 = Coventry City }}

'''Frank James Lampard''' (born 20 June 1978) is an English football manager and former midfielder who is the manager of {{English football updater|CoventrC}} club Coventry City. Widely regarded as one of the greatest midfielders of all time and one of Chelsea's and the Premier League’s greatest ever players, Lampard holds the record of the most Premier League goals (177) by a midfielder in its history.<ref name="fourfourtwo">{{cite news |last= |first= |url=https://www.fourfourtwo.com/features/101-greatest-football-players-last-25-years-full-list|title=Ranked! The 101 greatest football players of the last 25 years: full list|edition=253|work=FourFourTwo|date=13 February 2018|access-date=22 December 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.premierleague.com/stats/records|title=Premier League Records - Clubs, Players & Managers Stats|website=Premierleague.com|access-date=5 February 2019|archive-date=17 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200717154222/https://www.premierleague.com/stats/records|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="givemesport">{{cite news|last= |first=|url=https://www.givemesport.com/greatest-midfielders-in-football-history|title=25 Greatest Midfielders in Football History [Ranked]|work=GiveMeSport|date=15 September 2025|access-date=24 October 2025}}</ref><ref name="sports illustrated">{{cite magazine|last= |first=|url=https://www.si.com/soccer/ranking-the-25-best-soccer-midfielders-of-all-time|title=Ranking the 25 Best Soccer Midfielders of All Time|magazine=Sports Illustrated|date=1 June 2025|access-date=24 October 2025}}</ref>

A box-to-box midfielder, Lampard began his career in 1995 at West Ham United, the club where his father Frank Sr. also played. In 2001, 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 the club's all-time leading goalscorer, with 211 goals in all competitions.<ref name="autogenerated1">{{cite news |last=Beech |first=Richard |title=Frank Lampard joins New York City – reaction as Chelsea veteran quits Stamford Bridge |work=Daily Mirror |location=London |url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/recap-frank-lampard-joins-new-3631773 |url-status=live |access-date=13 September 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140903091259/http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/recap-frank-lampard-joins-new-3631773 |archive-date=3 September 2014}}</ref><ref name="record" />

At Chelsea, Lampard won three Premier League titles, the UEFA Champions League, the UEFA Europa League, four FA Cups, and two League Cups. In 2005, he was named FWA Footballer of the Year, and finished runner-up for both the Ballon d'Or and FIFA World Player of the Year. After leaving Chelsea, Lampard played for league rivals Manchester City,<ref name=Released/><ref name=ReleasedITV/> and Major League Soccer club New York City FC before retiring in 2017. He ranked highly on a number of statistics for Premier League players for ten years from 1 December 2000, including most games and most wins.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.tribalfootball.com/articles/stats-prove-chelsea-star-lampard-player-decade-528591|title=Stats prove Chelsea star Lampard Player of the Decade - Tribal Football|website=Tribalfootball.com|access-date=18 December 2021|archive-date=18 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211218134152/https://www.tribalfootball.com/articles/stats-prove-chelsea-star-lampard-player-decade-528591|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url = https://www.rediff.com/sports/report/lampard-is-premier-leagues-player-of-the-decade/20091224.htm|title = Lampard is Premier League's Player of the Decade - Rediff.com|access-date = 8 August 2021|archive-date = 8 August 2021|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210808222933/https://www.rediff.com/sports/report/lampard-is-premier-leagues-player-of-the-decade/20091224.htm|url-status = live}}</ref><ref name="record">{{cite news |last=Ornstein |first=David |title=Man City extend Lampard contract |publisher=BBC Sport |location=London |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/30647043 |url-status=live |access-date=31 December 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150102163732/http://m.bbc.com/sport/football/30647043 |archive-date=2 January 2015}}</ref><ref name="bbcnyc">{{cite news |date=24 July 2014 |title=Frank Lampard: New York City sign ex-Chelsea midfielder |publisher=BBC Sport |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/28188979 |url-status=live |access-date=24 July 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180120072058/http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/28188979 |archive-date=20 January 2018}}</ref>

Lampard played 106 matches and scored 29 goals for the England national team, after making his debut in 1999. He represented his country at three FIFA World Cups – in 2006, 2010 and 2014 – and in UEFA Euro 2004, where he was named in the Team of the Tournament. Lampard was voted England Player of the Year in 2004 and 2005.

Lampard is one of 11 players, and the only midfielder, to have scored 150 or more goals in the Premier League. He is fourth in the Premier League's all-time assists ranking, with 102 assists.<ref>{{Cite web |title=All Time Player Records |url=http://www.premiersoccerstats.com/Records.cfm?DOrderby=Ass&DYearby=All%20Seasons |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131204174344/http://www.premiersoccerstats.com/Records.cfm?DOrderby=Ass&DYearby=All%20Seasons |archive-date=4 December 2013 |access-date=6 December 2013 |publisher=premiersoccerstats.com }}</ref><ref name="Official Premier League Statistics">{{Cite web |title=Players |url=http://www.premierleague.com/page/Statistics |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111127233054/http://www.premierleague.com/page/Statistics |archive-date=27 November 2011 |access-date=13 September 2014}}</ref> Lampard holds a number of additional Chelsea and Premier League records, and has won PFA Fans' Player of the Year and the FWA Tribute Award. During his career, he was named in the PFA Team of the Year three times, Premier League Player of the Month four times, Premier League Player of the Season once and finished as the Premier League's top assist provider three times, and was named in the FIFPro World XI and a MLS All-Star. After departing, Lampard was named in the Chelsea Team of the Decade as voted for by Chelsea fans,<ref>{{Cite web |last=M S |first=Aditya |title=Chelsea Team of the decade |url=https://www.chelseafc.com/en/news/2019/12/31/chelsea-team-of-the-decade---the-supporters--choice-unveiled0 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201223234229/https://www.chelseafc.com/en/news/2019/12/31/chelsea-team-of-the-decade---the-supporters--choice-unveiled0 |archive-date=23 December 2020 |access-date=13 September 2014 |website=Chelsea FC.}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=M S |first=Aditya |title=World Football: The Top 10 Midfielders of the Past Decade |url=https://bleacherreport.com/articles/579327-world-football-the-top-ten-midfielders-of-the-past-decade#slide0 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141223085822/http://bleacherreport.com/articles/579327-world-football-the-top-ten-midfielders-of-the-past-decade#slide0 |archive-date=23 December 2014 |access-date=13 September 2014 |website=Bleacher Report}}</ref> and into the Premier League Hall of Fame.<ref name="PLHall" />

After retiring from international football, Lampard was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 2015 for services to football.<ref>{{Cite web |date=27 October 2015 |title=Duke of Cambridge awards Frank Lampard OBE for services to football |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/11958152/Duke-of-Cambridge-awards-Frank-Lampard-OBE-for-services-to-football.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190704203824/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/11958152/Duke-of-Cambridge-awards-Frank-Lampard-OBE-for-services-to-football.html |archive-date=4 July 2019 |access-date=4 July 2019 |website=Telegraph.co.uk}}</ref> Lampard served as a team captain on the ITV sport panel show ''Play to the Whistle'' from 2015 until 2017. He has also written a number of children's books.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Why Frank Lampard's Children's Books Are Works Of Great Literary Genius |url=https://www.balls.ie/football/frank-lampards-childrens-books-genius-328882 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190704205327/https://www.balls.ie/football/frank-lampards-childrens-books-genius-328882 |archive-date=4 July 2019 |access-date=4 July 2019 |website=Balls.ie}}</ref>

Lampard began his managerial career with Derby County in 2018, leading the club to the final of that season's Championship play-offs. He returned to Chelsea as head coach a year later, guiding them to fourth place and the FA Cup Final in his first season, before being dismissed in 2021. Following a one-year spell with Everton, and a brief return to Chelsea as caretaker, Lampard joined Coventry City as manager in 2024 and won the 2025–26 Championship.

==Club career== ===West Ham United=== Lampard began his career at West Ham United, his father's former club, joining the youth team in 1994, his schoolboy hero being West Ham striker Frank McAvennie.<ref name="Macca">{{Cite web |title=To be Frank...Lampard |url=http://au.fourfourtwo.com/features/6852,to-be-frank-lampard.aspx |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110220161305/http://au.fourfourtwo.com/features/6852%2Cto-be-frank-lampard.aspx |archive-date=20 February 2011 |access-date=28 November 2013 |publisher=FourFourTwo}}</ref> Lampard joined West Ham when his father was the assistant coach, entering as an apprentice in the youth team in 1994 and signing a professional contract the following year. He went on loan to Second Division club Swansea City in October 1995, debuting in his team's victory 2–0 over Bradford City and scoring his first career goal in a match against Brighton & Hove Albion. Lampard played nine times for Swansea before returning to West Ham in January 1996.<ref>{{cite news |title=Josh McEachran reveals Frank Lampard Swansea City guidance |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/16656702 |work=BBC Sport |date=20 January 2012 |access-date=26 February 2021 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210226050037/https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/16656702 |archive-date=26 February 2021 }}</ref>

====1995–97: Development==== Lampard made his debut for West Ham on 31 January 1996 against Coventry City coming on as a substitute for John Moncur.<ref name="1996Coventry">{{Cite web |title=Game played 31 January 1996 |url=http://www.westhamstats.info/westham.php?west=5&ham=3987&united=31_Jan_1996 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131014010743/http://www.westhamstats.info/westham.php?west=5&ham=3987&united=31_Jan_1996 |archive-date=14 October 2013 |access-date=28 November 2013 |publisher=westhamstats.info}}</ref> His only other game of the season was the season's last, on 5 May 1996, a 1–1 home draw with Sheffield Wednesday when Lampard was used as a substitute for Keith Rowland.<ref name="whustats">{{Cite web |title=Welcome to the Wonderful World of West Ham United Statistics Frank Jnr Lampard |url=http://www.westhamstats.info/westham.php?west=2&ham=394&united=Frank_Jnr_Lampard |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131013225618/http://www.westhamstats.info/westham.php?west=2&ham=394&united=Frank_Jnr_Lampard |archive-date=13 October 2013 |access-date=28 November 2013 |publisher=westhamstats.info}}</ref>

The following season Lampard made his first start for West Ham, on 17 August 1996, in a 2–0 away defeat to Arsenal before being substituted for Robbie Slater.<ref name=whustats/><ref>{{Cite web |title=Game played 17 August 1996 |url=http://www.westhamstats.info/westham.php?west=5&ham=4005&united=17_Aug_1996 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131014021438/http://www.westhamstats.info/westham.php?west=5&ham=4005&united=17_Aug_1996 |archive-date=14 October 2013 |access-date=28 November 2013 |publisher=westhamstats.info}}</ref> Lampard's season ended on 15 March 1997 when he sustained a broken leg during an away, 0–0 draw, against Aston Villa. Carried from the pitch on a stretcher, his 31st-minute substitute was Rio Ferdinand. The game also saw his first booking as a West Ham player.<ref name=whustats/><ref>{{Cite web |title=Aston Villa v West Ham United |url=http://www.11v11.com/matches/aston-villa-v-west-ham-united-15-march-1997-22840/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131202222101/http://www.11v11.com/matches/aston-villa-v-west-ham-united-15-march-1997-22840/ |archive-date=2 December 2013 |access-date=28 November 2013 |publisher=11v11.com}}</ref><ref name="villaparkjeering">{{cite news |title=Lampard hits out at Hammers |website=1.skysports.com |url=http://www1.skysports.com/football/news/11668/2385820/ |url-status=live |access-date=28 November 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203005053/http://www1.skysports.com/football/news/11668/2385820/ |archive-date=3 December 2013}}</ref> Lampard claims to have been jeered from the pitch by West Ham United supporters, an action which made him consider leaving football.<ref name=villaparkjeering/> He had made 16 appearances in all competitions for The Hammers.<ref name=whustats/>

====1997–99: First-team regular==== From this season Lampard took the number 18 squad number having previously held the number 26 spot.<ref name=whustats/> On the first day of the 1997–98 season, West Ham opened their fixtures with an away game against Barnsley who were playing in the top tier of English football for the first time in 110 years. Lampard came on as a 76th-minute substitute for Eyal Berkovic. He scored what was the winning goal in a 2–1 win for The Hammers having received the ball from Michael Hughes and flicking it past Barnsley goalkeeper David Watson.<ref name="9August1997">{{Cite web |title=Game played 9 August 1997 |url=http://www.westhamstats.info/westham.php?west=5&ham=4050&united=09_Aug_1997 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131202232309/http://www.westhamstats.info/westham.php?west=5&ham=4050&united=09_Aug_1997 |archive-date=2 December 2013 |access-date=28 November 2013 |publisher=westhamstats.info}}</ref> The season also saw his first hat-trick. On 19 November 1997, West Ham played Walsall in a League Cup, fourth-round game. Lampard's three goals plus another from John Hartson were enough to beat Walsall who responded via a goal from Andy Watson.<ref name="19November 1997">{{Cite web |title=Game played 19 November 1997 |url=http://www.westhamstats.info/westham.php?west=5&ham=4066&united=19_Nov_1997 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131202221959/http://www.westhamstats.info/westham.php?west=5&ham=4066&united=19_Nov_1997 |archive-date=2 December 2013 |access-date=28 November 2013 |publisher=westhamstats.info}}</ref> Lampard made 42 appearances for the 1997–98 season in all competitions scoring nine goals.<ref name=whustats/>

Lampard was an ever-present for West Ham in the 1998–99 season, helping his team to fifth place in the 1998–99 Premier League and qualification for the UEFA Intertoto Cup. This is the highest West Ham have ever come in the league.<ref name=whustats/><ref>{{Cite web |title=Premier League 1998–99 |url=http://www.westhamstats.info/westham.php?west=4&ham=1999&united=Premier_League_1998-99 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131202232857/http://www.westhamstats.info/westham.php?west=4&ham=1999&united=Premier_League_1998-99 |archive-date=2 December 2013 |access-date=28 November 2013 |publisher=westhamstats.info}}</ref><ref name="HR">{{Cite web |title=Harry Redknapp |url=http://www.officialplayersites.com/managers/manager.php?id=32 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141111004301/http://www.officialplayersites.com/managers/manager.php?id=32 |archive-date=11 November 2014 |access-date=28 November 2013 |publisher=officialplayersites.com}}</ref>

====1999–2001: New contract and departure==== Before the start of the 1999–2000 FA Premier League season, Lampard signed an extension to his contract which would have kept him with the club until 2005.<ref name="hv1999">{{Cite web |title=Football: Lampard's cracker; West Ham United 1 Heerenveen 0. (Sport) |url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-60446027.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140610060643/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-60446027.html |archive-date=10 June 2014 |access-date=29 November 2013}}</ref> Having qualified for the Intertoto Cup, West Ham's season started early, in July 1999. On 24 July 1999, Lampard scored his first goal in European football in a 1–1 away draw with Finnish side Jokerit.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Game played 24 July 1999 |url=http://www.westhamstats.info/westham.php?west=5&ham=4142&united=24_Jul_1999 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131020163753/http://www.westhamstats.info/westham.php?west=5&ham=4142&united=24_Jul_1999 |archive-date=20 October 2013 |access-date=28 November 2013 |publisher=westhamstats.info}}</ref> Another goal in the semi-final against Heerenveen<ref name=hv1999/> put West Ham into the final against Metz.<ref name=whustats/> Despite losing the first leg 1–0 in London, West Ham won 3–1 in France on 24 August 1999 with goals from Trevor Sinclair, Paulo Wanchope and Lampard.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Game played 24 August 1999 |url=http://www.westhamstats.info/westham.php?west=5&ham=4149&united=24_Aug_1999 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131104063925/http://www.westhamstats.info/westham.php?west=5&ham=4149&united=24_Aug_1999 |archive-date=4 November 2013 |access-date=28 November 2013 |publisher=westhamstats.info}}</ref> Winning the competition saw West Ham in the 1999–2000 UEFA Cup. Lampard scored his first goal in this competition on 16 September 1999, in a 3–0 home win against Osijek, a tie which they won 6–1 on aggregate.<ref name="UEFA1">{{Cite web |title=Game played 16 September 1999 |url=http://www.westhamstats.info/westham.php?west=5&ham=4186&united=16_Sep_1999 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131104065137/http://www.westhamstats.info/westham.php?west=5&ham=4186&united=16_Sep_1999 |archive-date=4 November 2013 |access-date=28 November 2013 |publisher=westhamstats.info}}</ref>

This season also saw West Ham beat Bradford City 5–4 at Upton Park in February 2000. The game received notoriety for Lampard's fight over the ball with Paolo Di Canio. With West Ham 4–2 down they gained a penalty. Lampard was West Ham's regular penalty taker. Di Canio, however, wanted to take the kick and the two tussled over the ball with Di Canio winning and scoring to make the game 4–3 to West Ham.<ref name="Bradford54">{{Cite book |last=Redknapp |first=Harry |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=E0WUkWwx38AC&q=bradford+city+5-4+di+canio+lampard&pg=PT93 |title=Harry Redknapp – The Autobiography |date=7 November 2011 |publisher=John Blake publishing |isbn=9781843589426 |access-date=18 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201223234226/https://books.google.com/books?id=E0WUkWwx38AC&q=bradford+city+5-4+di+canio+lampard&pg=PT93 |archive-date=23 December 2020 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=12 February 2000 |title=West Ham 5–4 Bradford City |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/sport/football/fa_carling_premiership/640512.stm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131202233329/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/sport/football/fa_carling_premiership/640512.stm |archive-date=2 December 2013 |access-date=28 November 2013 |publisher=BBC Sport}}</ref> In the 1999–2000, season he finished as the club's third top scorer, behind Di Canio and Paulo Wanchope, with a total of 14 goals.<ref name="PL992000">{{Cite web |title=Premier League 1999–2000 |url=http://www.westhamstats.info/westham.php?west=4&ham=2000&united=Premier_League_1999-2000 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131112045420/http://www.westhamstats.info/westham.php?west=4&ham=2000&united=Premier_League_1999-2000 |archive-date=12 November 2013 |access-date=28 November 2013 |publisher=westhamstats.info}}</ref>

In the 2000–01 season, West Ham spent most of the season in the bottom half of the Premier League table.<ref name="200001pl">{{Cite web |title=Premier League 2000–01 |url=http://www.westhamstats.info/westham.php?west=4&ham=2001&united=Premier_League_2000-01 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131112045425/http://www.westhamstats.info/westham.php?west=4&ham=2001&united=Premier_League_2000-01 |archive-date=12 November 2013 |access-date=28 November 2013 |publisher=westhamstats.info}}</ref> From fifth place the previous season they finished 15th. Despite this Lampard scored 9 goals in 37 games, behind only Frédéric Kanouté and Di Canio.<ref name=200001pl/> In May 2001, his uncle Harry Redknapp left the club by mutual consent after seven years in the role.<ref name="AitchOut">{{cite news |date=9 May 2001 |title=Redknapp leaves West Ham |work=The Daily Telegraph |location=London |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/competitions/premier-league/3005096/Redknapp-leaves-West-Ham.html |url-status=live |access-date=28 November 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140101114358/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/competitions/premier-league/3005096/Redknapp-leaves-West-Ham.html |archive-date=1 January 2014}}</ref> His father Frank also left the club and Lampard, under the pressure of being known as "Frank Lampard's son" and the poor treatment of his father by West Ham, decided to move to another club.<ref>{{cite news |last=Winter |first=Henry |date=29 November 2003 |title=On the spot – Frank Lampard |work=The Daily Telegraph |location=London |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/columnists/henrywinter/2426031/On-the-Spot-Frank-Lampard.html |url-status=live |access-date=28 November 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140103095820/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/columnists/henrywinter/2426031/On-the-Spot-Frank-Lampard.html |archive-date=3 January 2014}}</ref> He left West Ham for Chelsea for £11&nbsp;million in June 2001, the Hammers having previously declined a £15&nbsp;million joint bid from Aston Villa for Lampard and Frédéric Kanouté.<ref>{{Cite web |date=11 June 2001 |title=Chelsea agree £11m Lampard deal |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/1383370.stm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121217122138/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/1383370.stm |archive-date=17 December 2012 |access-date=18 December 2011 |publisher=BBC Sport}}</ref>

===Chelsea=== ====2001–04: Signing and first-team breakthrough==== Lampard's Premier League debut with Chelsea came on 19 August 2001 in a 1–1 draw with Newcastle United on the opening day of the 2001–02 season, while his first red card came in a match against Tottenham Hotspur on 16 September 2001.<ref>{{cite news |last=Brodkin |first=Jon |date=16 September 2001 |title=Hoddle rages at referee after Desailly steals show |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2001/sep/17/match.sport5 |work=The Guardian |access-date=9 May 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140509234543/https://www.theguardian.com/football/2001/sep/17/match.sport5 |archive-date=9 May 2014}}</ref> He appeared in all of Chelsea's league matches and scored eight goals in the 2001–02 season. He netted the match-winner in Chelsea's 2002–03 season-opener against Charlton Athletic.<ref>{{cite news |title=Chelsea comeback thwarts Charlton |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_prem/2196563.stm |work=BBC Sport |date=17 August 2002 |access-date=7 January 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140107134718/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/eng_prem/2196563.stm |archive-date=7 January 2014}}</ref>

The following season, he was selected as the Premier League Player of the Month in September 2003,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.premierleague.com/fapl.rac?command=setSelectedId&nextPage=enNewsLatest&id=466982&type=com.fapl.website.news.NewsItem&categoryCode=NewsSpecialFeatures&breadcrumb=sfsub_breadcrumb |title=Barclaycard Premiership Player of the Month 2003/04 |publisher=Premier League |access-date=11 December 2006 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061211030011/http://www.premierleague.com/fapl.rac?command=setSelectedId&nextPage=enNewsLatest&id=466982&type=com.fapl.website.news.NewsItem&categoryCode=NewsSpecialFeatures&breadcrumb=sfsub_breadcrumb |archive-date=11 December 2006}}</ref> and the PFA Fans' Player of the Month in October. Chelsea finished second in the 2003–04 Premier League behind unbeaten Arsenal and he was named in the 2004 PFA Team of the Year<ref name="PFA team 2004" /> as he reached double figures in league goals (10) for the first time in his career, in addition to four goals in fourteen UEFA Champions League matches, as Chelsea advanced to the semi-finals. In the semi-final against Monaco he scored, but Chelsea lost 5–3 on aggregate.<ref>{{cite news |title=Chelsea 2–2 Monaco |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/champions_league/3680039.stm |url-status=live |access-date=13 September 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170828022245/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/champions_league/3680039.stm |archive-date=28 August 2017}}</ref> At the end of the season, he came second behind Thierry Henry for the 2004 FWA Footballer of the Year award.<ref>{{cite news |last=Wilson |first=Jonathan |date=10 May 2004 |title=Henry makes more history |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2004/may/10/newsstory.sport1 |work=The Guardian |access-date=13 September 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140913205522/https://www.theguardian.com/football/2004/may/10/newsstory.sport1 |archive-date=13 September 2014}}</ref>

====2004–06: Back-to-back Premier League wins==== [[File:Frank Lampard in the rain - geograph.org.uk - 1608772.jpg|thumb|left|upright|Lampard playing for Chelsea in 2004]]

Lampard played in all 38 Premier League matches for the third consecutive season in 2004–05. He finished with 13 goals (19 in all competitions), in addition to leading the league in assists with 18.<ref>{{cite news |date=7 July 2008 |title=Premier League Statistics |publisher=Premier League |url=http://www.premierleague.com/page/Statistics/0,,12306,00.html |url-status=dead |access-date=7 July 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101230130252/http://www.premierleague.com/page/Statistics/0%2C%2C12306%2C00.html |archive-date=30 December 2010}}</ref>

In August 2004, he scored the winning goal against Southampton in the Premier League,<ref>{{cite news |date=28 August 2004 |title=Chelsea 2–1 Southampton |publisher=BBC Sport |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_prem/3586098.stm |url-status=live |access-date=18 June 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140110114009/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/eng_prem/3586098.stm |archive-date=10 January 2014}}</ref> and continued scoring important goals as he scored both in a 2–0 win against Tottenham.<ref>{{cite news |date=15 January 2005 |title=Tottenham 0–2 Chelsea |work=BBC News |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_prem/4150639.stm |url-status=live |access-date=18 June 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130904041021/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/eng_prem/4150639.stm |archive-date=4 September 2013}}</ref> In March 2005 he scored a long-range goal from 30 yards against Crystal Palace in the Premier League which Chelsea won 4–1.<ref>{{cite news |title=Chelsea 4-1 Crystal Palace |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_prem/4343209.stm |work=BBC Sport |date=19 March 2005 |access-date=18 June 2011 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141111234745/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/eng_prem/4343209.stm |archive-date=11 November 2014 }}</ref> Lampard continued his season strongly, and his brilliant performances for Chelsea in the Premier League and Champions League further increased his reputation as one of the best midfielders in the world. In the 2004–05 Champions League, he scored one of the goals in Chelsea's famous 4–2 win over Barcelona, helping Chelsea to progress to the quarter-finals.<ref>{{cite news |date=8 March 2005 |title=Chelsea 4–2 Barcelona |publisher=BBC Sport |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/europe/4321491.stm |url-status=live |access-date=18 June 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090501224019/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/europe/4321491.stm |archive-date=1 May 2009}}</ref> In the quarter-finals, he scored three goals in two legs against Bayern Munich as Chelsea won 6–5 on aggregate. His second goal in the first leg was a spectacular one; he controlled Claude Makélélé's cross with his chest then turned and swivelled and sent the ball inside the far post with a left-foot half volley.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Stylish Chelsea seize command |url=http://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season=2004/matches/round=1970/match=1084882/postmatch/report/index.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141229122028/http://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season=2004/matches/round=1970/match=1084882/postmatch/report/index.html |archive-date=29 December 2014 |access-date=13 September 2014 |publisher=UEFA}}</ref>

In April 2005, Lampard scored both goals against Bolton Wanderers in a 2–0 win which was the Premier League title-winning match for Chelsea, which also won the first major trophy of his career as Chelsea bagged their first top-flight title in 50 years, by a 12-point margin. He was named as Barclays Player of the Season for 2004–05.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Frank Lampard |url=http://www.4thegame.com/club/chelsea-fc/player-profile/1125/franklampard.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090726073229/http://www.4thegame.com/club/chelsea-fc/player-profile/1125/franklampard.html |archive-date=26 July 2009 |access-date=5 May 2014 |publisher=4thegame}}</ref> Though Chelsea were eliminated in the Champions League semi-finals by league rivals Liverpool, they took home the Football League Cup, in which Lampard scored twice in six matches, which included the opening goal against Manchester United in the League Cup semi-final, which Chelsea won 2–1. He landed his first personal award by being named the 2005 Footballer of the Year.<ref>{{cite news |date=6 May 2005 |title=Chelsea's Lampard is writers' player of the year |publisher=Yahoo! |url=http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/06/en/050506/7/3lg2.html |access-date=6 January 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051127132302/http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/06/en/050506/7/3lg2.html |archive-date=27 November 2005}}</ref>

{{Quote box|width=27%|align=right|quote="He is one of my best players ever, one of my best professionals ever, a Chelsea legend and a legend in the Premier League."|source=—José Mourinho on Lampard, 2015.<ref>{{cite news |last=Fifield |first=Dominic |date=22 May 2015 |title=José Mourinho says dental surgery may end Eden Hazard's perfect Chelsea run |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2015/may/22/jose-mourinho-eden-hazard-chelsea |work=The Guardian |access-date=27 May 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150527151225/https://www.theguardian.com/football/2015/may/22/jose-mourinho-eden-hazard-chelsea |archive-date=27 May 2015}}</ref>}}

Lampard netted a career-high 16 league goals in 2005–06. In September 2005 he was selected as a member of the inaugural World XI.<ref>{{cite news |date=20 December 2005 |title=Lamps and Terry honoured |publisher=Football Association |url=http://www.thefa.com/England/news/2005/lampard_and_terry_honoured |url-status=dead |access-date=8 May 2014 |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20140505173016/http://www.thefa.com/England/news/2005/lampard_and_terry_honoured |archive-date=5 May 2014}}</ref> He finished as runner-up to Ronaldinho for both the Ballon d'Or and FIFA World Player of the Year awards.<ref>{{cite news |date=28 November 2005 |title=Ronaldinho scoops European award |publisher=BBC Sport |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/4475808.stm |url-status=live |access-date=9 December 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061106034156/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/4475808.stm |archive-date=6 November 2006}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=19 December 2005 |title=Ronaldinho wins world award again |publisher=BBC Sport |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/4475808.stm |url-status=live |access-date=9 December 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061106034156/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/4475808.stm |archive-date=6 November 2006}}</ref> His record of consecutive Premier League appearances ended at 164 (five better than previous record-holder David James) on 28 December 2005, when he sat out a match against Manchester City due to illness.<ref>{{cite news |date=29 December 2005 |title=Lampard 164 and out |work=The Guardian |location=London |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2005/dec/29/newsstory.sport |url-status=live |access-date=8 May 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131225194758/http://www.theguardian.com/football/2005/dec/29/newsstory.sport |archive-date=25 December 2013}}</ref> Lampard scored 12 goals in his first four months of the 2005–06 season. He scored twice in three separate matches from August to November, including both in a 2–1 win over Aston Villa, making Chelsea the first team to win their first seven matches in the Premier League.<ref>{{cite news |date=24 September 2005 |title=Chelsea 2–1 Aston Villa |publisher=BBC Sport |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/eng_prem/4255466.stm |url-status=live |access-date=18 June 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120328000558/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/eng_prem/4255466.stm |archive-date=28 March 2012}}</ref> He scored twice again, this time against Blackburn Rovers in a 4–2 win, which included a free-kick from 25 yards. After the match, manager José Mourinho hailed Lampard as the "best player in the world".<ref>{{cite news |title=Mourinho hails Lampard as best in the world |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2005-10-30/mourinho-hails-lampard-as-best-in-the-world/2135192 |work=ABC News |date=29 October 2005 |access-date=28 October 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161028043527/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2005-10-30/mourinho-hails-lampard-as-best-in-the-world/2135192 |archive-date=28 October 2016}}</ref> Chelsea eventually won the Premier League for the second time, in which Lampard was Chelsea's topscorer with 16 league goals. In the Champions League group stage, he scored a free-kick against Anderlecht. Chelsea progressed to the first knock-out round to face Barcelona, with Lampard scoring a goal in the second leg, but Chelsea were eliminated 3–2 on aggregate.<ref>{{cite news |title=Barcelona 1-1 Chelsea (agg 3-2) |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/europe/4778194.stm |work=BBC Sport |date=7 March 2006 |access-date=19 March 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140319002327/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/europe/4778194.stm |archive-date=19 March 2014}}</ref>

====2006–11: Domestic and individual success==== thumb|upright|Lampard playing for Chelsea in 2007

Due to a back injury sustained by John Terry, Lampard spent much of the 2006–07 campaign as team captain in his absence.<ref>{{cite news |last=Jackson |first=Jamie |date=23 September 2006 |title=Lampard finds a spot of character |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2006/sep/24/match.sport7 |work=The Guardian |access-date=25 September 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140925165017/https://www.theguardian.com/football/2006/sep/24/match.sport7 |archive-date=25 September 2014 }}</ref> He enjoyed a streak of seven goals in eight games. He scored both goals in a 2–0 win over Fulham and scored his 77th goal for Chelsea from a long range strike in a 3–2 win over Everton on 17 December, overtaking Dennis Wise as Chelsea's highest scoring midfielder.<ref>{{cite news |date=17 December 2006 |title=Match Report: Everton 3 Chelsea 2 |publisher=Chelsea F.C. |url=http://www.chelseafc.com/matchday-live/match/34534 |url-status=dead |access-date=8 May 2014 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140508101249/http://www.chelseafc.com/matchday-live/match/34534 |archive-date=8 May 2014}}</ref> Then in the UEFA Champions League group stage he scored a goal from an extremely tight angle against Barcelona, at the Camp Nou, the match ended 2–2.<ref>{{cite news |last=McNulty |first=Phil |date=31 October 2006 |title=Barcelona 2-2 Chelsea |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/europe/6094090.stm |work=BBC Sport |access-date=6 November 2006 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061106214915/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/europe/6094090.stm |archive-date=6 November 2006 }}</ref> Lampard finished with 21 goals in all competitions, including a career-high six FA Cup goals. He scored his first Chelsea hat-trick in the third-round tie against Macclesfield Town on 6 January 2007. He scored two goals to help Chelsea to a quarter-final draw with Tottenham Hotspur after having trailed 3–1, and he was named the FA Cup player-of-the-round for his performance.<ref>{{cite news |date=30 March 2007 |title=Lampard triumphs in FA Cup award |publisher=BBC Sport |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/fa_cup/6491391.stm |url-status=live |access-date=9 April 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070410141847/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/fa_cup/6491391.stm |archive-date=10 April 2007}}</ref> He gave the assist to Didier Drogba in the 2007 FA Cup Final which was the winning goal in extra-time, as Chelsea won it 1–0. In a post-match interview following Chelsea's FA Cup Final victory over Manchester United, Lampard said he wanted to stay at the club "forever".<ref>{{cite news |date=20 May 2007 |title=Mourinho proud of Chelsea players |publisher=Eurosport |url=http://www.eurosport.com/football/fa-cup/2006-2007/sport_sto1186167.shtml |access-date=20 May 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070521042350/http://www.eurosport.com/football/fa-cup/2006-2007/sport_sto1186167.shtml |archive-date=21 May 2007}}</ref>

Lampard's 2007–08 season was hampered by injury. He managed to play 40 matches, 24 of them in the Premier League. This was the fewest league games he had played in a season since 1996–97. On 16 February 2008, Lampard became the eighth Chelsea player to score 100 goals for the club in a 3–1 FA Cup fifth-round win over Huddersfield Town.<ref>{{cite news |date=17 February 2008 |title=Frank and the Full 100 Club |publisher=Chelsea F.C. |url=http://www.chelseafc.com/news-article/article/1243456 |url-status=dead |access-date=8 May 2014 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140508101316/http://www.chelseafc.com/news-article/article/1243456 |archive-date=8 May 2014}}</ref> After the final whistle, Lampard removed his jersey and flashed a T-shirt to the Chelsea fans with "100 Not Out, They Are All For You, Thanks" printed across the front.<ref>{{Cite web |title=FA Cup: Lampard sees bigger target beyond his 100th goal |website=TheGuardian.com |date=18 February 2008 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2008/feb/18/match.chelsea |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151010003512/http://www.theguardian.com/football/2008/feb/18/match.chelsea |archive-date=10 October 2015 |access-date=14 April 2020}}</ref> On 12 March 2008, Lampard scored four goals in a 6–1 rout of Derby County.<ref>{{cite news |last=Moore |first=Glenn |date=12 March 2008 |title=Chelsea 6 Derby County 1: Lampard hits four as Derby reel under Chelsea backlash |url=https://www.the-independent.com/sport/football/premier-league/chelsea-6-derby-county-1-lampard-hits-four-as-derby-reel-under-chelsea-backlash-795082.html |work=The Independent |access-date=8 May 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241126210009/https://www.the-independent.com/sport/football/premier-league/chelsea-6-derby-county-1-lampard-hits-four-as-derby-reel-under-chelsea-backlash-795082.html |archive-date=26 November 2024}}</ref> Then in the second leg of the Champions League quarter-final, he scored the winning goal against Fenerbahçe in the 87th minute as Chelsea won 3–2 on aggregate.<ref>{{cite news |last=Hytner |first=David |date=8 April 2008 |title=Lampard's late show ensures Chelsea's safe passage |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2008/apr/09/sport.chelsea |work=The Guardian |access-date=27 February 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150227025341/https://www.theguardian.com/football/2008/apr/09/sport.chelsea |archive-date=27 February 2015}}</ref>

thumb|upright|left|Lampard playing for Chelsea in 2008

On 30 April, Lampard, grieving the loss of his mother a week earlier, decided to play in the second leg of Chelsea's Champions League semi-final against Liverpool, who were eliminated on 4–3 aggregate as he took an emotional penalty in the 98th minute of extra-time, which he scored confidently.<ref>{{cite news |last=Ingle |first=Sean |date=30 April 2008 |title=Chelsea 3-2 Liverpool (4-3 agg): as it happened |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2008/apr/30/championsleague.minutebyminute |work=The Guardian |access-date=27 February 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150227025950/https://www.theguardian.com/football/2008/apr/30/championsleague.minutebyminute |archive-date=27 February 2015}}</ref> In the final against Manchester United, he scored an equalising goal in the 45th minute, as Michael Essien's deflected shot found him as he went to the box with his trade-mark late run, and he scored with a left foot finish. The match ended 1–1 after extra-time and Chelsea eventually lost 6–5 on penalties.<ref>{{cite news |last=McNulty |first=Phil |date=22 May 2008 |title=Man Utd earn dramatic Euro glory |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/europe/7406252.stm |work=BBC Sport |access-date=26 May 2008 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080526022453/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/europe/7406252.stm |archive-date=26 May 2008}}</ref> He was later named UEFA Club Midfielder of the Year.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.uefa.com/uefasupercup/news/0250-0c50f3c5160c-9596532f4487-1000--uefa-club-midfielder-of-the-year/ |title=UEFA Club Midfielder of the Year |date=1 May 2011 |website=UEFA |access-date=30 November 2021 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211130002749/https://www.uefa.com/uefasupercup/news/0250-0c50f3c5160c-9596532f4487-1000--uefa-club-midfielder-of-the-year/ |archive-date=30 November 2021}}</ref>

On 13 August 2008, Lampard signed a new five-year contract with Chelsea worth £39.2&nbsp;million, making him the highest-paid Premier League player.<ref>{{Cite web |date=13 August 2008 |title=Lamps signs mega deal |url=http://thestar.com.my/sports/story.asp?file=/2008/8/15/sports/22088226&sec=sports |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080816042058/http://thestar.com.my/sports/story.asp?file=%2F2008%2F8%2F15%2Fsports%2F22088226&sec=sports |archive-date=16 August 2008 |access-date=13 August 2008 |publisher=Malaysian Star Online}}</ref> He started the 2008–09 season by scoring five goals in his first eleven league matches. He scored the 150th goal of his club career with a goal against Manchester City in the Premier League.<ref>{{cite news |last=Taylor |first=Daniel |date=13 September 2008 |title=City find Lampard and co too rich for them |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2008/sep/14/manchestercity.chelsea |work=The Guardian |access-date=26 January 2022 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220126123337/https://www.theguardian.com/football/2008/sep/14/manchestercity.chelsea |archive-date=26 January 2022 }}</ref> In October 2008, in the Premier League he scored a chipped goal against Hull City with his left foot; he unleashed a chip from 20 yards that curled and swerved and fooled the goalkeeper as it went into the net. FIFA World Cup-winning coach Luiz Felipe Scolari said after the game, "It was the best goal I have seen, my vote for World Player of the year award will go to him, only a player with his intelligence could have done that."<ref>{{cite news |date=29 October 2008 |title=Frank Lampard and Chelsea put a stop to Hull's capital gains |work=The Daily Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/leagues/premierleague/3280485/Frank-Lampard-and-Chelsea-put-a-stop-to-Hulls-capital-gains-Football.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120629071633/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/leagues/premierleague/3280485/Frank-Lampard-and-Chelsea-put-a-stop-to-Hulls-capital-gains-Football.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=29 June 2012 |access-date=13 September 2014}}</ref> Lampard scored his hundredth career Premier League goal in a 5–0 victory over Sunderland on 2 November.<ref>{{cite news |date=2 November 2008 |title=Scolari hails centurion Lampard |publisher=The World Game |agency=PA Sport |url=http://theworldgame.sbs.com.au/news/312040/scolari-hails-centurion-lampard |url-status=dead |access-date=5 May 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140508160858/http://theworldgame.sbs.com.au/news/312040/scolari-hails-centurion-lampard |archive-date=8 May 2014 }}</ref> Eighteen of Lampard's hundred goals were penalties.<ref>{{cite news |date=6 November 2008 |title=THE LAMPARD 100 GOAL PUZZLE – PART TWO |publisher=Chelsea FC |url=http://www.chelseafc.com/news-article/article/1445574 |url-status=dead |access-date=8 May 2014 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140508101250/http://www.chelseafc.com/news-article/article/1445574 |archive-date=8 May 2014}}</ref> He was named Premier League Player of the Month for the third time in his career in October.<ref>{{cite news |date=15 November 2008 |title=Rafa and Lamps claim Prem gongs |publisher=TeamTalk |url=http://www.teamtalk.com/football/story/0,16368,2483_4499610,00.html |url-status=dead |access-date=15 November 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081219051822/http://www.teamtalk.com/football/story/0%2C16368%2C2483_4499610%2C00.html |archive-date=19 December 2008}}</ref>

After a streak of matches without scoring, Lampard scored three goals in two games, the first being against West Bromwich Albion and the latter two against Fulham.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Drogba, Lampard See Chelsea Past West Brom |url=http://ibnlive.in.com/news/drogba-lampard-see-chelsea-past-west-brom/81435-5-21.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121012125848/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/drogba-lampard-see-chelsea-past-west-brom/81435-5-21.html |archive-date=12 October 2012 |access-date=3 January 2009 |publisher=IBN Live}}</ref> On 17 January 2009, he made his 400th Chelsea appearance against Stoke City, scoring a stoppage time winner.<ref>{{cite news |last=Lawrence |first=Amy |date=17 January 2009 |title=Lampard brings late relief to Chelsea |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2009/jan/17/amy-lawrence-chelsea-stoke |work=The Guardian |access-date=8 May 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230909173152/https://www.theguardian.com/football/2009/jan/17/amy-lawrence-chelsea-stoke |archive-date=9 September 2023 }}</ref> He again scored a stoppage time winner on 28 February, this time against Wigan Athletic.<ref>{{cite news |last=Lawrence |first=Amy |date=28 February 2009 |title=Last-gasp Lampard proves Chelsea mean business again |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2009/feb/28/chelsea-wigan-athletic-premier-league-football |work=The Guardian |access-date=8 May 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220120122333/https://www.theguardian.com/football/2009/feb/28/chelsea-wigan-athletic-premier-league-football |archive-date=20 January 2022 }}</ref> Then in the fourth round of the FA Cup, he scored a free-kick from 35 yards against Ipswich Town.<ref>{{cite news |title=Chelsea 3-1 Ipswich |url=https://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/fa_cup/7842611.stm |work=BBC Sport |date=24 January 2009 |access-date=24 January 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160124045549/https://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/fa_cup/7842611.stm |archive-date=24 January 2016 }}</ref> He scored twice against Liverpool in the second-leg quarter finals of the Champions League which ended 4–4, but Chelsea won 7–5 on aggregate.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/news/01d8-0e72052ba82d-63a181434332-1000--chelsea-withstand-stunning-liverpool-surge/ |title=Chelsea withstand stunning Liverpool surge |last=Haylett |first=Trevor |date=14 April 2009 |website=UEFA |access-date=7 January 2025 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250107134557/https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/news/01d8-0e72052ba82d-63a181434332-1000--chelsea-withstand-stunning-liverpool-surge/ |archive-date=7 January 2025 }}</ref> Then he provided two assists in the next game against Arsenal in FA Cup semi-finals which Chelsea won 2–1. Lampard finished the season with 20 goals and 19 assists.<ref name="worldfootball-summary"/> Lampard's 20th goal of the season was the winning goal in the FA Cup Final against Everton, with a left-foot shot from long-range.<ref>{{cite news |last=Wilson |first=Paul |date=30 May 2009 |title=Frank Lampard delivers FA Cup delight for Chelsea despite Everton's dream start |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2009/may/30/chelsea-win-fa-cup-everton-frank-lampard |work=The Guardian |access-date=7 June 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150607071358/https://www.theguardian.com/football/2009/may/30/chelsea-win-fa-cup-everton-frank-lampard |archive-date=7 June 2015}}</ref> He repeated the corner flag celebration his father had done after scoring the winning goal in the 1979–80 FA Cup semi-final second leg against Everton.<ref>{{cite news |last=Cheese |first=Caroline |date=30 May 2009 |title=FA Cup final as it happened |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/fa_cup/8075105.stm |work=BBC Sport |access-date=2 June 2009 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090602052523/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/fa_cup/8075105.stm |archive-date=2 June 2009}}</ref> It was the fourth consecutive season that he scored 20 or more goals.<ref>{{cite news |title=Frank Lampard: the consistency of a goalscoring midfielder |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2009/jun/01/frank-lampard-chelsea-goals |work=The Guardian |date=31 May 2009 |access-date=8 May 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241219155210/https://www.theguardian.com/football/2009/jun/01/frank-lampard-chelsea-goals |archive-date=19 December 2024}}</ref> He was later named Chelsea's Player of the Year for the third time.<ref>{{cite news |title=Chelsea fans vote Frank Lampard the club's player of year for third time |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2009/may/22/frank-lampard-chelsea-player-award |work=The Guardian |date=22 May 2009 |access-date=18 June 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150618175850/https://www.theguardian.com/football/2009/may/22/frank-lampard-chelsea-player-award |archive-date=18 June 2015}}</ref>

Lampard started the 2009–10 season by scoring against Manchester United, in the 2009 Community Shield, in the 72nd minute. The match ended 2–2, and Lampard scored in its penalty shootout which they won 4–1.<ref>{{cite news |title=Chelsea beat Manchester United in Community Shield Wembley shoot-out |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2009/aug/09/chelsea-manchester-united-community-shield |work=The Guardian |date=9 August 2009 |access-date=3 January 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140103085817/https://www.theguardian.com/football/2009/aug/09/chelsea-manchester-united-community-shield |archive-date=3 January 2014}}</ref> He scored his 133rd goal for Chelsea in a Champions League match against Atlético Madrid on 21 October 2009, which moved him up to fifth among the club's all-time goalscorers.<ref>{{cite news |last=Smyth |first=Rob |date=21 October 2009 |title=Champions League: Chelsea v Atlético Madrid - as it happened |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2009/oct/21/champions-league-chelsea-atletico-madrid-live |work=The Guardian |access-date=28 April 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160428192701/https://www.theguardian.com/football/2009/oct/21/champions-league-chelsea-atletico-madrid-live |archive-date=28 April 2016}}</ref> He had been struggling to score the number of goals he had in the past seasons, however this soon changed as he scored two goals in the 5–0 defeat of Blackburn on 24 October 2009.<ref>{{cite news |last=Ornstein |first=David |date=24 October 2009 |title=Chelsea 5 - 0 Blackburn |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/eng_prem/8318512.stm |work=BBC Sport |access-date=20 December 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131220072507/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/eng_prem/8318512.stm |archive-date=20 December 2013}}</ref> On 30 October, he was nominated for the FIFA World Player of the Year award for the sixth-straight year.<ref>{{cite news |title=England quartet up for Fifa award |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/8333388.stm |work=BBC Sport |date=30 October 2009 |access-date=3 July 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150703221614/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/8333388.stm |archive-date=3 July 2015}}</ref>

[[File:Frank Lampard 2010.JPG|thumb|upright|Lampard celebrating after winning the 2009–10 Premier League title with Chelsea]]

On 16 December, Lampard scored a crucial 79th minute winning goal against Portsmouth and on 20 December,<ref>{{cite news |last=Fifield |first=Dominic |date=16 December 2009 |title=Frank Lampard on spot to spoil Avram Grant's Chelsea return |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2009/dec/16/premier-league-chelsea-portsmouth |work=The Guardian |access-date=8 May 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210609043648/https://www.theguardian.com/football/2009/dec/16/premier-league-chelsea-portsmouth |archive-date=9 June 2021 }}</ref> Lampard scored a penalty against his former club West Ham in a 1–1 draw, however he had to take his spot-kick three times due to players running into the box too early, he nonetheless scored all three.<ref>{{cite news |title=Frank Lampard left to rue Chelsea draw at West Ham |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/eng_prem/8423810.stm |work=BBC Sport |date=20 December 2009 |access-date=1 April 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160401134158/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/eng_prem/8423810.stm |archive-date=1 April 2016 }}</ref> In Chelsea's 7–2 thrashing of Sunderland in January 2010, Lampard scored twice to add to his league tally.<ref>{{cite news |last=Lyon |first=Sam |date=16 January 2010 |title=Chelsea 7 - 2 Sunderland |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_prem/8454249.stm |work=BBC Sport |access-date=1 February 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160201005351/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/eng_prem/8454249.stm |archive-date=1 February 2016}}</ref> On 27 January 2010, Lampard again scored two goals, in Chelsea's 3–0 win over Birmingham City in the Premier League.<ref>{{cite news |last=Fifield |first=Dominic |date=27 January 2010 |title=Lampard takes Chelsea back to top after ending Birmingham City's run |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2010/jan/27/chelsea-birmingham-city-premier-league |work=The Guardian |access-date=8 May 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241219164804/https://www.theguardian.com/football/2010/jan/27/chelsea-birmingham-city-premier-league |archive-date=19 December 2024}}</ref> On 27 February, Lampard yet again scored twice against Manchester City but despite his contribution Chelsea went on to lose the game 4–2 at home,<ref>{{cite news |last=Fletcher |first=Paul |date=27 February 2010 |title=Chelsea 2 - 4 Man City |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/eng_prem/8530847.stm |work=BBC Sport |access-date=25 May 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140525214553/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/eng_prem/8530847.stm |archive-date=25 May 2014}}</ref> for the first time in 38 games.<ref>{{cite news |title=Manchester City Ends Chelsea's 37-Game Run |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/28/sports/soccer/28soccer.html |work=The New York Times |date=27 February 2010 |access-date=25 May 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100302194113/https://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/28/sports/soccer/28soccer.html |archive-date=2 March 2010}}</ref>

Lampard, for the second time in his career, hit four goals in one match against Aston Villa on 27 March 2010 to bring his goal tally past 20, for the fifth-consecutive season. This also brought him his 151st Chelsea goal, and it put him as the club's third highest scorer ever, overtaking Peter Osgood's record of 150. Lampard scored in a 3–0 win, again over Aston Villa, in the 2010 FA Cup semi-final.<ref>{{cite news |last=McNulty |first=Phil |date=27 March 2010 |title=Chelsea 7 – 1 Aston Villa |publisher=BBC Sport |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/eng_prem/8587517.stm |url-status=live |access-date=28 March 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100216115834/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/eng_prem/8587517.stm |archive-date=16 February 2010}}</ref> Lampard reached 20 Premier League goals for the first time when he scored twice against Stoke City in Chelsea's 7–0 win on 25 April 2010. This milestone also represented the first time he had hit 25 in all competitions in a season. On 2 May, Lampard scored against Liverpool in the second last game of the season to give Chelsea a vital three points that took them to the top of the league by a single point.<ref>{{cite news |last=McCarra |first=Kevin |date=2 May 2010 |title=Chelsea beat Liverpool to move closer to the Premier League title |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2010/may/02/liverpool-chelsea-premier-league-report |work=The Guardian |access-date=2 May 2010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250108100921/https://www.theguardian.com/football/2010/may/02/liverpool-chelsea-premier-league-report |archive-date=8 January 2025 }}</ref> He scored one and assisted two other goals in the final match of the season where Chelsea thrashed Wigan Athletic 8–0 at Stamford Bridge to win the 2009–10 Premier League title and give him a remarkable 27 goals in the season.<ref>{{cite news |last=McNulty |first=Phil |date=9 May 2010 |title=Chelsea 8 – 0 Wigan |publisher=BBC Sport |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_prem/8663686.stm |url-status=live |access-date=9 May 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170714160702/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/eng_prem/8663686.stm |archive-date=14 July 2017}}</ref> Lampard ended his season lifting the 2010 FA Cup as Chelsea beat Portsmouth 1–0 in the final.<ref>{{cite news |last=McNulty |first=Phil |date=15 May 2010 |title=Chelsea 1 - 0 Portsmouth |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/fa_cup/8680493.stm |work=BBC Sport |access-date=16 May 2010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100516153916/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/fa_cup/8680493.stm |archive-date=16 May 2010}}</ref>

The 2010–11 season began brightly for Lampard, being an integral part of Chelsea's system as usual. After a match against Stoke in August 2010, which Chelsea won 2–0, it was revealed that Lampard was suffering from a hernia, which was successfully operated on. However, he suffered fresh injuries during training in mid-November,<ref>{{cite news |last=Pengelly |first=Martin |date=12 November 2010 |title=Chelsea's Frank Lampard out for 'two to three weeks' with new injury |work=The Guardian |location=London |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2010/nov/12/chelsea-frank-lampard-muscle-injury |url-status=live |access-date=8 May 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140508151706/http://www.theguardian.com/football/2010/nov/12/chelsea-frank-lampard-muscle-injury |archive-date=8 May 2014}}</ref> and remained sidelined for a further three weeks. Manager Carlo Ancelotti said that he injured his abductor muscle in his leg in training on 11 November, and would not be fit until December. He finally made his comeback after four months out injured against Tottenham on 12 December, as a substitute in the 75th minute.<ref>[http://www.goal.com/en/match/47430/tottenham-vs-chelsea/report Tottenham 1–1 Chelsea: Gomes Saves Late Drogba Penalty To Deny Champions Vital Win After Gifting Blues' Leveller] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101227194025/http://www.goal.com/en/match/47430/tottenham-vs-chelsea/report |date=27 December 2010 }}. ''Goal.com''.</ref> Lampard scored a penalty in the 3–3 draw between Chelsea and Aston Villa on 2 January 2011,<ref>{{Cite web |date=4 May 2007 |title=Chelsea Vs Aston Villa Highlights |url=http://footballocks.net/index.php/936/chelsea-vs-aston-villa-highlights/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071229084115/http://footballocks.net/index.php/936/chelsea-vs-aston-villa-highlights/ |archive-date=29 December 2007 |access-date=8 May 2014 |publisher=Football Locks}}</ref> the first after returning from injury. On 9 January, Lampard scored twice and gave one assist in a 7–0 win against Ipswich Town in the FA Cup reaching the landmark of 201 career club goals.<ref>{{cite news |title=Chelsea 7 - 0 Ipswich |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/fa_cup/9341552.stm |work=BBC Sport |date=9 January 2011 |access-date=10 January 2011 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110110045424/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/fa_cup/9341552.stm |archive-date=10 January 2011}}</ref>

On 1 February, Lampard scored a penalty against Sunderland, then produced an assist, with Chelsea ending up winning the game 4–2.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sunderland vs Chelsea Escalações e Estatísticas |url=http://www.goal.com/br/match/48961/sunderland-vs-chelsea/lineup-stats |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121011221040/http://www.goal.com/br/match/48961/sunderland-vs-chelsea/lineup-stats |archive-date=11 October 2012 |website=Goal.com |language=pt}}</ref> Lampard then assisted for Nicolas Anelka in Chelsea's 2–0 victory against Copenhagen, in the Round of 16 match in the Champions League.<ref>{{cite news |last=Fifield |first=Dominic |date=22 February 2011 |title=Chelsea bounce back as Nicolas Anelka hits double in Copenhagen |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2011/feb/22/fc-copenhagen-chelsea-champions-league |work=The Guardian |access-date=13 October 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151010024749/https://www.theguardian.com/football/2011/feb/22/fc-copenhagen-chelsea-champions-league |archive-date=10 October 2015 }}</ref> On 1 March, Lampard scored the winning goal in a crucial 2–1 victory over Manchester United, keeping Chelsea's Premier League title hopes alive.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Chelsea vs Man Utd Escalações e Estatísticas |url=http://www.goal.com/br/match/47953/chelsea-vs-man-utd/lineup-stats |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121012063541/http://www.goal.com/br/match/47953/chelsea-vs-man-utd/lineup-stats |archive-date=12 October 2012 |website=Goal.com |language=pt}}</ref> Then in the next game, he scored two goals in Chelsea's 3–1 victory over Blackpool, and also contributed with an assist for John Terry to score.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Blackpool vs Chelsea Escalações e Estatísticas |url=http://www.goal.com/br/match/49000/blackpool-vs-chelsea/lineup-stats |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121012105842/http://www.goal.com/br/match/49000/blackpool-vs-chelsea/lineup-stats |archive-date=12 October 2012 |website=Goal.com |language=pt}}</ref>

In April 2011, Lampard scored his 11th goal of the season in a 3–0 victory against former club West Ham.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Chelsea vs West Ham Escalações e Estatísticas |url=http://www.goal.com/br/match/49072/chelsea-vs-west-ham/lineup-stats |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130903140832/http://www.goal.com/br/match/49072/chelsea-vs-west-ham/lineup-stats |archive-date=3 September 2013 |website=Goal.com |language=pt}}</ref> Lampard scored again against Manchester United, but it proved to be only a consolation, as Chelsea lost 2–1 at Old Trafford, thus ending Chelsea's title hopes.<ref>{{cite news |date=8 May 2011 |title=Man Utd 2–1 Chelsea |publisher=BBC Sport |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/eng_prem/9475025.stm |url-status=live |access-date=20 May 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110509033139/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/eng_prem/9475025.stm |archive-date=9 May 2011}}</ref>

====2011–13: European triumphs==== [[File:Lampard Drogba Gomez Robben.jpg|thumb|left|Lampard and Didier Drogba in the 2012 UEFA Champions League Final against Bayern Munich]]

In Chelsea's third Premier League match of the season, Lampard scored his first goal of the season and also provided an assist for José Bosingwa's opening goal, as Chelsea beat Norwich City 3–1.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Chelsea vs Norwich City Comentário AO VIVO - Goal.com |url=http://www.goal.com/br/match/60169/chelsea-vs-norwich-city/play-by-play |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121016185228/http://www.goal.com/br/match/60169/chelsea-vs-norwich-city/play-by-play |archive-date=16 October 2012 |access-date=27 August 2011}}</ref>

After not featuring in Chelsea's 4–1 win against Swansea City on 24 September,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Report: Chelsea v Swansea City – Barclays Premier League – ESPN Soccernet |url=http://soccernet.espn.go.com/report/_/id/318097?cc=5901 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927232827/http://soccernet.espn.go.com/report/_/id/318097?cc=5901 |archive-date=27 September 2011 |access-date=13 September 2014}}</ref> Lampard returned to the starting line-up for their Champions League group stage game against Valencia netting an important opening goal in their 1–1 draw.<ref>{{cite news |last=Burt |first=Jason |date=28 September 2011 |title=Valencia 1 Chelsea 1: match report |work=The Daily Telegraph |location=London |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/competitions/champions-league/8792501/Valencia-1-Chelsea-1-match-report.html |url-status=live |access-date=3 April 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170918122406/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/competitions/champions-league/8792501/Valencia-1-Chelsea-1-match-report.html |archive-date=18 September 2017}}</ref><ref>{{in lang|pt}} [http://www.goal.com/br/match/65956/valencia-vs-chelsea/report Valencia arranca empate com Chelsea no final] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130903112851/http://www.goal.com/br/match/65956/valencia-vs-chelsea/report |date=3 September 2013 }}. ''Goal.com''.</ref> Lampard continued his fine form by netting his fifth Chelsea hat-trick on 2 October, in a 5–1 thrashing of Bolton Wanderers.<ref>{{in lang|pt}} [http://www.goal.com/br/match/60226/bolton-w-vs-chelsea/play-by-play "Bolton W vs Chelsea:play-by-play"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130903113009/http://www.goal.com/br/match/60226/bolton-w-vs-chelsea/play-by-play |date=3 September 2013 }}. ''Goal''.</ref>

In the eleventh round of the Premier League, Lampard scored the only goal of the match against Blackburn Rovers with a diving header, giving Chelsea a win after two consecutive defeats.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Chelsea derrota Blackburn no Ewood Park - Goal.com |url=http://www.goal.com/br/match/60266/blackburn-vs-chelsea/report |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120120201136/http://www.goal.com/br/match/60266/blackburn-vs-chelsea/report |archive-date=20 January 2012 |access-date=8 November 2011}}</ref> After starting the game against Manchester City on the bench, Lampard came on in the second half to score the winning goal from the penalty spot in the 82nd minute.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Chelsea vence o City dentro de casa - Goal.com |url=http://www.goal.com/br/match/60341/chelsea-vs-man-city/report |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120110023531/http://www.goal.com/br/match/60341/chelsea-vs-man-city/report |archive-date=10 January 2012 |access-date=12 December 2011}}</ref> Lampard again proved to be the match-winner as he scored in the 89th minute against Wolverhampton Wanderers, with the match finishing 2–1 to Chelsea.<ref>{{cite news |title=Wolves 1–2 Chelsea |publisher=BBC Sport |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/16331488 |url-status=live |access-date=13 September 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191028214025/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/16331488 |archive-date=28 October 2019}}</ref>

On 25 February 2012, Lampard scored his tenth Premier League goal of the season in Chelsea's 3–0 win against Bolton, becoming the only player to score at least ten goals in nine consecutive seasons in the Premier League and his 149th all-time league goal.<ref>{{cite news |date=25 February 2012 |title=Chelsea 3–0 Bolton |publisher=BBC Sport |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/17082758 |url-status=live |access-date=13 September 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181102185112/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/17082758 |archive-date=2 November 2018}}</ref>

Eleven days after the dismissal of manager André Villas-Boas, Chelsea hosted Napoli in the 2011–12 Champions League round of 16-second leg, trailing the Naples side 3–1 from the first leg. Lampard helped Chelsea make a remarkable comeback, assisting John Terry from a corner for the second goal and then equalising the aggregate score from the penalty spot with a powerful shot to the left of the goal. Branislav Ivanović sealed Chelsea's victory in extra-time.<ref>{{in lang|pt}} [http://www.goal.com/br/match/71886/chelsea-vs-napoli/report Chelsea consegue classificação dramática] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120316072730/http://www.goal.com/br/match/71886/chelsea-vs-napoli/report |date=16 March 2012 }}. ''Goal''.</ref> In the second leg of the quarter-finals of the 2011–12 UEFA Champions League against Benfica, Lampard converted a crucial penalty to give Chelsea a 2–1 win at Stamford Bridge, and helping them advance with an aggregate score of 3–1.<ref>{{in lang|pt}} [http://www.goal.com/br/match/78201/chelsea-vs-benfica/report Champions: Chelsea vence e vai para a semi] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120418233049/http://www.goal.com/br/match/78201/chelsea-vs-benfica/report |date=18 April 2012 }}. ''Goal'' (27 September 2012).</ref> He scored the 150th Premier League goal of his career against Fulham in a 1–1 draw on 9 April 2012. In the semi-final of the FA Cup Chelsea defeated Tottenham Hotspur 5–1, in a match that would be remembered for an infamous "goal that never was" awarded to Chelsea's Juan Mata. Lampard assisted Didier Drogba for the first goal, and also scored the fourth goal for the Blues from a free-kick 35 yards from goal.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Tottenham vs Chelsea Escalações e Estatísticas |url=http://www.goal.com/br/match/78582/tottenham-vs-chelsea/lineup-stats |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130903165211/http://www.goal.com/br/match/78582/tottenham-vs-chelsea/lineup-stats |archive-date=3 September 2013 |website=Goal.com |language=pt}}</ref>

[[File:Chelsea Champions League victory parade 2012.jpg|thumb|Chelsea players celebrate winning the UEFA Champions League]]

Lampard was pivotal in the semi-finals of the 2011–12 Champions League against the heavily favoured defending champions Barcelona. Bookmakers had Barcelona on the shortest odds to win a second consecutive Champions League title, and various commentators opined that Chelsea would have to produce their best two games of the season – and hope that Barca played their worst two – to upset the Catalan giants.<ref>{{Cite web |date=24 April 2012 |title=How Chelsea can edge past Barcelona to reach the UEFA Champions' League final |url=http://www.periscopepost.com/2012/04/how-chelsea-can-edge-past-barcelona-to-reach-the-uefa-champions-league-final/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130903074131/http://www.periscopepost.com/2012/04/how-chelsea-can-edge-past-barcelona-to-reach-the-uefa-champions-league-final/ |archive-date=3 September 2013 |access-date=8 May 2014 |website=Periscope Post}}</ref> In the first leg at Stamford Bridge, Lampard stripped Lionel Messi off the ball then played a cross-field pass to Ramires, who set up Drogba for the only goal of the game, giving Chelsea a 1–0 advantage.<ref>{{Cite web |date=25 April 2012 |title=Messi makes a mess of things for Barcelona |url=http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2012/apr/25/messi-makes-a-mess-of-things-for-barcelona/?print&page=all |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191028214039/https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/sdut-messi-makes-a-mess-of-things-for-barcelona-2012apr25-story.html |archive-date=28 October 2019 |access-date=13 September 2014 |newspaper=The San Diego Union-Tribune}}</ref> In the second leg at the Camp Nou, Lampard assumed the captaincy after Terry was sent off early in the game. Down 2–0 to Barça just before half-time, Lampard assisted Ramires' goal with a through-pass which levelled the aggregate score at 2–2 while putting Chelsea ahead on away goals.<ref>{{Cite web |title=MATCH REPORT: BARCELONA 2 CHELSEA 2 (2–3 ON AGG) |url=http://www.chelseafc.com/champions-league-2012-article/article/2773431 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140414021431/http://www.chelseafc.com/champions-league-2012-article/article/2773431 |archive-date=14 April 2014 |access-date=1 March 2014 |publisher=Chelsea F.C.}}</ref> Chelsea teammate Fernando Torres added another goal in stoppage time to give Chelsea a 3–2 victory overall and produce one of the greatest upsets in the history of European football.<ref>{{in lang|pt}} [http://www.goal.com/br/match/78870/barcelona-vs-chelsea/report Chelsea elimina Barça e vai para final] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120428022423/http://www.goal.com/br/match/78870/barcelona-vs-chelsea/report |date=28 April 2012 }}. ''Goal''.</ref> This set up Chelsea's match with Bayern Munich at the Allianz Arena in the Champions League final.<ref>{{cite news |last=Dawkes |first=Phil |date=24 April 2012 |title=Barcelona 2-2 Chelsea (agg 2-3) |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/17817584 |work=BBC Sport |access-date=3 March 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303022631/https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/17817584 |archive-date=3 March 2016}}</ref>

In the 2012 FA Cup Final, Lampard assisted Didier Drogba's winning goal in 2–1 win over Liverpool, the seventh FA Cup in Chelsea's history as well as the fourth of his career.<ref>{{in lang|pt}} [http://www.goal.com/br/match/79234/liverpool-vs-chelsea/report Chelsea é campeão da Copa da Inglaterra] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120507175828/http://www.goal.com/br/match/79234/liverpool-vs-chelsea/report |date=7 May 2012 }}. ''Goal'' (27 September 2012).</ref> Lampard captained Chelsea in the 2012 Champions League final against Bayern Munich due to Terry's suspension. It was a match where Chelsea were considered to be the underdogs.<ref>{{cite news |title=Chelsea captain Lampard relishes underdog role – The Globe and Mail |location=Toronto |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/soccer/chelsea-captain-lampard-relishes-underdog-role/article2437327/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120524131505/http://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/soccer/chelsea-captain-lampard-relishes-underdog-role/article2437327/ |archive-date=24 May 2012 }}</ref> After finishing 1–1 in normal time, the game went to a penalty shootout with Lampard successfully converting his team's third spot-kick, helping Chelsea win 4–3 on penalties.<ref>{{in lang|pt}} [http://www.goal.com/br/match/79421/bayern-munique-vs-chelsea/report Chelsea é campeão da Champions League] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120522031422/http://www.goal.com/br/match/79421/bayern-munique-vs-chelsea/report |date=22 May 2012 }}. ''Goal''.</ref> As Chelsea's captain for the match, Lampard lifted the trophy with club captain Terry.<ref>McNulty, Phil. (19 May 2012) [https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/18044385 Chelsea 1–1 Bayern Munich (aet, 4–3 pens)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170513004040/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/18044385 |date=13 May 2017 }}. BBC Sport.</ref> Lampard ended the 2011–12 season as Chelsea's top scorer with 16 goals in all competitions, along with 10 assists.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.chelseafc.com/news-article/article/2794031 |title=Post-Season Briefing 2011/12 |publisher=Chelsea F.C |date=4 July 2012 |access-date=23 July 2013}}</ref>

thumb|upright|Lampard playing for Chelsea in 2012

Lampard missed Euro 2012 with a thigh injury,<ref>{{Cite web |date=31 May 2012 |title=Frank Lampard ruled out of England's Euro 2012 squad |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/18265377 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181020065131/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/18265377 |archive-date=20 October 2018 |access-date=17 September 2018 |publisher=BBC Sport}}</ref> but did play all of Chelsea's pre-season games, scoring against the MLS All-Stars<ref>{{Cite web |title=MATCH REPORT: MLS ALL-STARS 3 CHELSEA |url=http://www.chelseafc.com/news-article/article/2861126 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140508101324/http://www.chelseafc.com/news-article/article/2861126 |archive-date=8 May 2014 |access-date=12 May 2014 |publisher=Chelsea F.C.}}</ref> and Brighton & Hove Albion.<ref>{{Cite web |title=MATCH REPORT: BRIGHTON 3 CHELSEA 1 |url=http://www.chelseafc.com/news-article/article/2871636 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130628210608/http://www.chelseafc.com/news-article/article/2871636 |archive-date=28 June 2013 |access-date=12 May 2014 |publisher=Chelsea F.C.}}</ref> In Chelsea's first game of the new Premier League campaign, Lampard converted a penalty won by Eden Hazard as Chelsea brushed aside Wigan 2–0. In Chelsea's second game of the season, three days later against newly promoted Reading, he again converted a penalty won by Hazard as Chelsea cruised to a 4–2 win.<ref>Sanghera, Mandeep. (22 August 2012) [https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/19279583 Chelsea 4–2 Reading] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181126001217/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/19279583 |date=26 November 2018 }}. BBC Sport.</ref> On 6 October, he scored his third league goal of the season in a 4–1 win against Norwich City.<ref>{{cite news |last=Sanghera |first=Mandeep |date=6 October 2012 |title=Chelsea 4–1 Norwich |publisher=BBC Sport |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/19776324 |url-status=live |access-date=13 September 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180207013123/http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/19776324 |archive-date=7 February 2018}}</ref> After six weeks out injured, on 16 December Lampard appeared in the final of the 2012 FIFA Club World Cup with Chelsea losing 1–0 to Brazilian club Corinthians.<ref>{{cite news |title=Frank Lampard disappointed to miss out on Club World Cup |work=Independent |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/news-and-comment/frank-lampard-disappointed-to-miss-out-on-club-world-cup-8420808.html |url-status=live |access-date=29 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191229031702/https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/news-and-comment/frank-lampard-disappointed-to-miss-out-on-club-world-cup-8420808.html |archive-date=29 December 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Emons |first=Michael |date=16 December 2012 |title=Chelsea 0-1 Corinthians |agency=BBC |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/20746503 |url-status=live |access-date=29 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160310195306/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/20746503 |archive-date=10 March 2016}}</ref> He marked his 500th appearance in the Premier League by scoring in an 8–0 win against Aston Villa on 23 December.<ref>{{cite news |last=Phillips |first=Owen |date=23 December 2012 |title=Chelsea 8–0 Aston Villa |publisher=BBC Sport |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/20745787 |url-status=live |access-date=13 September 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170214233523/http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/20745787 |archive-date=14 February 2017}}</ref> On 30 December 2012, Lampard scored a brace as Chelsea came from a goal down in the game against Everton to win 2–1.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Everton 1-2 Chelsea |work=BBC Sport |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/20830257 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190111182124/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/20830257 |archive-date=11 January 2019 |access-date=14 April 2020}}</ref>

{{Quote box | width = 25% | align = left | quote = "You talk about the Zolas and the best players to have played at the club, but for me he [Lampard] is the best. You can only single out two players to play consistently well and to score goals over the course of the last 10–15 years and that is him and Ryan Giggs. It's incredible, to see the number of goals he's scored at such a high level as well – Champions League goals, Premier League goals – and the hunger. He is an example to all the players here." | source = —John Terry on Lampard scoring his 200th goal for Chelsea in March 2013.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://talksport.com/football/premier-league/87577/john-terry-frank-lampard-chelseas-best-ever-player-193997/ |title=John Terry: Frank Lampard is Chelsea's best ever player |last=Rostron-Pike |first=Nick |date=19 March 2013 |website=Talksport |access-date=19 December 2024 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241220015918/https://talksport.com/football/premier-league/87577/john-terry-frank-lampard-chelseas-best-ever-player-193997/ |archive-date=20 December 2024}}</ref> }}

In the third round of the FA Cup, Lampard entered in the second half and scored a penalty in Chelsea's victory over Southampton.<ref>{{cite news |date=5 January 2013 |title=Southampton v Chelsea – 5th Jan 2013 |publisher=.skysports.com |url=http://www1.skysports.com/football/live/match/281103 |url-status=live |access-date=1 March 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203005635/http://www1.skysports.com/football/live/match/281103 |archive-date=3 December 2013}}</ref> On 6 January 2013, Lampard's agent Steve Kutner announced that Lampard would not be offered a new contract with Chelsea and would leave when his contract expired in June 2013.<ref>{{cite news |date=6 January 2013 |title=Frank's finished: Lampard's Chelsea career ENDS in June, with no hope of reprieve |work=Daily Mirror |location=London |url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/chelsea-legend-frank-lampard-will-end-1522119 |access-date=7 January 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=7 January 2013 |title=Agent confirms Lampard's Chelsea exit |publisher=FIFA |url=https://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/clubfootball/news/newsid=1980270.html |url-status=dead |access-date=7 January 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130327172953/http://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/clubfootball/news/newsid%3D1980270.html |archive-date=27 March 2013}}</ref> On 12 January 2013, Lampard scored a penalty in the 4–0 win over Stoke City at the Britannia Stadium.<ref>{{cite news |date=12 January 2013 |title=Chelsea beat Stoke 4–0 at the Britannia Stadium |publisher=Sky Sports |url=http://www1.skysports.com/football/live/match/261779/report |url-status=live |access-date=12 January 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130114012947/http://www1.skysports.com/football/live/match/261779/report |archive-date=14 January 2013}}</ref> This goal made Lampard Chelsea's second-highest goalscorer of all-time with 194 goals and moved him clear of Kerry Dixon and putting him eight goals behind Bobby Tambling in first.<ref>{{cite news |date=14 January 2013 |title=FRANK LAMPARD 194 CHELSEA GOALS |publisher=Official Chelsea website |url=http://www.chelseafc.com/news-article/article/3041329/title/frank-lampard-194-chelsea-goals |access-date=14 January 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130115111819/http://www.chelseafc.com/news-article/article/3041329/title/frank-lampard-194-chelsea-goals |archive-date=15 January 2013}}</ref> He scored his 199th goal for Chelsea in a 4–0 FA Cup victory over Brentford on 17 February, becoming Chelsea's all-time leading FA Cup goalscorer with 26 goals. Lampard's 200th Chelsea goal came against his former club West Ham on 17 March 2013, heading home an Eden Hazard cross.<ref>{{cite news |date=17 February 2013 |title=Premier League Chelsea too good for Brentford in FA Cup |publisher=Sky Sports |url=http://www1.skysports.com/football/live/match/282412/report |url-status=live |access-date=17 February 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130217152533/http://www1.skysports.com/football/live/match/282412/report |archive-date=17 February 2013}}</ref>

Lampard equalled Bobby Tambling's record with a long-range goal into the top left corner from just outside the box in the 61st minute in a league match against Aston Villa on 11 May. Then, later on in the 88th minute, he scored a second goal, breaking the record and securing a 2–1 victory for Chelsea.<ref>{{cite news |last=James |first=Stuart |date=11 May 2013 |title=Frank Lampard determined to stay after breaking Chelsea goal record |work=The Guardian |location=London |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2013/may/11/frank-lampard-chelsea-aston-villa |url-status=live |access-date=11 December 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170314154624/https://www.theguardian.com/football/2013/may/11/frank-lampard-chelsea-aston-villa |archive-date=14 March 2017}}</ref> In the UEFA Europa League final on 15 May, Lampard captained the London club to a 2–1 victory over Benfica, securing the 11th major trophy of the Roman Abramovich era.<ref>{{cite news |last=Wallace |first=Sam |date=15 May 2013 |title=Rafa Benitez's parting gift: Chelsea win Europa League |work=The Independent |location=London |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/european/rafa-benitezs-parting-gift-chelsea-win-europa-league-8618073.html |url-status=live |access-date=28 August 2017 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130707043607/http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/european/rafa-benitezs-parting-gift-chelsea-win-europa-league-8618073.html |archive-date=7 July 2013}}</ref>

On 16 May 2013, Lampard signed a one-year extension to his contract with Chelsea, stating "I always maintained the dream was to stay at Chelsea."<ref>{{Cite web |date=16 May 2013 |title=LAMPARD SIGNS |url=http://www.chelseafc.com/news-article/article/3180951/title/lampard-signs |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130607073613/http://www.chelseafc.com/news-article/article/3180951/title/lampard-signs |archive-date=7 June 2013 |access-date=16 May 2013 |publisher=Chelsea F.C}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=16 May 2013 |title=Frank Lampard signs new one-year contract at Chelsea |work=The Guardian |location=London |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2013/may/16/frank-lampard-new-chelsea-contract |url-status=live |access-date=16 May 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141129170940/http://www.theguardian.com/football/2013/may/16/frank-lampard-new-chelsea-contract |archive-date=29 November 2014}}</ref>

====2013–14: Final season at Chelsea==== [[File:Frank Lampard against AS Roma 2013 (3).jpg|thumb|left|Lampard on pre-season tour with Chelsea in 2013]]

On the opening day of the 2013–14 Premier League season, Lampard scored a free-kick in a 2–0 win against newly promoted Hull City.<ref>{{cite news |last=Ornstein |first=David |date=18 August 2013 |title=Chelsea 2–0 Hull City |publisher=BBC Sport |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/23653975 |url-status=live |access-date=13 September 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160903203645/http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/23653975 |archive-date=3 September 2016}}</ref> On 1 October, he scored his 205th goal for Chelsea in a 4–0 win away to Steaua București in the Champions League.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Chowdhury |first=Saj |title=Steaua Bucharest 0–4 Chelsea |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/24249945 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181029232600/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/24249945 |archive-date=29 October 2018 |access-date=13 September 2014 |publisher=BBC Sport}}</ref> On 23 November 2013, Lampard scored his 206th and 207th goals for Chelsea against his former club West Ham in a 3–0 win.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bevan |first=Chris |date=23 November 2013 |title=West Ham United 0–3 Chelsea |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/24968970 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181126031442/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/24968970 |archive-date=26 November 2018 |access-date=1 March 2014 |publisher=BBC Sport}}</ref> Lampard moved to fourth on the all-time Premier League goal-scoring list on 2 December by beating Robbie Fowler's number of 164 goals.<ref>{{Cite web |date=26 January 2017 |title=Premier League Club Records, All-Time Team & Player Stats |url=https://www.premierleague.com/stats/all-time |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170126083557/https://www.premierleague.com/stats/all-time |archive-date=26 January 2017}}</ref> On 22 February 2014, Lampard scored a stoppage-time winner against Everton, initially credited to John Terry but awarded to Lampard by the Dubious Goals Committee,<ref>{{cite news |date=27 February 2014 |title=Goals panel ruins Terry's Chelsea return |publisher=ESPN |url=http://www.espn.co.uk/football/sport/story/287219.html |url-status=live |access-date=27 February 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140303051415/http://www.espn.co.uk/football/sport/story/287219.html |archive-date=3 March 2014}}</ref> keeping Chelsea in first place.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Phillips |first=Owen |date=22 February 2014 |title=Chelsea 1–0 Everton |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/26202633 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160316075216/http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/26202633 |archive-date=16 March 2016 |access-date=1 March 2014 |publisher=BBC Sport}}</ref>

In March, in recognition of his contributions, Lampard was given share number 200 by the Chelsea Pitch Owners Association which owns the Stamford Bridge freehold.<ref>{{cite web |title=Jose Mourinho joins Chelsea Pitch Owners with special CPO share number one |url=https://weaintgotnohistory.sbnation.com/2014/3/9/5487122/jose-mourinho-chelsea-pitch-owner |date=9 March 2014 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140310095511/http://weaintgotnohistory.sbnation.com/2014/3/9/5487122/jose-mourinho-chelsea-pitch-owner |archive-date=10 March 2014 |last=Pasztor |first=David |work=SB Nation}}</ref> On 2 April, he played his 100th Champions League match, losing 3–1 to Paris Saint-Germain.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2 April 2014 |title=Ronaldo and Lampard reach century of matches – UEFA Champions League |url=https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/news/0214-0e89cc0a6dc1-e15450cd9c42-1000--ronaldo-and-lampard-reach-century-of-matches/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140509020953/http://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/news/newsid=2080186.html |archive-date=9 May 2014 |access-date=12 May 2014 |publisher=UEFA}}</ref> On 5 April 2014, Lampard scored the 250th goal of his club career in a 3–0 win against Stoke.<ref>{{Cite web |date=5 April 2014 |title=MATCH REPORT: CHELSEA 3 STOKE CITY 0 |url=http://www.chelseafc.com/news-article/article/3750941/title/match-report-chelsea-3-stoke-city-0 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140407220733/http://www.chelseafc.com/news-article/article/3750941/title/match-report-chelsea-3-stoke-city-0 |archive-date=7 April 2014 |access-date=6 April 2014 |publisher=Chelsea F.C.}}</ref>

On 23 May 2014, Lampard was included on the list of players released by Chelsea.<ref name="Released">{{cite news |date=23 May 2014 |title=Clubs submit retained and released lists |publisher=Premier League |url=http://www.premierleague.com/en-gb/news/news/2013-14/may/premier-league-clubs-submit-retained-and-released-lists.html |url-status=dead |access-date=23 May 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150504185633/http://www.premierleague.com/en-gb/news/news/2013-14/may/premier-league-clubs-submit-retained-and-released-lists.html |archive-date=4 May 2015}}</ref><ref name="ReleasedITV">{{cite news |date=23 May 2014 |title=Chelsea let Lampard and Cole leave club |publisher=ITV |url=http://www.itv.com/sport/football/article/2014-05-23/chelsea-let-lampard-and-cole-leave-club/ |access-date=23 May 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140524004120/http://www.itv.com/sport/football/article/2014-05-23/chelsea-let-lampard-and-cole-leave-club/ |archive-date=24 May 2014}}</ref> Lampard, however, said that any contract talks with Chelsea would be decided after the 2014 World Cup, with a statement saying "he will meet with Chelsea before any consideration of a move elsewhere".<ref>{{Cite news |title=Lampard to decide Chelsea future after World Cup |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/27550817 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181218195133/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/27550817 |archive-date=18 December 2018 |access-date=23 May 2014 |publisher=BBC Sport}}</ref> On 3 June 2014, Chelsea confirmed Lampard would leave the club.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Frank Lampard: Chelsea midfielder to leave Stamford Bridge |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/27673942 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161011024731/http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/27673942 |archive-date=11 October 2016 |access-date=3 June 2014 |publisher=BBC Sport}}</ref>

===Manchester City=== ====Signing and New York City FC controversy==== [[File:Chelsea 1 Man City 1 (16388187076).jpg|thumb|upright|Lampard with Manchester City in 2015]]

On 24 July 2014, it was claimed that Lampard, as a free agent, had signed a two-year contract with New York City FC (NYCFC) to commence ahead of the 2015 MLS season. It was announced at a live press conference in Brooklyn that he would be joining the club, which would be entering Major League Soccer (MLS) for the 2015 season. Sporting director Claudio Reyna hailed him as "one of the greatest players in world history".<ref name=bbcnyc /><ref>{{cite news |last=Peck |first=Brooks |date=24 July 2014 |title=Frank Lampard unveiled as NYCFC's fourth player on two-year deal |work=Yahoo! Sports |url=https://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/soccer-dirty-tackle/frank-lampard-unveiled-as-nycfc-s-fourth-player-on-two-year-deal-151847263.html |url-status=live |access-date=24 July 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140724235505/http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/soccer-dirty-tackle/frank-lampard-unveiled-as-nycfc-s-fourth-player-on-two-year-deal-151847263.html |archive-date=24 July 2014}}</ref> NYCFC's parent club, Manchester City, announced on 3 August 2014 that Lampard would join the club on a six-month deal ending in January 2015.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Frank Lampard: Man City boss confirms loan deal until January |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/28627707 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180204153530/http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/28627707 |archive-date=4 February 2018 |access-date=13 June 2015 |publisher=BBC Sport}}</ref> Initially reported as a loan, reports emerged on 31 December 2014 that Lampard had signed a short-term contract with the club as a free agent with his MLS contract not to start until the end of his stay in Manchester.<ref>{{cite news |date=30 December 2014 |title=Frank Lampard in limbo at Manchester City as registration expires on New Year's Day |work=The Daily Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/manchester-city/11318335/Frank-Lampard-in-limbo-at-Manchester-City-as-registration-expires-on-New-Years-Day.html |url-status=live |access-date=13 June 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150705053102/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/manchester-city/11318335/Frank-Lampard-in-limbo-at-Manchester-City-as-registration-expires-on-New-Years-Day.html |archive-date=5 July 2015}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=Manchester City: Frank Lampard's deal from New York extended |work=BBC Sport |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/30647043 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303070941/http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/30647043 |archive-date=3 March 2016 |access-date=1 January 2015 }}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |title=With Lampard extension, Man City shows lack of regard for NYC fans |magazine=Sports Illustrated |agency=Associated Press |url=https://www.si.com/planet-futbol/2014/12/31/frank-lampard-man-city-nycfc-extension-fan-reaction |url-status=live |access-date=13 June 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150707140708/http://www.si.com/planet-futbol/2014/12/31/frank-lampard-man-city-nycfc-extension-fan-reaction |archive-date=7 July 2015}}</ref> The same day, it was announced Lampard would extend his contract with Manchester City until the end of the English season, missing the start of the 2015 MLS season<ref>{{Cite web |title=Premier League: Manchester City extend Frank Lampard's contract until end of season |work=Sky Sports |url=http://www1.skysports.com/football/news/12691/9627215/premier-league-manchester-city-extend-frank-lampards-contract-until-end-of-season |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150712165611/http://www1.skysports.com/football/news/12691/9627215/premier-league-manchester-city-extend-frank-lampards-contract-until-end-of-season |archive-date=12 July 2015 |access-date=13 June 2015 }}</ref> and it was confirmed that Lampard had never been an MLS player with his arrival date in MLS unclear.<ref>{{cite news |last=Das |first=Andrew |date=1 January 2015 |title=Frank Lampard Lifts Manchester City as Fans in New York Fume |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/02/sports/soccer/frank-lampard-lifts-manchester-city-as-fans-in-new-york-fume.html |url-status=live |access-date=17 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180620232643/https://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/02/sports/soccer/frank-lampard-lifts-manchester-city-as-fans-in-new-york-fume.html |archive-date=20 June 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Jackson |first=Jamie |title=Manchester City have 'no agreement with New York' over Frank Lampard |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2015/jan/08/frank-lampard-manchester-city-premier-league-response-new-york-city-fc |url-status=live |access-date=13 June 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150627035406/http://www.theguardian.com/football/2015/jan/08/frank-lampard-manchester-city-premier-league-response-new-york-city-fc |archive-date=27 June 2015}}</ref>

Lampard extending his stay in Manchester prompted an angry response from fans in New York,<ref>{{Cite news |title=Frank Lampard: Man City stay prompts New York fans' outrage |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/30648173 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160228005419/http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/30648173 |archive-date=28 February 2016 |access-date=13 June 2015 |publisher=BBC Sport}}</ref> with NYCFC being accused of dishonesty for using the player in their promotional material and MLS Commissioner Don Garber being accused of poor leadership and a lack of transparency in handling the affair.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Lampardgate: Where are MLS and New York City FC? |url=http://www.empireofsoccer.com/lampardgate-where-york-31195/ |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150721114839/http://www.empireofsoccer.com/lampardgate-where-york-31195/ |archive-date=21 July 2015 |access-date=13 June 2015 |website=Empire of Soccer|date=June 2003 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=ASN article: Frank Lampard Debacle Makes MLS Look Foolish |url=http://americansoccernow.com/articles/frank-lampard-debacle-makes-mls-look-foolish |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150302074318/http://americansoccernow.com/articles/frank-lampard-debacle-makes-mls-look-foolish |archive-date=2 March 2015 |access-date=13 June 2015}}</ref> On 1 January 2015, Manchester City head coach Manuel Pellegrini hinted that Lampard could extend his stay at Manchester City to a second season.<ref>{{cite news |last=Jackson |first=Jamie |title=Manuel Pellegrini hints Frank Lampard could stay at City next season |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2015/jan/01/frank-lampard-manchester-city-next-season-manuel-pellegrini-mls-new-york-city |url-status=live |access-date=13 June 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150425213451/http://www.theguardian.com/football/2015/jan/01/frank-lampard-manchester-city-next-season-manuel-pellegrini-mls-new-york-city |archive-date=25 April 2015}}</ref> On 9 January, Manchester City admitted that Lampard had never signed a two-year contract with NYCFC, having instead originally signed a non-binding "commitment" to join the team.<ref>{{Cite web |date=9 January 2015 |title=Premier League forced to step in after Manchester City mislead supporters over Frank Lampard deal |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/manchester-city/11336116/Premier-League-forced-to-step-in-after-Manchester-City-mislead-supporters-over-Frank-Lampard-deal.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150909060830/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/manchester-city/11336116/Premier-League-forced-to-step-in-after-Manchester-City-mislead-supporters-over-Frank-Lampard-deal.html |archive-date=9 September 2015 |access-date=13 June 2015 |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Jackson |first=Jamie |title=Manchester City admit Frank Lampard never signed two-year deal with NYCFC |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2015/jan/09/manchester-city-error-frank-lampard-new-york-city-fc-deal?CMP=share_btn_tw |url-status=live |access-date=13 June 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150110054811/http://www.theguardian.com/football/2015/jan/09/manchester-city-error-frank-lampard-new-york-city-fc-deal?CMP=share_btn_tw |archive-date=10 January 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=New York FC confesses Frank Lampard signing was a fraud |work=New York Post |url=https://nypost.com/2015/01/09/new-york-fc-confesses-frank-lampard-signing-was-a-fraud/ |url-status=live |access-date=13 June 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150612055818/http://nypost.com/2015/01/09/new-york-fc-confesses-frank-lampard-signing-was-a-fraud/ |archive-date=12 June 2015}}</ref> The same day, Lampard confirmed his intention to join NYCFC at the end of the 2014–15 Premier League season.<ref>{{cite news |date=9 January 2015 |title=Frank Lampard: I signed commitment with NYCFC, not Manchester City |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2015/jan/09/frank-lampard-manchester-city-nycfc |url-status=live |access-date=13 June 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150425095556/http://www.theguardian.com/football/2015/jan/09/frank-lampard-manchester-city-nycfc |archive-date=25 April 2015}}</ref> Around 300 people asked for season ticket refunds in response to the affair, while the 2015 MLS SuperDraft started a chant of "Where's Frank Lampard?" from the crowd.<ref>{{cite news |last=Taylor |first=Daniel |title=Frank Lampard's New York City FC: making of a team no one has seen play |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2015/feb/07/frank-lampard-new-york-city-manchester-city |url-status=live |access-date=13 June 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150603093911/http://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2015/feb/07/frank-lampard-new-york-city-manchester-city |archive-date=3 June 2015}}</ref>

====2014–15: Only season in Manchester==== [[File:Chelsea 1 Man City 1 (16412382351).jpg|thumb|left|Chelsea fans wave a "Super Frankie Lampard" banner during his appearance for Manchester City against Chelsea at Stamford Bridge in 2015]]

Lampard made his Manchester City debut on 13 September in a 2–2 away draw against Arsenal; he received a yellow card and was substituted at half-time for Samir Nasri.<ref>{{Cite news |last=McNulty |first=Phil |title=Arsenal 2–2 Manchester City |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/29090530 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160316123100/http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/29090530 |archive-date=16 March 2016 |access-date=13 September 2014 |publisher=BBC Sport}}</ref> He scored his first goal for the club on 21 September with a volley from inside the box against former club Chelsea, having only been on the field for seven minutes as a substitute. Lampard's equalising goal ended Chelsea's perfect winning streak in the season, but it was a goal which he did not celebrate, and he described it as a very emotional day.<ref>{{Cite news |last=McNulty |first=Phil |title=Manchester City 1–1 Chelsea |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/29196082 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160131101430/http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/29196082 |archive-date=31 January 2016 |access-date=21 September 2014 |publisher=BBC Sport}}</ref> In Lampard's first League Cup match for City three days later, he scored the first and last goals as the side defeated Sheffield Wednesday 7–0 at home in the third round.<ref>{{cite news |date=24 September 2014 |title=Man City 7–0 Sheff Wed |publisher=BBC Sport |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/29233053 |url-status=live |access-date=24 September 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160513152430/http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/29233053 |archive-date=13 May 2016}}</ref> On 27 September, Lampard came on in the 71st minute, only to score another goal to make it four goals in four matches and his fourth that week.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Keegan |first=Mike |title=Hull City 2–4 Manchester City |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/29289927 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160516015455/http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/29289927 |archive-date=16 May 2016 |access-date=4 October 2014 |publisher=BBC Sport}}</ref> He made his first Champions League appearance on 30 September in Manchester City's 1–1 draw with Roma.<ref>{{Cite news |last=McNulty |first=Phil |title=Manchester City 1–1 Roma |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/29362609 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160831035342/http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/29362609 |archive-date=31 August 2016 |access-date=4 October 2014 |publisher=BBC Sport}}</ref>

{{Quote box|width=26%|align=right|quote="For me, what makes Frank Lampard special is how professional he is in training. You see him at training: He is the first to arrive on the training ground and the last to go home. He won everything with Chelsea, he's a legend in football and he's still playing like he's 18 years old."|source=—Pablo Zabaleta on Lampard, 2014.<ref>{{cite news |last=Bajkowski |first=Simon |date=29 December 2014 |title=Lampard focus: How loan star has thrived at Man City |url=https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/lampard-focus-how-loan-star-8356208 |work=Manchester Evening News |access-date=19 December 2024}}</ref>}}

On 1 January 2015, the day after extending his stay with the club, Lampard scored the winner for City in a Premier League encounter against Sunderland.<ref>{{cite news |last=Taylor |first=Daniel |title=Manchester City 3–2 Sunderland – Premier League match report |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2015/jan/01/manchester-city-sunderland-premier-league-match-report |url-status=live |access-date=13 June 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150612075723/http://www.theguardian.com/football/2015/jan/01/manchester-city-sunderland-premier-league-match-report |archive-date=12 June 2015}}</ref> On 14 March 2015, Lampard made his 600th Premier League appearance, becoming the second player to do so after Ryan Giggs, coming on as a substitute during City's 1–0 defeat to Burnley.<ref>{{cite news |date=15 March 2015 |title=Frank Lampard reaches 600 Premier League appearances |publisher=Manchester City F.C. |url=http://www.mcfc.co.uk/News/Team-news/2015/March/Frank-Lampard-600-PL-appearances-1020 |url-status=live |access-date=16 March 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150318220229/http://www.mcfc.co.uk/News/Team-news/2015/March/Frank-Lampard-600-PL-appearances-1020 |archive-date=18 March 2015}}</ref> On 24 May, Lampard captained Manchester City in their final match of the season and the last of his spell with the club. He scored his 177th Premier League goal to give City the lead in an eventual 2–0 win over Southampton at the City of Manchester Stadium and was substituted for Jesús Navas in the 77th minute.<ref>{{cite news |date=24 May 2015 |title=Man City 2–0 Southampton |publisher=BBC |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/32770812 |url-status=live |access-date=17 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180918015826/https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/32770812 |archive-date=18 September 2018}}</ref>

===New York City FC=== ====2015–16: Final seasons and retirement==== On 10 January 2015, Lampard signed a pre-contract to play for New York City FC in MLS, beginning on 1 July.<ref>{{Cite web |date=10 January 2015 |title=Frank Lampard finally signs MLS contract to play with NYCFC |url=http://www.espnfc.com/story/2237691/frank-lampard-finally-signs-mls-contract-to-play-with-nycfc |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150113011539/http://www.espnfc.com/story/2237691/frank-lampard-finally-signs-mls-contract-to-play-with-nycfc |archive-date=13 January 2015 |access-date=11 January 2015 |publisher=ESPN FC}}</ref> Injury delayed his debut until 1 August, when he came on as a 69th-minute substitute for Andrew Jacobson in a 3–2 defeat to the Montreal Impact at Yankee Stadium. In July, Lampard was one of the 22 players to be named to the 2015 MLS All-Star Game roster.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Steven Gerrard, Frank Lampard selected as Commissioner's picks for AT&T MLS All-Star Game |url=https://www.mlssoccer.com/post/2015/07/13/steven-gerrard-frank-lampard-selected-commissioners-picks-att-mls-all-star-game |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190611121056/https://www.mlssoccer.com/post/2015/07/13/steven-gerrard-frank-lampard-selected-commissioners-picks-att-mls-all-star-game |archive-date=11 June 2019 |access-date=17 May 2019}}</ref> On 16 September, he scored his first MLS goal as his team beat Toronto 2–0 to end a three-game losing streak.<ref>{{cite news |agency=The Associated Press |date=16 September 2015 |title=Lampard scores in New York City FC's win over Toronto FC, Revs in first |publisher=ESPN FC |url=http://www.espnfc.us/major-league-soccer/story/2616545/frank-lampard-scores-nycfc-win-new-england-in-first-mls |url-status=live |access-date=16 September 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150918100620/http://www.espnfc.us/major-league-soccer/story/2616545/frank-lampard-scores-nycfc-win-new-england-in-first-mls |archive-date=18 September 2015}}</ref> Eleven days later, Lampard scored the opening goal in a 2–1 victory over Vancouver Whitecaps FC in the 29th minute of play; he was later also fouled in the area in the final minute of stoppage time, which allowed David Villa to convert the match-winning goal from the resulting penalty.<ref>{{Cite web |date=27 September 2015 |title=New York City FC holding on to playoff hopes after 'pure mania' vs. Vancouver |url=http://www.mlssoccer.com/post/2015/09/27/new-york-city-fc-holding-playoff-hopes-after-pure-mania-vs-vancouver |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151028051951/http://www.mlssoccer.com/post/2015/09/27/new-york-city-fc-holding-playoff-hopes-after-pure-mania-vs-vancouver |archive-date=28 October 2015 |access-date=4 October 2015 |publisher=MLS Soccer}}</ref> On 2 October, he scored New York City's fastest ever goal in MLS history in a 2–1 away defeat to D.C. United.<ref>{{Cite web |date=3 October 2015 |title=Frank Lampard scores New York City's fastest-ever MLS goal |url=http://www.skysports.com/football/news/12096/10015378/frank-lampard-scores-new-york-citys-fastest-ever-mls-goal |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151005204448/http://www.skysports.com/football/news/12096/10015378/frank-lampard-scores-new-york-citys-fastest-ever-mls-goal |archive-date=5 October 2015 |access-date=4 October 2015 |publisher=Sky Sports}}</ref> The team finished its debut season outside a place for the MLS Cup Playoffs, which drew criticism from some in the media, who expected more from the club's trio of designated players composed of former Champions League winners Lampard, David Villa, and Andrea Pirlo.<ref>{{cite news |last=O'Callaghan |first=Eoin |date=17 October 2015 |title=The MLS dream-team with Lampard, Pirlo & Villa is nothing short of a New York nightmare now |work=The 42 |publisher=TheJournal.ie |url=http://www.the42.ie/new-york-city-fc-2395050-Oct2015/ |url-status=live |access-date=26 October 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151022053826/http://www.the42.ie/new-york-city-fc-2395050-Oct2015/ |archive-date=22 October 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=22 October 2015 |title=New York City FC's first season far from a failure even without playoffs |publisher=Soccerly |url=http://soccerly.com/article/soccerly/new-york-city-fcs-first-season-far-from-a-failure-even-without-a-playoff-berth |url-status=dead |access-date=27 October 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151028233806/http://soccerly.com/article/soccerly/new-york-city-fcs-first-season-far-from-a-failure-even-without-a-playoff-berth |archive-date=28 October 2015}}</ref>

Having missed the beginning of the season with a calf injury, Lampard made his first appearance in 2016 on 22 May in the New York derby, playing the final 15 minutes; New York City lost the game 7–0, while Lampard was jeered by his side's own fans.<ref>{{Cite web |date=21 May 2016 |title=Lampard booed as New York City lose derby 7–0 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/36352180 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160522043818/http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/36352180 |archive-date=22 May 2016 |access-date=22 May 2016 |publisher=BBC Sport}}</ref> However, he then scored in his first start of the season against Philadelphia Union on 18 June and was cheered by the New York fans once again.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Frank Lampard: Scores in first start of season |url=https://realnews.rotowire.com/roto_to_gnews.htm?id=45049&sport=soccer |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180926170357/https://realnews.rotowire.com/roto_to_gnews.htm?id=45049&sport=soccer |archive-date=26 September 2018 |access-date=16 May 2019 |website=realnews.rotowire.com}}</ref> In his second start, he managed to make it back-to-back goals against Seattle Sounders FC on 20 June.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Frank Lampard nets a controversial goal for New York City |url=https://www.skysports.com/football/news/12096/10325363/frank-lampard-nets-a-controversial-goal-for-new-york-city |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180926170331/https://www.skysports.com/football/news/12096/10325363/frank-lampard-nets-a-controversial-goal-for-new-york-city |archive-date=26 September 2018 |access-date=16 May 2019 |website=Sky Sports}}</ref> His fourth goal in five matches came against Sporting Kansas City in a 3–1 defeat on 11 July.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Frank Lampard scores his fourth goal in five games for New York City FC |url=https://www.skysports.com/football/news/12096/10498416/frank-lampard-scores-his-fourth-goal-in-five-games-for-new-york-city-fc |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180926170340/https://www.skysports.com/football/news/12096/10498416/frank-lampard-scores-his-fourth-goal-in-five-games-for-new-york-city-fc |archive-date=26 September 2018 |access-date=16 May 2019 |website=Sky Sports}}</ref> Lampard then took his goal tally for the season to five with the third goal in a 3–1 victory over the Montreal Impact on 17 July.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Archive |url=https://www.thesundaily.my/archive |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200405220928/https://www.thesundaily.my/archive |archive-date=5 April 2020 |access-date=8 April 2020 |website=Thesundaily.my}}</ref>

On 31 July 2016, Lampard became the first New York City player to score a hat-trick, achieving this feat in a 5–1 win over the Colorado Rapids.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Historic Lampard hat-trick in New York City romp |url=http://theworldgame.sbs.com.au/article/2016/07/31/historic-lampard-hat-trick-new-york-city-romp |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160801155237/http://theworldgame.sbs.com.au/article/2016/07/31/historic-lampard-hat-trick-new-york-city-romp |archive-date=1 August 2016 |access-date=31 July 2016 |website=The World Game |publisher=Special Broadcasting Service}}</ref> Lampard finished his second MLS season with the club with 13 goals and 3 assists in 19 appearances,<ref name="MLS Profile">{{Cite web |title=Frank Lampard |url=http://www.mlssoccer.com/players/frank-lampard |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161204175152/http://www.mlssoccer.com/players/frank-lampard |archive-date=4 December 2016 |access-date=17 November 2016 |publisher=MLSSoccer.com}}</ref> as New York City finished in second place in the Eastern Conference, and qualified for the MLS Cup Playoffs for the first time ever, clinching a spot in the Eastern Conference semi-finals.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Booth |first=Mark |date=24 October 2016 |title=Playoffs: All You Need to Know |url=http://www.nycfc.com/post/2016/10/24/playoffs-all-you-need-know |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161104061325/http://www.nycfc.com/post/2016/10/24/playoffs-all-you-need-know |archive-date=4 November 2016 |access-date=1 November 2016 |publisher=NYCFC}}</ref> He featured in both legs of the Conference semi-final against Toronto, as New York were eliminated from the Playoffs 7–0 on aggregate.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Parker |first=Graham |date=6 November 2016 |title=Toronto exploits New York City FC's tactics in 5–0 rout at Yankee Stadium |url=http://www.espnfc.us/blog/the-match/60/post/2989137/toronto-exploits-new-york-city-fc-tactics-in-5-0-rout-at-yankee-stadium |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161108133722/http://www.espnfc.us/blog/the-match/60/post/2989137/toronto-exploits-new-york-city-fc-tactics-in-5-0-rout-at-yankee-stadium |archive-date=8 November 2016 |access-date=7 November 2016 |publisher=ESPN FC}}</ref> On 14 November 2016, New York City announced that Lampard would leave as soon as his contract expired.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Booth |first=Mark |date=14 November 2016 |title=#ThankYouFrank: Lampard Departs |url=http://www.nycfc.com/post/2016/11/14/thankyoufrank-lampard-departs |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161115193404/http://www.nycfc.com/post/2016/11/14/thankyoufrank-lampard-departs |archive-date=15 November 2016 |access-date=15 November 2016}}</ref>

Lampard announced his retirement on 2 February 2017 after turning down several offers, and said that he would look to obtain his coaching qualifications after retiring.<ref>{{cite news |date=2 February 2017 |title=Frank Lampard: Former Chelsea & England midfielder retires |publisher=BBC Sport |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/37985587 |url-status=live |access-date=2 February 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202123055/http://www.bbc.com/sport/football/37985587 |archive-date=2 February 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2 February 2017 |title=Chelsea great Frank Lampard announces retirement |url=http://www.skysports.com/football/news/11095/10753085/chelsea-great-frank-lampard-announces-retirement |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202234627/http://www.skysports.com/football/news/11095/10753085/chelsea-great-frank-lampard-announces-retirement |archive-date=2 February 2017 |access-date=2 February 2017 |publisher=Sky Sports}}</ref>

==International career== ===Youth and early career=== Lampard was capped by England at youth level before making his under-21 debut on 13 November 1997 in a match against Greece.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Hugman |first=Barry J. |title=The PFA Premier & Football League Players' Records 1946–2005 |publisher=Queen Anne Press |year=2005 |isbn=1-85291-665-6 |page=358}}</ref><ref name="1990-2000">{{Cite web |title=1990–2000 |url=http://www.englandfootballonline.com/MatchRsl/MatchRslTmU21pg2.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080723130428/http://www.englandfootballonline.com/MatchRsl/MatchRslTmU21pg2.html |archive-date=23 July 2008 |access-date=9 June 2013 |publisher=England Football Online}}</ref> He played for the under-21 side from November 1997 to June 2000, and scored nine goals in 19 appearances, a mark bettered only by Alan Shearer and Francis Jeffers.<ref name="1990-2000" /><ref name="England Under-21 Goalscorers">{{Cite web |title=England Under-21 Goalscorers |url=http://www.thefa.com/England/U21s/Players/Postings/2005/02/AllTime_Goalscorers.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20050406103353/http://www.thefa.com/England/U21s/Players/Postings/2005/02/AllTime_Goalscorers.htm |archive-date=6 April 2005 |access-date=9 June 2013 |publisher=The Football Association}}</ref> He was capped once by England B, playing in a 2–1 home defeat against Chile on 10 February 1998.<ref name="England - International Results B-Team - Details">{{Cite web |last=Courtney |first=Barrie |date=21 March 2004 |title=England – International Results B-Team – Details |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablese/eng-b-intres-det.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304032317/http://www.rsssf.com/tablese/eng-b-intres-det.html |archive-date=4 March 2016 |access-date=9 June 2013 |publisher=RSSSF}}</ref>

On 10 October 1999, Lampard debuted for the England senior squad in a 2–1 friendly win over Belgium.<ref>{{Cite web|first=Gary|last=Hayes|title=Highs and Lows of Chelsea Midfielder Frank Lampard's England Career|url=https://bleacherreport.com/articles/1861181-highs-and-lows-of-chelsea-midfielder-frank-lampards-england-career?m=0|website=Bleacher Report|date=24 November 2013|access-date=23 December 2024}}</ref> He scored his first goal on 20 August 2003 in a 3–1 win over Croatia.<ref>{{Cite news|first=Steven|last=Bloor|title=Frank Lampard's England career {{!}} in pictures|url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/gallery/2014/aug/26/frank-lampard-england-career-in-pictures|newspaper=The Guardian|date=26 August 2014|access-date=23 December 2014}}</ref> He was part of the team at the FA Summer Tournament (Manchester) 2004, which England won.<ref>{{Cite web |title=FA Summer Tournament (Manchester) 2004 |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesm/manchester-3nat04.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191202205210/http://www.rsssf.com/tablesm/manchester-3nat04.html |archive-date=2 December 2019 |access-date=8 April 2020 |website=RSSSF}}</ref>

He was overlooked for Euro 2000 and the 2002 World Cup, and had to wait until Euro 2004 to take part in his first international competition. England reached the quarter-finals with Lampard scoring three goals in four matches. He scored against France and Croatia in the group stages. In the quarter-final, he equalised for England in the 112th minute against Portugal, bringing the scoreline to 2–2 but England lost on penalties. He was named in the team of the tournament by UEFA.<ref>{{cite news |last=Hatherall |first=Chris |date=5 July 2004 |title=Four All-Star Lions |publisher=The Football Association |url=http://www.thefa.com/Euro2004/NewsAndFeatures/Postings/2004/07/Euro2004_AllStarSquad.htm |url-status=dead |access-date=12 April 2007 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20050404021713/http://www.thefa.com/Euro2004/NewsAndFeatures/Postings/2004/07/Euro2004_AllStarSquad.htm |archive-date=4 April 2005}}</ref>

===2004–10: UEFA Euro 2004 and 2006 FIFA World Cup=== He became a regular in the squad following the retirement of Paul Scholes, and was voted England Player of the Year by fans in 2004 and 2005.<ref>{{cite news |date=20 January 2005 |title=And the winner is.. |publisher=The Football Association |url=http://www.thefa.com/England/news/2005/englandplayeroftheyear |url-status=dead |access-date=8 May 2014 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140508101306/http://www.thefa.com/England/news/2005/englandplayeroftheyear |archive-date=8 May 2014}}</ref> He was England's top-scorer in their 2006 World Cup qualifying campaign, with five goals. He scored two crucial goals in the qualifiers, the first against Austria in a 1–0 win, and the second being the winning goal against Poland.<ref>{{cite news |date=12 October 2005 |title=England 2–1 Poland |work=BBC News |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/internationals/4326522.stm |url-status=live |access-date=19 May 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121019050204/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/internationals/4326522.stm |archive-date=19 October 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=8 October 2005 |title=England 1–0 Austria |work=BBC News |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/internationals/4313646.stm |url-status=live |access-date=19 May 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130904011930/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/internationals/4313646.stm |archive-date=4 September 2013}}</ref>

[[File:England team.jpg|thumb|Lampard ''(wearing No.8)'' lining up for England against Paraguay at the 2006 FIFA World Cup]]

In England's first game of the tournament against Paraguay, Lampard was named man of the match as England won 1–0.<ref>{{cite news |last=McNulty |first=Phil |date=10 June 2006 |title=England 1–0 Paraguay |work=BBC News |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/world_cup_2006/4852606.stm |url-status=live |access-date=19 May 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110627225516/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/world_cup_2006/4852606.stm |archive-date=27 June 2011}}</ref> Though Lampard played every minute of England's 2006 World Cup matches, he went scoreless as England were eliminated in the quarterfinals by Portugal on penalties, and he was one of the three England players whose penalty was saved alongside Steven Gerrard and Jamie Carragher.<ref>{{cite news |title=Frank Lampard |publisher=ESPNsoccernet |url=http://soccernet.espn.go.com/players/international?id=8941&league=fifa.world&season=2006&cc=5739 |url-status=dead |access-date=9 December 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060614015622/http://soccernet.espn.go.com/players/international?id=8941&league=fifa.world&season=2006&cc=5739 |archive-date=14 June 2006}}</ref>

He scored in a 2–1 loss to Germany in a friendly at the new Wembley in 2007.<ref>{{cite news |last=McKenzie |first=Andrew |date=22 August 2007 |title=England 1–2 Germany |work=BBC News |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/internationals/6954720.stm |url-status=live |access-date=18 June 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110619075638/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/internationals/6954720.stm |archive-date=19 June 2011}}</ref> He was very disappointing during qualifying for Euro 2008. He was booed by England supporters while coming on as a second-half substitute during England's Euro 2008 qualifying match against Estonia on 13 October 2007.<ref>{{cite news |date=14 October 2007 |title=Barnes angered by Lampard booing |publisher=BBC Sport |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/internationals/7043835.stm |url-status=live |access-date=18 October 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071016045340/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/internationals/7043835.stm |archive-date=16 October 2007}}</ref> Lampard sent Stipe Pletikosa the wrong way from the spot and finished with one goal (in a 3–2 loss to Croatia on 21 November) as England failed to qualify for the tournament.<ref>{{Cite web |date=22 November 2007 |title=Croatia leave England down and out |url=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/history/news/0254-0d7bab4eba82-7743bf598f3f-1000--croatia-leave-england-down-and-out/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180917143333/https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/season=2008/matches/round=2241/match=83954/postmatch/report/index.html#croatia+leave+england+down |archive-date=17 September 2018 |access-date=17 September 2018 |publisher=UEFA}}</ref> He scored his first international goal in two years in a 4–0 win over Slovakia in March 2009, and also created another for Wayne Rooney. Lampard's goal was the 500th England goal scored at Wembley.<ref>{{cite news |date=28 March 2009 |title=England cruise to victory |publisher=The Football Association |url=http://www.thefa.com/england/news/2009/england_cruise_to_victory |url-status=dead |access-date=8 May 2014 |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20140508163202/http://www.thefa.com/england/news/2009/england_cruise_to_victory |archive-date=8 May 2014}}</ref> On 9 September 2009, Lampard struck twice in England's 5–1 win against Croatia which secured their place at 2010 World Cup.<ref>[http://www.goal.com/en/news/1863/world-cup-2010/2009/09/09/1491139/england-5-1-croatia-england-recreate-magic-of-munich-with England 5 1 Croatia England recreate Magic of Munich] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090912032713/http://www.goal.com/en/news/1863/world-cup-2010/2009/09/09/1491139/england-5-1-croatia-england-recreate-magic-of-munich-with |date=12 September 2009 }}, Goal.com</ref>

===2010–12: 2010 FIFA World Cup and UEFA Euro 2012 injury=== [[File:Teams head out for England & USA World Cup match 2010-06-12.jpg|thumb|left|Lampard ''(wearing No.8)'' enters the field with his England comrades before the 2010 FIFA World Cup match against the United States.]]

In the round-of-16 match of the 2010 FIFA World Cup against rivals Germany, Lampard had a first-half shot at goal that bounced off the crossbar and from TV replays was clearly seen to cross the goal line. If counted, it would have tied the game 2–2. However, neither the referee nor the linesman saw it as a goal, and play was continued. In the second-half, Lampard hit the cross-bar again, with a 30-yard free-kick. The final score was a 4–1 win for Germany, eliminating England from the tournament.<ref>{{cite news |last=Garside |first=Kevin |date=27 June 2010 |title=England v Germany: Frank Lampard's disallowed goal highlights stupidity of Fifa |work=The Daily Telegraph |location=London |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/world-cup-2010/teams/england/7857382/England-v-Germany-Frank-Lampards-disallowed-goal-highlights-stupidity-of-Fifas-ruling.html |url-status=dead |access-date=3 April 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100630074608/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/world-cup-2010/teams/england/7857382/England-v-Germany-Frank-Lampards-disallowed-goal-highlights-stupidity-of-Fifas-ruling.html |archive-date=30 June 2010}}</ref>

As England exited the 2010 FIFA World Cup, Lampard had already achieved the record of having made 37 shots on goal without scoring in a World Cup tournament, more than any other player since 1966.<ref>{{cite news |last=Rogers |first=Simon |date=27 June 2010 |title=England v Germany: match statistics |work=The Guardian |location=London |url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/datablog/2010/jun/27/england-v-germany-match-statistics |url-status=live |access-date=11 December 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161201205751/https://www.theguardian.com/news/datablog/2010/jun/27/england-v-germany-match-statistics |archive-date=1 December 2016}}</ref>

[[File:Lampard penalty against Wales.png|thumb|Lampard taking a penalty in a Euro 2012 qualifier against Wales in 2011]]

On 8 February 2011, it was announced that Lampard would captain the national team against Denmark in a friendly played the next day after both Rio Ferdinand and Steven Gerrard were absent through injury.<ref>{{cite news |date=8 February 2011 |title=Frank Lampard to captain England against Denmark |publisher=BBC Sport |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/9391367.stm |url-status=live |access-date=8 February 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191028214047/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/9391367.stm |archive-date=28 October 2019}}</ref> In the Euro 2012 qualifiers, Lampard netted two goals for England, both penalties. The first against Wales in a 2–0 win, and the latter vs Switzerland in a 2–2 draw.<ref>{{Cite web |title=País de Gales vs Inglaterra Escalações e Estatísticas - Goal.com |url=http://www.goal.com/br/match/56766/pa%C3%ADs-de-gales-vs-inglaterra/lineup-stats |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121015083325/http://www.goal.com/br/match/56766/pa%C3%ADs-de-gales-vs-inglaterra/lineup-stats |archive-date=15 October 2012 |access-date=6 June 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=4 June 2011 |title=England 2–2 Switzerland |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/13553428 |url-status=live |access-date=18 June 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110624033755/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/13553428.stm |archive-date=24 June 2011}}</ref> In November 2011, Lampard captained England to a 1–0 friendly victory over current World Champions Spain, a game in which he scored the only goal.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Inglaterra arma retranca e bate a Espanha - Goal.com |url=http://www.goal.com/br/match/70165/inglaterra-vs-espanha/report |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130903165151/http://www.goal.com/br/match/70165/inglaterra-vs-espanha/report |archive-date=3 September 2013 |access-date=12 November 2011}}</ref> On 31 May 2012, he was ruled out of the Euro 2012 due to a thigh injury. He was subsequently replaced by Jordan Henderson.<ref>{{cite news |last=Taylor |first=Daniel |date=30 May 2012 |title=FA sends for Jordan Henderson after Frank Lampard limps off with strain |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2012/may/30/frank-lampard-england-injury-jordan-henderson |work=The Guardian |access-date=10 October 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151010081500/https://www.theguardian.com/football/2012/may/30/frank-lampard-england-injury-jordan-henderson |archive-date=10 October 2015}}</ref>

===2012–14: Final years with England=== On 14 August 2012, manager Roy Hodgson announced that Lampard would captain the Three Lions in their upcoming friendly against Italy the following day, which England won 2–1.<ref>{{Cite web |date=14 August 2012 |title=Lampard handed England armband |url=http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story/_/id/1133882/frank-lampard-handed-england-captaincy-for-italy-friendly-?cc=5901 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120819031102/http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story/_/id/1133882/frank-lampard-handed-england-captaincy-for-italy-friendly-?cc=5901 |archive-date=19 August 2012 |access-date=14 August 2012 |publisher=ESPNSoccerent}}</ref> Lampard started England's first game in qualification and starred as England thrashed Moldova 5–0, with Lampard scoring his 24th and 25th England goals. His first goal was England's 100th ever penalty and his second was a header from a cross from Glen Johnson, after Steven Gerrard was substituted he captained the side.<ref>McNulty, Phil. (7 September 2012) [https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/19460608 Moldova 0–5 England] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181027232634/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/19460608 |date=27 October 2018 }}. BBC Sport.</ref> On 22 March 2013, he surpassed David Platt as England's highest scoring midfielder when he scored his 28th international goal in a 0–8 win over San Marino.<ref>{{cite news |date=22 March 2013 |title=San Marino 0–8 England player ratings |work=Daily Mirror |location=London |url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/san-marino-0-8-england-player-1779700 |url-status=live |access-date=3 April 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180119235439/https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/san-marino-0-8-england-player-1779700 |archive-date=19 January 2018}}</ref> Lampard became only the eighth English player to earn his 100th England cap, doing so in a World Cup qualifier against Ukraine, on 10 September 2013.<ref>{{cite news |last=Fifield |first=Dominic |date=8 September 2013 |title=Frank Lampard's prodigious work ethic drives him on to 100th England cap |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2013/sep/08/frank-lampard-100-caps-england-ukraine |work=The Guardian |access-date=12 June 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150612030127/https://www.theguardian.com/football/2013/sep/08/frank-lampard-100-caps-england-ukraine |archive-date=12 June 2015}}</ref>

On 12 May 2014, Lampard was named in the 23-man England squad for the 2014 FIFA World Cup<ref>{{Cite web |date=12 May 2014 |title=World Cup 2014: England name Ross Barkley in squad |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/27362447 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306091010/http://www.bbc.com/sport/football/27362447 |archive-date=6 March 2016 |access-date=3 August 2014 |publisher=BBC Sport}}</ref> and a week later he was named vice-captain.<ref>{{Cite web |date=18 May 2014 |title=Frank Lampard: England midfielder named vice-captain |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/world-cup/27460732 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140725031454/http://www.bbc.com/sport/world-cup/27460732 |archive-date=25 July 2014 |access-date=3 August 2014 |publisher=BBC Sport }}</ref> On 24 June, for the last game of the group stage, Lampard captained his England side to draw with Costa Rica 0–0.<ref>{{Cite web |date=24 June 2014 |title=England's World Cup ended without even the scant consolation of a victory as they played out a tame draw with Costa Rica in Belo Horizonte. |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/25285354 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161130103403/http://www.bbc.com/sport/football/25285354 |archive-date=30 November 2016 |access-date=3 August 2014 |publisher=BBC Sport}}</ref> On 26 August 2014, Lampard announced that he had retired from international football. He earned 106 caps, scoring 29 goals.<ref>{{Cite web |date=26 August 2014 |title=Frank Lampard retires from duty after 106 caps |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/27986649 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160409022706/http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/27986649 |archive-date=9 April 2016 |access-date=26 August 2014 |publisher=BBC Sport}}</ref>

==Style of play== thumb|right|222px|Lampard attempting to strike a volley

Regarded by some pundits, managers, and teammates as one of the greatest players of his generation,<ref>{{Cite web |title=World Football: The Top 10 Midfielders of the Past Decade |url=https://bleacherreport.com/articles/579327-world-football-the-top-ten-midfielders-of-the-past-decade |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110908201118/http://bleacherreport.com/articles/579327-world-football-the-top-ten-midfielders-of-the-past-decade |archive-date=8 September 2011 |access-date=18 December 2014 |publisher=Bleacher Report}}</ref> Lampard was an all-round and versatile box-to-box player, who was capable of playing anywhere in midfield; throughout his career he was deployed as a central midfielder, as an attacking midfielder, as a defensive midfielder, and even as a supporting striker on occasion.<ref name="The Evolving Tactical Role of Chelsea">{{Cite web |title=The Evolving Tactical Role of Chelsea's Frank Lampard |url=https://bleacherreport.com/articles/1644569-the-evolving-tactical-role-of-chelseas-frank-lampard |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160107205956/http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1644569-the-evolving-tactical-role-of-chelseas-frank-lampard |archive-date=7 January 2016 |access-date=18 December 2014 |publisher=Bleacher Report}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Fifield |first=Dominic |date=27 July 2011 |title=Chelsea's André Villas-Boas tries different role for Frank Lampard |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2011/jul/27/chelsea-frank-lampard |url-status=live |access-date=16 May 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112012242/http://www.theguardian.com/football/2011/jul/27/chelsea-frank-lampard |archive-date=12 November 2020}}</ref> He was also deployed as a deep-lying playmaker on occasion, in particular in his later career, due to his ability to build attacks with his passing.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Austin |first=Simon |date=25 September 2011 |title=Lampard can reinvent himself at Chelsea |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/simonaustin/2011/09/lampard_can_reinvent_himself_a.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200522131612/https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/simonaustin/2011/09/lampard_can_reinvent_himself_a.html |archive-date=22 May 2020 |access-date=16 May 2020 |publisher=BBC Sport}}</ref>

A hard-working player, with notable stamina and an ability to read the game,<ref name="The Evolving Tactical Role of Chelsea" /> Lampard was also capable of functioning creatively and starting attacking plays or providing assists for teammates after winning back possession, due to his technique, vision, and passing range.<ref name="Lampard, il vizietto è il gol">{{Cite web |title=Lampard, il vizietto è il gol |url=http://www.sport.it/calcio/mondiali-sudafrica-2010/fuoriclasse/sudafrica-2010-la-scheda-di-frank-lampard/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100704055332/http://www.sport.it/calcio/mondiali-sudafrica-2010/fuoriclasse/sudafrica-2010-la-scheda-di-frank-lampard |archive-date=4 July 2010 |access-date=18 December 2014 |website=sport.it |language=it}}</ref><ref name="pedigree">{{Cite web |date=4 July 2019 |title=Chelsea appoint Lampard: his Champions League pedigree |url=https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/news/0253-0e99ca06faf7-ce84b8231abd-1000--chelsea-appoint-lampard-his-champions-league-pedigree/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201223234226/https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/news/0253-0e99ca06faf7-ce84b8231abd-1000--chelsea-appoint-lampard-his-champions-league-pedigree/ |archive-date=23 December 2020 |access-date=16 May 2020 |publisher=UEFA}}</ref> In addition to his creative and defensive midfield duties, Lampard also possessed a keen eye for goal, due to his ability to get forward and make late attacking runs from behind into the penalty area, or produce accurate and powerful shots from distance.<ref name="Lampard, il vizietto è il gol" /><ref>{{cite news |last=Burt |first=Jason |date=28 July 2011 |title=Chelsea midfielder Frank Lampard admits he will quit playing football when he runs out of steam |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/chelsea/8666606/Chelsea-midfielder-Frank-Lampard-admits-he-will-quit-playing-football-when-he-runs-out-of-steam.html |url-status=live |access-date=16 May 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190129025949/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/chelsea/8666606/Chelsea-midfielder-Frank-Lampard-admits-he-will-quit-playing-football-when-he-runs-out-of-steam.html |archive-date=29 January 2019}}</ref> These attributes enabled him to maintain a prolific goalscoring record throughout his career, despite his deep playing position.<ref name="Lampard, il vizietto è il gol" /> Moreover, Lampard was also an accurate set-piece and penalty kick taker, who was known for scoring with powerful, low driving shots from free kicks.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Wyman |first=Ed |date=12 December 2010 |title=The Top 20 Premier League Free Kick Takers: Bale, Drogba and Lampard |url=https://bleacherreport.com/articles/541026-the-top-20-premier-league-free-kick-takers-bale-drogba-and-lampard |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171214055018/http://bleacherreport.com/articles/541026-the-top-20-premier-league-free-kick-takers-bale-drogba-and-lampard |archive-date=14 December 2017 |access-date=16 May 2020 |publisher=Bleacher Report}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Talintyre |first=Dan |date=6 September 2012 |title=Ranking the 15 Best Penalty Takers in World Football |url=https://bleacherreport.com/articles/1324429-ranking-the-15-best-penalty-takers-in-world-football |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180709152942/http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1324429-ranking-the-15-best-penalty-takers-in-world-football |archive-date=9 July 2018 |access-date=16 May 2020 |publisher=Bleacher Report}}</ref>

Beyond his qualities as a footballer, he also stood out for his leadership throughout his career.<ref name="pedigree" /> In 2017, Gareth Southgate labelled Lampard as one of the group of England's past players who were "very good", but below the likes of the nation's past "top players", such as Gascoigne, Scholes, and Rooney, commenting: "You've got very good players and then there are top players. In my time in the England setup, Paul Gascoigne, Paul Scholes and Rooney just had that little bit more than all the others. And we are talking high‑level people there, players like Steven Gerrard, Frank Lampard and David Beckham."<ref>{{cite news |last=Wilson |first=Paul |date=26 August 2017 |title=Gareth Southgate: Wayne Rooney stood out even among golden generation |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2017/aug/26/gareth-southgate-wayne-rooney-england |url-status=live |access-date=2 April 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200611082053/https://www.theguardian.com/football/2017/aug/26/gareth-southgate-wayne-rooney-england |archive-date=11 June 2020}}</ref>

==Managerial career== ===Derby County=== On 31 May 2018, Lampard was appointed as manager of Championship club Derby County on a three-year contract.<ref name="DerbyIn">{{cite news |date=31 May 2018 |title=Frank Lampard: Derby County name ex-Chelsea & England midfielder as manager |publisher=BBC Sport |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/44283426 |url-status=live |access-date=1 June 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180531234920/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/44283426 |archive-date=31 May 2018}}</ref> His first game in charge, on 3 August, resulted in a 2–1 away win for Derby at Reading, with Tom Lawrence scoring a last-minute winner.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Williams |first=Adam |date=3 August 2018 |title=Reading 1–2 Derby County |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/44976502 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180804000910/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/44976502 |archive-date=4 August 2018 |access-date=4 August 2018 |publisher=BBC Sport}}</ref> His first loss as a manager came on 11 August in a 4–1 loss against Leeds United, in his second match in charge.<ref>{{Cite web |date=11 August 2018 |title=Report: Derby County 1–4 Leeds United |url=https://www.leedsunited.com/news/team-news/23661/report-derby-county-1-4-leeds-united |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180917143529/https://www.leedsunited.com/news/team-news/23661/report-derby-county-1-4-leeds-united |archive-date=17 September 2018 |access-date=11 August 2018 |publisher=Leeds United F.C.}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Mitchell |first=Brendon |date=11 August 2018 |title=Derby County 1–4 Leeds United |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/45066726 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180818035046/https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/45066726 |archive-date=18 August 2018 |access-date=11 August 2018 |publisher=BBC Sport}}</ref> On 25 September, in just his 12th game as a manager, Lampard's Derby County knocked Premier League club Manchester United out of the EFL Cup on penalties, following a 2–2 draw at Old Trafford.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Johnston |first=Neil |date=25 September 2018 |title=Man Utd 2–2 Derby County (Derby win 8–7 on penalties) |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/45555895 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180928042542/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/45555895 |archive-date=28 September 2018 |access-date=7 October 2018 |publisher=BBC Sport}}</ref>

After a 2–0 defeat in the return fixture against Leeds United at Elland Road on 11 January 2019 to further Leeds' lead at the top of the Championship table,<ref>{{Cite web |date=11 January 2019 |title=Leeds United 2 Derby County 0 |url=https://www.leedsunited.com/news/team-news/24384/match-centre-leeds-united-v-derby-county |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190112044344/https://www.leedsunited.com/news/team-news/24384/match-centre-leeds-united-v-derby-county |archive-date=12 January 2019 |access-date=11 January 2019 |publisher=Leeds United F.C.}}</ref> Lampard was critical of Leeds head coach Marcelo Bielsa, as in the pre-match build-up Bielsa admitted he had sent a spy to the Derby training ground,<ref>{{cite news |last=Taylor |first=Louise |date=11 January 2019 |title=I'd rather not coach than use spy tactics, says Lampard after Derby lose at Leeds |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2019/jan/11/leeds-derby-championship-match-report |url-status=live |access-date=11 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190112042805/https://www.theguardian.com/football/2019/jan/11/leeds-derby-championship-match-report |archive-date=12 January 2019}}</ref> after reports emerged in the press that a man was spotted the previous day outside the Derby training ground.<ref>{{cite news |date=11 January 2019 |title=Derby training ground 'spy': Leeds boss Marcelo Bielsa takes responsibility |publisher=BBC Sport |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/46840353 |url-status=live |access-date=11 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190112045140/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/46840353 |archive-date=12 January 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=11 January 2019 |title=Leeds manager Marcelo Bielsa admits sending spy to Derby training |publisher=Sky News |url=https://news.sky.com/story/leeds-united-accused-of-spying-on-rivals-derby-county-during-training-11604673 |url-status=live |access-date=11 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190112145944/https://news.sky.com/story/leeds-united-accused-of-spying-on-rivals-derby-county-during-training-11604673 |archive-date=12 January 2019}}</ref> On 12 January, Leeds United released a statement in response to the incident.<ref>{{cite news |date=12 January 2019 |title=Club Statement |publisher=Leeds United F.C. |url=https://www.leedsunited.com/en/news/club-statement |url-status=live |access-date=12 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190112182826/https://www.leedsunited.com/news/team-news/24390/club-statement |archive-date=12 January 2019}}</ref> Tottenham Hotspur manager Mauricio Pochettino described the incident as 'not a big deal' and commonplace in Argentina.<ref>{{cite news |last=Pitt-Brooke |first=Jack |date=11 January 2019 |title=Spurs Boss Believes 'Spygate' is 'not a big deal' |work=The Independent |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/premier-league/leeds-united-vs-derby-county-spying-marcelo-bielsa-mauricio-pochettino-not-a-big-deal-a8723206.html |url-status=live |access-date=11 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190113064208/https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/premier-league/leeds-united-vs-derby-county-spying-marcelo-bielsa-mauricio-pochettino-not-a-big-deal-a8723206.html |archive-date=13 January 2019}}</ref>

In his first season in charge of Derby, Lampard guided the club to the Championship play-offs after helping them finish 6th in the 2018–19 Championship season. In the semi-finals of the play-offs, Derby overturned a 0–1 home loss to win 4–2 away against Leeds United and claim the tie 4–3 on aggregate, setting up an appearance against Aston Villa in the final.<ref>{{cite news |date=16 May 2019 |title=Derby book Wembley final after Jack Marriott stuns Leeds in thriller |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2019/may/15/leeds-united-derby-county-championship-play-off-semi-final-second-leg-match-report |url-status=live |access-date=16 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190516074517/https://www.theguardian.com/football/2019/may/15/leeds-united-derby-county-championship-play-off-semi-final-second-leg-match-report |archive-date=16 May 2019}}</ref> Derby lost the play-off final to Aston Villa 2–1.<ref>{{cite news |date=27 May 2019 |title=Aston Villa end three-year Premier League exile with deserved play-off final victory over Derby at Wembley |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2019/05/27/aston-villa-vs-derby-championship-play-off-final-2019-live-score/ |url-status=live |access-date=27 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190527140146/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2019/05/27/aston-villa-vs-derby-championship-play-off-final-2019-live-score/ |archive-date=27 May 2019}}</ref>

On 25 June 2019, Derby granted Lampard permission to hold talks with the Chelsea bosses over said position.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Club Statement Frank Lampard |url=https://www.dcfc.co.uk/news/2019/06/club-statement-frank-lampard |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190704024641/https://www.dcfc.co.uk/news/2019/06/club-statement-frank-lampard |archive-date=4 July 2019 |access-date=4 July 2019 |website=Dcfc.co.uk}}</ref>

===Chelsea=== thumb|150px|Lampard managing Chelsea in 2019

On 4 July 2019, Lampard was appointed as the new head coach at former club Chelsea on a three-year contract, making him the first English manager to manage the side in over two decades.<ref>{{cite news |date=4 July 2019 |title=Frank Lampard returns to Chelsea |publisher=Chelsea F.C. |url=https://www.chelseafc.com/en/news/2019/07/04/frank-lampard-returns-to-chelsea |url-status=live |access-date=4 July 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190704081327/https://www.chelseafc.com/en/news/2019/07/04/frank-lampard-returns-to-chelsea |archive-date=4 July 2019}}</ref> In Lampard's first competitive game with Chelsea, the club lost 4–0 to Manchester United on the opening day of the 2019–20 Premier League. It was the biggest defeat for a Chelsea manager in their first game since Danny Blanchflower's team was beaten 7–2 by Middlesbrough in December 1978.<ref>{{Cite web |date=11 August 2019 |title=Man Utd 4-0 Chelsea: Damning scoreline but some positives for Lampard's Blues |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/49314696 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190812121452/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/49314696 |archive-date=12 August 2019 |access-date=12 August 2019 |website=BBC Sport}}</ref> In Lampard's second competitive game, they lost to Liverpool on penalties in the 2019 UEFA Super Cup.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-08-15 |title=2019 Super Cup: Liverpool beat Chelsea on penalties |url=https://www.uefa.com/uefasupercup/history/2019/ |access-date=2023-04-06 |website=UEFA |language=en |archive-date=24 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230324065643/https://www.uefa.com/uefasupercup/history/2019/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

On 24 August 2019, Lampard obtained his first Premier League victory as Chelsea manager, beating Norwich City 2–3 away from home.<ref>{{cite news |date=24 August 2019 |title=Full-time: Norwich City 2-3 Chelsea |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/live/2019/aug/24/norwich-city-v-chelsea-premier-league-live |url-status=live |access-date=24 August 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190824135003/https://www.theguardian.com/football/live/2019/aug/24/norwich-city-v-chelsea-premier-league-live |archive-date=24 August 2019}}</ref> On 25 September, Chelsea picked up their first home win under Lampard, beating League Two side Grimsby Town 7–1 in the EFL Cup. Lampard's matchday squad against Grimsby featured ten academy graduates, including Reece James and Billy Gilmour, making their first-team debuts.<ref>{{cite news |date=25 September 2019 |title=Chelsea youth revolution continues at pace with seven-goal rout of Grimsby |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2019/09/25/chelsea-youth-revolution-continues-pace-seven-goal-rout-grimsby/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190926000856/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2019/09/25/chelsea-youth-revolution-continues-pace-seven-goal-rout-grimsby/ |archive-date=26 September 2019 |access-date=26 September 2019 |website=The Telegraph|last1=Law |first1=Matt }}</ref> Lampard won Premier League Manager of the Month for October 2019 after Chelsea recorded a perfect record in the league for the month.<ref>{{Cite web |title=And Frank Lampard is manager of the month |url=https://www.therealchelseafans.com/2019/11/and-frank-lampard-is-manager-of-the-month/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191109133939/https://www.therealchelseafans.com/2019/11/and-frank-lampard-is-manager-of-the-month/ |archive-date=9 November 2019 |access-date=8 November 2019 |website=The Real Chelsea Fans|date=8 November 2019 }}</ref> By doing so, he became the third manager to win Premier League Player of the Month and Manager of the Month, after Gareth Southgate and Stuart Pearce.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Fox Sports |url=https://www.foxsportsasia.com/football/premier-league/1196502/frank-lampard-becomes-first-manager-win-pl-manager-player-of-the-month-award-since-2008-chelsea/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191229163229/https://www.foxsportsasia.com/football/premier-league/1196502/frank-lampard-becomes-first-manager-win-pl-manager-player-of-the-month-award-since-2008-chelsea/ |archive-date=29 December 2019 |access-date=16 March 2020}}</ref> Lampard eventually guided Chelsea to fourth in the Premier League and the FA Cup Final, where they lost to Arsenal.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Aubameyang double wins FA Cup for Arsenal |language=en-GB |work=BBC Sport |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/53546100 |access-date=2023-04-06 |archive-date=8 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200808192923/https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/53546100 |url-status=live }}</ref>

In the following season, Chelsea made five major acquisitions in the summer transfer window in Hakim Ziyech, Timo Werner, Ben Chilwell, Kai Havertz and Édouard Mendy. Chelsea initially started strongly, topping their Champions League group and the Premier League in early December. However, after a run of two wins in eight Premier League matches, Chelsea dropped to ninth and Lampard was dismissed as manager on 25 January 2021. He remained on Chelsea's payroll to see out his contract, "pocketing £75,000" per week in compensation.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Wells |first=Darren |date=2021-02-14 |title=Frank Lampard 'still pocketing £75,000-a-week' from Chelsea after being sacked |url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/chelsea-frank-lampard-sacking-compensation-23498437 |access-date=2023-01-15 |website=mirror |language=en |archive-date=15 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230115015249/https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/chelsea-frank-lampard-sacking-compensation-23498437 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=25 January 2021 |title=Statement on Frank Lampard |url=https://www.chelseafc.com/en/news/2021/01/25/statement-on-frank-lampard |access-date=25 January 2021 |publisher=Chelsea FC |archive-date=25 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210125210537/https://www.chelseafc.com/en/news/2021/01/25/statement-on-frank-lampard |url-status=live }}</ref> His dismissal came just 24 hours after Chelsea's 3–1 win over Luton Town in the FA Cup.<ref>{{cite news |date=25 January 2020 |title=Chelsea Sack Lampard |work=footballexpress.in |url=https://footballexpress.in/chelsea-sacked-manager-frank-lampard-after-fa-cup-victory/ |access-date=25 January 2021 |archive-date=22 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210422012049/https://footballexpress.in/chelsea-sacked-manager-frank-lampard-after-fa-cup-victory/ |url-status=live }}</ref> On 26 January, German coach Thomas Tuchel was announced as his replacement.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Tuchel joins Chelsea |url=https://www.chelseafc.com/en/news/2021/01/26/tuchel-joins-chelsea?cardIndex=0-0 |access-date=29 January 2021 |website=ChelseaFC |archive-date=29 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210129141910/https://www.chelseafc.com/en/news/2021/01/26/tuchel-joins-chelsea?cardIndex=0-0 |url-status=live }}</ref>

It was reported Lampard's departure was also influenced by disagreements with the club's transfer policy; Lampard is said to have requested the acquisitions of Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, Declan Rice, and James Tarkowski, with these moves being blocked by Chelsea's co-director Marina Granovskaia.<ref name="auto">{{Cite news |last=Johnson |first=Simon |date=25 January 2021 |title=Lampard's Chelsea sacking: Tension with Marina, unhappy players and secret job offers |work=The New York Times |url=https://theathletic.co.uk/2298337/2021/01/25/lampards-chelsea-sacking-tension-with-marina-unhappy-players-and-secret-job-offers/ |access-date=12 February 2021 |archive-date=3 February 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210203173554/https://theathletic.co.uk/2298337/2021/01/25/lampards-chelsea-sacking-tension-with-marina-unhappy-players-and-secret-job-offers/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Lampard also reportedly fell out with or had limited communication with some players, causing former teammate and club advisor Petr Čech to have to serve as an intermediary.<ref name="auto" />

===Everton=== Having been out of work for a year, Lampard was appointed manager of Premier League club Everton on 31 January 2022, after the dismissal of Rafael Benítez due to poor results. At the time of his appointment, the club was positioned in 16th place, four points above the relegation zone.<ref name="LampardEverton">{{cite news|url=https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11671/12527870/frank-lampard-everton-appoint-former-chelsea-boss-as-new-manager-to-replace-rafael-benitez|title=Frank Lampard: Everton appoint former Chelsea boss as new manager to replace Rafael Benitez|date=30 January 2022|access-date=31 January 2022|website=Skysports.com|archive-date=7 February 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220207153504/https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11671/12527870/frank-lampard-everton-appoint-former-chelsea-boss-as-new-manager-to-replace-rafael-benitez|url-status=live}}</ref> With one game remaining in the 2021–22 season, on 19 May Lampard guided Everton to Premier League safety maintaining their 68-year top flight status. Having been 2–0 down at half-time to Crystal Palace Lampard brought on Dele Alli and played a more attacking formation resulting in a 3–2 win for the Merseyside team.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/61417885|title=Stunning Everton comeback secures Premier League status|work=BBC Sport|access-date=20 May 2022|archive-date=20 May 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220520002336/https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/61417885|url-status=live}}</ref> Lampard described the night as "one of the greatest nights of my career".<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/61517557|title='A special night in Everton history - but we can't be here again'|work=BBC Sport|access-date=20 May 2022|archive-date=20 May 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220520052520/https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/61517557|url-status=live}}</ref>

The following season saw the club once again fall into a relegation battle, with a run of only 1 win in 11 matches leaving the club 19th in the league by January.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/64195234 |title=Everton 1–2 Southampton |work=BBC Sport |last=Rose |first=Gary |date=14 January 2023 |access-date=9 February 2023 |archive-date=21 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230121185530/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/64195234 |url-status=live }}</ref> Everton owner Farhad Moshiri in an interview with Talksport suggested that Lampard's position at the club remained secure despite this run of form.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-01-14 |title=Everton: Pundit issues 'huge' Lampard sack claim after update |url=https://www.footballinsider247.com/frank-lampard-on-his-way-out-at-everton-after-huge-development-pundit/ |access-date=2023-01-14 |website=Football Insider |archive-date=14 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230114224940/https://www.footballinsider247.com/frank-lampard-on-his-way-out-at-everton-after-huge-development-pundit/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite tweet |url=https://twitter.com/talksport/status/1613485878789427201 |access-date=2023-01-14 |title=💷 "I put my money where my mouth is, that's the most an owner can do." |number=1613485878789427201 |date=12 January 2023 |user=talkSPORT}}</ref> However, Lampard was dismissed a few days later on 23 January 2023, just eight days less than a year into the job, after a 2–0 loss to West Ham.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Frank Lampard sacked by Everton after defeat at West Ham leaves club 19th in Premier League table |url=https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11671/12779347/frank-lampard-sacked-by-everton-after-defeat-at-west-ham-leaves-club-19th-in-premier-league-table |access-date=2023-01-23 |website=Sky Sports |archive-date=23 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230123152937/https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11671/12779347/frank-lampard-sacked-by-everton-after-defeat-at-west-ham-leaves-club-19th-in-premier-league-table |url-status=live }}</ref> Lampard was replaced by Sean Dyche on 30 January 2023.<ref>{{cite news |title=Sean Dyche: Everton's new boss says it is his job to make his players 'shine' |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/64431854 |work=BBC Sport |date=30 January 2023 |access-date=30 January 2023 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230130140651/https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/64431854 |archive-date=30 January 2023}}</ref>

===Return to Chelsea=== On 6 April 2023, Lampard returned to Chelsea by being appointed as caretaker manager until the end of the 2022–23 season, following the dismissal of Graham Potter.<ref name="ChelseaCaretaker">{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/65199597 |title=Frank Lampard: Chelsea name ex-manager as boss until end of season |first=Matthew |last=Henry |website=BBC Sport |date=6 April 2023 |access-date=6 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230406130623/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/65199597 |archive-date=6 April 2023 |url-status=live}}</ref> Chelsea's form dropped after Lampard took over and produced a first bottom-half finish since 1996 and a record low tally of points and goals scored in the Premier League era.<ref name="Shaw 2023">{{cite web | last=Shaw | first=Dominic | title=Frank Lampard's damning Chelsea assessment after Newcastle United final day draw | website=The Northern Echo | date=28 May 2023 | url=https://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/sport/23552985.frank-lampards-damning-chelsea-assessment-newcastle-united-draw/ | access-date=29 May 2023 | archive-date=28 May 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230528205330/https://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/sport/23552985.frank-lampards-damning-chelsea-assessment-newcastle-united-draw/ | url-status=live }}</ref> In terms of winning percentage, Lampard also had the worst record (9%) among every Chelsea manager who had led 3 or more matches, achieving just one win in his 11 matches in charge.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Chelsea Managers |url=http://www.bounder.friardale.co.uk/Managers.htm |access-date=2023-05-31 |website=Bounder.friardale.co.uk |archive-date=10 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180910205338/http://www.bounder.friardale.co.uk/Managers.htm |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Coventry City=== On 28 November 2024, Lampard was appointed as the new manager of EFL Championship club Coventry City.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-11-28 |title=Frank Lampard: Coventry City appoint ex-England midfielder |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/c0en2890039o |access-date=2024-11-28 |website=BBC Sport |language=en-GB}}</ref> He took the club to 5th in the Championship, however lost 3–2 on aggregate to Sunderland in the semi-finals of the play-offs.<ref>{{cite news |title=Frank Lampard: Coventry boss says Championship play-off semi-final loss at Sunderland one of cruellest of career |url=https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11095/13367348/frank-lampard-coventry-boss-says-championship-play-off-semi-final-loss-at-sunderland-one-of-cruellest-of-career |work=Sky Sports |date=14 May 2025 |access-date=8 June 2025 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250514153816/https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11095/13367348/frank-lampard-coventry-boss-says-championship-play-off-semi-final-loss-at-sunderland-one-of-cruellest-of-career |archive-date=14 May 2025 }}</ref>

In the 2025–26 season, Lampard led Coventry City to the top of the league in the early stages, getting named EFL Championship Manager of the Month for October 2025.<ref name="Oct25 MOTM"> {{cite web|url=https://www.efl.com/news/2025/november/14/sky-bet-championship--manager-and-player-of-the-month-october-winners/|title=Sky Bet Championship: Manager and Player of the Month October winners|website=Efl.com|date=14 November 2025|access-date=16 November 2025}}</ref> Continued good form saw him win the award for a second consecutive month after a 100% record over five matches, scoring fourteen goals.<ref name="Nov25 MOTM"> {{cite web|url=https://www.efl.com/news/2025/december/12/sky-bet-championship-manager-and-player-of-the-month-winners/|title=Sky Bet Championship Manager and Player of the Month winners|website=Efl.com|date=12 December 2025|access-date=14 December 2025}}</ref>

On 20 December 2025, after a 1–1 draw at Southampton, Lampard was instrumental in starting a melee involving players and staff from both teams after making provocative gestures at home supporters. His behaviour was criticised by a Regulatory Commission, whose report said: “It [the Commission] considered the behaviour of FL, both in goading the fans and in interacting with THB (Taylor Harwood-Bellis) to have been unacceptable and the catalyst for what followed …”.<ref>{{cite news |title=Lampard criticised as Southampton and Coventry fined |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/crlee2d2rrlo |access-date=23 January 2026 |work=BBC Sport |date=22 January 2026}}</ref> On 17 April 2026, Coventry City secured promotion to the Premier League after 25 years, finishing top of the Championship following a 1–1 away draw with Blackburn Rovers.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Coventry promoted to Premier League: Frank Lampard's side back in top flight after 25 years after 1-1 draw at Blackburn |url=https://www.skysports.com/football/blackburn-vs-coventry/report/534823 |publisher=Sky Sports |date=18 April 2026 }}</ref>

==Media== From 2015 until 2017, Lampard served as a team captain on the ITV comedy panel show ''Play to the Whistle'' alongside Bradley Walsh. He was a regular pundit for football on BT Sport. For the 2018 World Cup, Lampard was among the BBC's list of pundits as he insisted that it would not affect his managerial duties.<ref>{{cite news |date=13 June 2018 |title=World Cup 2018: BBC pundits predict what will happen in Russia |language=en-GB |work=BBC Sport |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/44397854 |url-status=live |access-date=19 June 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180622052107/https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/44397854 |archive-date=22 June 2018}}</ref>

Lampard features in EA Sports' ''FIFA'' video game series; he was on the cover for the International edition of ''FIFA 10'', alongside Wayne Rooney and Theo Walcott.<ref>{{Cite web |date=24 August 2012 |title=International FIFA 13 Covers |url=http://www.fifauteam.com/international-fifa-13-covers/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150405093908/http://www.fifauteam.com/international-fifa-13-covers/ |archive-date=5 April 2015 |access-date=18 March 2015 |website=fifauteam.com}}</ref> In 2018, Lampard was added as an icon to the Ultimate Team in ''FIFA 19''.<ref>{{cite news |title=FIFA 19 Ultimate Team: What Icons are in the new game and how do you get them? |work=Goal.com |url=http://www.goal.com/en-ie/news/fifa-19-ultimate-team-what-icons-are-in-the-new-game-and-how/1qrv1f9kllmhd12ffdqdmfy91j |url-status=live |access-date=14 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180912131333/http://www.goal.com/en-ie/news/fifa-19-ultimate-team-what-icons-are-in-the-new-game-and-how/1qrv1f9kllmhd12ffdqdmfy91j |archive-date=12 September 2018}}</ref>

On Sunday 9 June 2024, Lampard led England to a 6–3 victory as manager in the annual Soccer Aid game against the rest of the world. The match raised £15 million for charity.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://talksport.com/football/1913665/england-win-soccer-aid-unicef/ |title=England win first Soccer Aid in six attempts in nine-goal thriller as more than £15m raised for charity |last=Cole |first=Jackson |date=10 June 2024 |website=Talksport |access-date=10 June 2024 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241220061858/https://talksport.com/football/1913665/england-win-soccer-aid-unicef/ |archive-date=20 December 2024 }}</ref>

==Personal life== thumb|right|Lampard in 2017

Lampard was born in Romford, London; he has two sisters, Natalie and Claire.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Frank Lampard |url=https://www.11v11.com/players/frank-lampard-556/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170523131607/http://www.11v11.com/players/frank-lampard-556/ |archive-date=23 May 2017 |access-date=1 June 2018 |website=11v11.com |publisher=AFS Enterprises}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Lampard|first=Frank|author-link=Frank Lampard|date= 2006-08-01|title=Totally Frank: The Autobiography of Frank Lampard|publisher=HarperCollins UK|isbn= 0007214723}}</ref> He attended Brentwood School between 1989 and 1994, finishing with eleven GCSEs, including an A* in Latin.<ref name="blog">{{Cite web |last=Abrams |first=Jonny |date=15 September 2009 |title=Top Ten: Educated Footballers |url=http://blog.sport.co.uk/Football/382/Top_Ten_Educated_Footballers.aspx |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120721052919/http://blog.sport.co.uk/Football/382/Top_Ten_Educated_Footballers.aspx |archive-date=21 July 2012 |access-date=26 September 2010 |website=Blog.sport.co.uk}}</ref>

Lampard belongs to a family of footballers; his father is Frank Lampard, Sr., the former West Ham United player and assistant manager who was still associated with the club when Lampard junior was playing for them. Lampard's uncle is Harry Redknapp and his cousin is Redknapp's son Jamie Redknapp. His mother Pat, a librarian, died in April 2008 aged 58 as a result of pneumonia.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The mums of Cristiano Ronaldo, George Best, Ashley Cole, Bobby and Jack Charlton, Frank Lampard, Jose Antonio Reyes, Theo Walcott and more: Football's 10 most important mothers - Mirror Football Blog - MirrorFootball.co.uk |url=http://www.mirrorfootball.co.uk/opinion/blogs/mirror-football-blog/The-mums-of-Cristiano-Ronaldo-George-Best-Ashley-Cole-Bobby-and-Jack-Charlton-Frank-Lampard-Jose-Antonio-Reyes-Theo-Walcott-and-more-Football-s-10-most-important-mothers-article351987.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140227021718/http://www.mirrorfootball.co.uk/opinion/blogs/mirror-football-blog/The-mums-of-Cristiano-Ronaldo-George-Best-Ashley-Cole-Bobby-and-Jack-Charlton-Frank-Lampard-Jose-Antonio-Reyes-Theo-Walcott-and-more-Football-s-10-most-important-mothers-article351987.html |archive-date=27 February 2014 |access-date=30 April 2016}}</ref>

Lampard is a Christian, and credits his faith for helping him cope with the death of his mother.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bailey |first=Mark |date=2018-01-13 |title=Frank Lampard: 'I was starstruck when I met Will Ferrell – he's a closet Chelsea fan' |url=http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2018/jan/13/frank-lampard-i-was-completely-star-struck-when-i-met-will-ferrell |access-date=2022-12-05 |website=the Guardian |language=en |archive-date=5 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221205224226/https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2018/jan/13/frank-lampard-i-was-completely-star-struck-when-i-met-will-ferrell |url-status=live }}</ref>

Lampard is a supporter of the Conservative Party and was rumoured to be running as a candidate for Kensington upon Malcolm Rifkind's retirement at the 2015 general election. He subsequently denied that he was running to be an MP.<ref>{{Cite web |date=3 March 2015 |title=Frank Lampard denies he was asked to stand as an MP in Malcolm Rifkind's Kensington seat |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/frank-lampard-turns-down-tory-offer-stand-mp-malcolm-rifkind-s-kensington-seat-10081646.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201017221026/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/frank-lampard-turns-down-tory-offer-stand-mp-malcolm-rifkind-s-kensington-seat-10081646.html |archive-date=17 October 2020 |access-date=17 October 2020 |first=Helen|last=Nianias|website=The Independent |language=en}}</ref>

He was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2015 Birthday Honours.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Birthday Honours 2015: Van Morrison and Kevin Spacey head list |work=BBC News |date=12 June 2015 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-33109755 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150612220302/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-33109755 |archive-date=12 June 2015 |access-date=13 June 2015 }}</ref> Lampard published his autobiography, ''Totally Frank'', in 2006. He has written a series of children's novels, inspired by his mother and children, related to football.<ref name="GuardJun13">{{cite news |last=Edemariam |first=Aida |date=1 June 2013 |title=Frank Lampard interview: 'It was very difficult for me to write a kids' book' |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/2013/jun/01/frank-lampard-interview-book-frankies-magic-football |url-status=live |access-date=2 January 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170103004924/https://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/2013/jun/01/frank-lampard-interview-book-frankies-magic-football |archive-date=3 January 2017}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{cite news |date=9 June 2014 |title=Frank Lampard: why I love reading, writing and playing football |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/childrens-books-site/2014/jun/09/frank-lampard-interview-frankies-magic-football |url-status=live |access-date=9 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171015033622/https://www.theguardian.com/childrens-books-site/2014/jun/09/frank-lampard-interview-frankies-magic-football |archive-date=15 October 2017 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref>

Lampard formerly owned The Pig's Ear, Chelsea's oldest pub, with his father. They sold the business in 2018, and his father then took over the Grade II Nightingale pub in Wanstead in 2019.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Nightingale on the Green, Wanstead |url=https://whatpub.com/pubs/ELC/13944/nightingale-on-the-green-wanstead |access-date=2023-01-15 |website=whatpub.com |archive-date=15 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230115024240/https://whatpub.com/pubs/ELC/13944/nightingale-on-the-green-wanstead |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=History continues |url=https://wansteadvillagedirectory.com/2019/07/31/history-continues/ |access-date=15 January 2023 |website=Wanstead Village Directory |date=31 July 2019 |language=en-GB |archive-date=15 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230115022833/https://wansteadvillagedirectory.com/2019/07/31/history-continues/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Lampard has retained the ownership of the freehold at the Old Church Street, Chelsea property.<ref name="mylondon">{{Cite web |last=Morris |first=Deborah |date=2018-06-15 |title=Meet the new owner of Frank Lampard's Chelsea pub |url=https://www.getwestlondon.co.uk/whats-on/food-drink-news/meet-man-who-new-owner-14782087 |access-date=2023-01-15 |website=MyLondon |language=en |archive-date=13 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180913150440/https://www.getwestlondon.co.uk/whats-on/food-drink-news/meet-man-who-new-owner-14782087 |url-status=live }}</ref>

Lampard has had a troubled relationship with his boyhood club West Ham United where he was seen by some fans as a product of nepotism. He claims that he often received negative taunts about his weight, and that during a match as an 18-year-old when he broke his leg in play, he heard cheers from fans. Following his transfer to Chelsea, Lampard turned against his former club and has since stated: "I remember when Joe Cole first came to Chelsea he would turn away in disappointment if West Ham lost. I would smile. That's how deeply I felt. I wanted West Ham to lose. Now I don't even look for their results."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Lampard hits out at Hammers |url=https://www.skysports.com/football/news/2385820/lampard-hits-out-at-hammers |access-date=2023-04-19 |website=Sky Sports |language=en |archive-date=19 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419171439/https://www.skysports.com/football/news/2385820/lampard-hits-out-at-hammers |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-12-21 |title=Taunts of 'Fat Frank', smiling when West Ham lost: Why Hammers still hate Lampard |url=https://talksport.com/football/807221/fat-frank-nepotism-west-ham-hammers-hate-chelsea-lampard/ |access-date=2023-04-19 |website=talkSPORT |language=en-US |archive-date=19 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419171442/https://talksport.com/football/807221/fat-frank-nepotism-west-ham-hammers-hate-chelsea-lampard/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Later in his career, Lampard adopted a more mature attitude towards his former club saying that he had complete respect for the club and thanking Harry Redknapp and Tony Carr for the influence at the start of his career.<ref name="Hammers News 2022">{{cite web | title='I'll never forget' Frank Lampard's classy message of thanks to West Ham | website=Hammers News | date=17 September 2022 | url=https://www.hammers.news/club-news/ill-never-forget-everton-boss-frank-lampards-classy-message-of-thanks-to-west-ham-is-it-time-to-bury-the-hatchet/ | access-date=20 April 2023 | archive-date=20 April 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230420060847/https://www.hammers.news/club-news/ill-never-forget-everton-boss-frank-lampards-classy-message-of-thanks-to-west-ham-is-it-time-to-bury-the-hatchet/ | url-status=live }}</ref>

===Controversies=== In 2000, Lampard, Rio Ferdinand and Kieron Dyer appeared on a sex video that was filmed at the holiday resort of Ayia Napa in Cyprus. Channel 4 aired a brief edited<ref>{{Cite web |date=2004-08-20 |title=Ferdinand sues C4 and Daily Star over docu-drama claims |url=http://www.theguardian.com/media/2004/aug/20/dailystar.pressandpublishing |access-date=2023-01-15 |website=the Guardian |language=en |archive-date=15 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230115002249/https://www.theguardian.com/media/2004/aug/20/dailystar.pressandpublishing |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2004-08-19 |title=England star tries to block C4 sex-and-football drama |url=http://www.theguardian.com/media/2004/aug/19/broadcasting |access-date=2023-01-15 |website=the Guardian |language=en |archive-date=15 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230115002239/https://www.theguardian.com/media/2004/aug/19/broadcasting |url-status=live }}</ref> clip as part of their 2004 documentary ''Sex, Footballers and Videotape'', claiming it was used to "remind the viewer that this is based on real life". On 23 September 2001, Lampard, along with three other Chelsea players, was fined two weeks' wages by the club for his behaviour whilst on a drinking binge on 12 September. Lampard and the others had abused American tourists at a Heathrow hotel, just 24 hours after the September 11 attacks. A hotel manager stated: "they were utterly disgusting. They just didn't seem to care about what had happened".<ref>{{cite news |last=Marsh |first=Alec |date=23 September 2001 |title=Chelsea four fined for drunken abuse |work=The Daily Telegraph |location=London |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1341356/Chelsea-four-fined-for-drunken-abuse.html |url-status=live |access-date=13 September 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140812034116/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1341356/Chelsea-four-fined-for-drunken-abuse.html |archive-date=12 August 2014}}</ref> Lampard apologised over his behaviour when he signed for NYCFC in 2014, implying that he did not mean offence and that he was naive and young.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Frank Lampard apologises over 9/11 behaviour |url=https://www.independent.ie/sport/soccer/other-soccer/frank-lampard-apologises-over-911-behaviour-30458960.html |access-date=2023-04-19 |website=independent |date=25 July 2014 |language=en |archive-date=19 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419170148/https://www.independent.ie/sport/soccer/other-soccer/frank-lampard-apologises-over-911-behaviour-30458960.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

In 2021, Lampard was charged with using a mobile phone while driving after being filmed by CyclingMikey holding a takeaway cup in one hand and a mobile phone in the other.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Kirk|first=Tristan|date=3 December 2021|title=Frank Lampard drove with coffee and phone, claims 'cyclist activist'|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/frank-lampard-cyclist-trial-chris-eubank-guy-ritchie-b969869.html|access-date=4 December 2021|website=Evening Standard|language=en|archive-date=3 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211203124935/https://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/frank-lampard-cyclist-trial-chris-eubank-guy-ritchie-b969869.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Lampard hired Nick Freeman to defend him. The case was later dropped as the Crown Prosecution Service stated it had insufficient evidence.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-01-17 |title=Charge against Frank Lampard of using phone while driving dropped |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2022/jan/17/frank-lampard-charge-against-ex-player-driving-phone-car-dropped |access-date=2023-01-23 |website=the Guardian |language=en |archive-date=23 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230123201413/https://www.theguardian.com/football/2022/jan/17/frank-lampard-charge-against-ex-player-driving-phone-car-dropped |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Relationships=== Lampard lives in Surrey and London. He has two daughters with his former fiancée, Spanish model Elen Rivas.<ref>{{cite news |title=Rives gives birth to footballer's second daughter |publisher=nowmagazine.co.uk |url=http://www.nowmagazine.co.uk/celebrity-news/237650/celebrity-news-elen-rives-gives-birth-hours-after-frank-wins-the-cup |url-status=live |access-date=8 May 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140508163632/http://www.nowmagazine.co.uk/celebrity-news/237650/celebrity-news-elen-rives-gives-birth-hours-after-frank-wins-the-cup |archive-date=8 May 2014}}</ref>

On 24 April 2009, Lampard was involved in a radio confrontation with James O'Brien on the London radio station LBC 97.3.<ref>{{cite news |date=24 April 2009 |title=Lampard vents anger at 'heartless' comments live on radio |work=The Independent |location=London |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/news-and-comment/lampard-vents-anger-at-heartless-comments-live-on-radio-1673790.html |url-status=live |access-date=25 April 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090426033402/http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/news-and-comment/lampard-vents-anger-at-heartless-comments-live-on-radio-1673790.html |archive-date=26 April 2009}}</ref> Newspapers had reported that following Lampard's split from Rivas their children were living with her in a small flat while Lampard had converted their family home into a bachelor pad. Lampard phoned in, objecting to criticism and stating that he had fought "tooth and nail" to keep his family together.<ref name="transcript">{{cite news |date=24 April 2009 |title=Frank Lampard's call to LBC: The full transcript |work=The Independent |location=London |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/news/frank-lampards-call-to-lbc-the-full-transcript-1673885.html |url-status=live |access-date=25 April 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090426033302/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/news/frank-lampards-call-to-lbc-the-full-transcript-1673885.html |archive-date=26 April 2009}}</ref>

Lampard married Christine Bleakley, a Northern Irish broadcaster, on 20 December 2015. They have a daughter born in 2018<ref>{{Cite web |title=Christine and Frank Lampard Welcome Their First Child Together: see sweet announcement |date=21 September 2018 |url=https://www.hellomagazine.com/healthandbeauty/mother-and-baby/2018092150558/christine-frank-lampard-welcome-first-child |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190831132607/https://www.hellomagazine.com/healthandbeauty/mother-and-baby/2018092150558/christine-frank-lampard-welcome-first-child/ |archive-date=31 August 2019 |access-date=31 August 2019 |publisher=hellomagazine.com}}</ref> and a son born in 2021.<ref>{{Cite web |date=15 March 2021 |title=Christine Lampard welcomes second baby with Frank Lampard - find out sex and name |url=https://www.hellomagazine.com/healthandbeauty/mother-and-baby/20210315106978/christine-lampard-welcomes-second-baby/ |access-date=15 March 2021 |website=HELLO! |language=en |archive-date=15 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210315191328/https://www.hellomagazine.com/healthandbeauty/mother-and-baby/20210315106978/christine-lampard-welcomes-second-baby/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

==Career statistics== ===Club=== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" |+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition<ref name="worldfootball-summary">{{Cite web |title=Frank Lampard " Club matches |url=https://www.worldfootball.net/person/pe5671/frank-lampard/club-matches/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161228195141/http://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary//frank-lampard/2/ |archive-date=28 December 2016 |access-date=28 December 2016 |website=Worldfootball.net}}</ref> |- !rowspan="2"|Club !rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|National cup{{efn|Includes FA Cup}} !colspan="2"|League cup{{efn|Includes Football League Cup}} !colspan="2"|Continental !colspan="2"|Other !colspan="2"|Total |- !Division!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals |- |rowspan="7"|West Ham United |1995–96 |Premier League |2||0||0||0||0||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||2||0 |- |1996–97 |Premier League |13||0||1||0||2||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||16||0 |- |1997–98 |Premier League |31||5||6||1||5||4||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||42||10 |- |1998–99 |Premier League |38||5||1||0||2||1||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||41||6 |- |1999–2000 |Premier League |34||7||1||0||4||3||10{{efn|name=WH|Six appearances and three goals in UEFA Intertoto Cup, four appearances and one goal in UEFA Cup}}||4||colspan="2"|—||49||14 |- |2000–01 |Premier League |30||7||4||1||3||1||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||37||9 |- !colspan="2"|Total !148!!24!!13!!2!!16!!9!!10!!4!!colspan="2"|—!!187!!39 |- |Swansea City (loan) |1995–96 |Second Division |9||1||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||2{{efn|Appearances in Football League Trophy}}||0||11||1 |- |rowspan="14"|Chelsea |2001–02 |Premier League |37||5||8||1||4||0||4{{efn|name=UC|Appearances in UEFA Cup}}||1||colspan="2"|—||53||7 |- |2002–03 |Premier League |38||6||5||1||3||0||2{{efn|name=UC}}||1||colspan="2"|—||48||8 |- |2003–04 |Premier League |38||10||4||1||2||0||14{{efn|name=UCL|Appearances in UEFA Champions League}}||4||colspan="2"|—||58||15 |- |2004–05 |Premier League |38||13||2||0||6||2||12{{efn|name=UCL}}||4||colspan="2"|—||58||19 |- |2005–06 |Premier League |35||16||5||2||1||0||8{{efn|name=UCL}}||2||1{{efn|name=CS|Appearance in FA Community Shield}}||0||50||20 |- |2006–07 |Premier League |37||11||7||6||6||3||11{{efn|name=UCL}}||1||1{{efn|name=CS}}||0||62||21 |- |2007–08 |Premier League |24||10||1||2||3||4||11{{efn|name=UCL}}||4||1{{efn|name=CS}}||0||40||20 |- |2008–09 |Premier League |37||12||7||3||2||2||11{{efn|name=UCL}}||3||colspan="2"|—||57||20 |- |2009–10 |Premier League |36||22||6||3||1||0||7{{efn|name=UCL}}||1||1{{efn|name=CS}}||1||51||27 |- |2010–11 |Premier League |24||10||3||3||0||0||4{{efn|name=UCL}}||0||1{{efn|name=CS}}||0||32||13 |- |2011–12 |Premier League |30||11||5||2||2||0||12{{efn|name=UCL}}||3||colspan="2"|—||49||16 |- |2012–13 |Premier League |29||15||4||2||3||0||10{{efn|name=Che2|Three appearances in UEFA Champions League, seven appearances in UEFA Europa League}}||0||4{{efn|name=Che|One appearance in FA Community Shield, one appearance in UEFA Super Cup, two appearances in FIFA Club World Cup}}||0||50||17 |- |2013–14 |Premier League |26||6||1||0||1||1||11{{efn|name=UCL}}||1||1{{efn|name=USC|Appearance in UEFA Super Cup}}||0||40||8 |- !colspan="2"|Total !429!!147!!58!!26!!34!!12!!117!!25!!10!!1!!648!!211 |- |Manchester City |2014–15 |Premier League |32||6||2||0||1||2||3{{efn|name=UCL}}||0||colspan="2"|—||38||8 |- |rowspan="3"|New York City FC |2015 |Major League Soccer |10||3||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||10||3 |- |2016 |Major League Soccer |19||12||0||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||2{{efn|name=MLS|Appearance in MLS Cup Playoffs}}||0||21||12 |- !colspan="2"|Total !29!!15!!0!!0!!colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—!!2!!0!!31!!15 |- !colspan=3|Career total !647!!193!!73!!28!!51!!23!!130!!29!!14!!1!!915!!274 |}

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===International=== {| class=wikitable style="text-align: center;" |+ Appearances and goals by national team and year<ref>{{NFT player|2178|name=Lampard, Frank|access-date=1 June 2018}}</ref> |- !National team!!Year!!Apps!!Goals |- |rowspan="16"|England |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 |- !colspan="2"|Total!!106!!29 |}

:''Scores and results list England's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Lampard goal''<ref>{{Cite web |title=Frank Lampard |url=http://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=11728 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140702134326/http://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=11728 |archive-date=2 July 2014 |access-date=23 May 2014 |publisher=EU-Football.info}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable" |+ List of international goals scored by Frank Lampard |- !scope="col"|No. !scope="col"|Date !scope="col"|Venue !scope="col"|Cap !scope="col"|Opponent !scope="col"|Score !scope="col"|Result !scope="col"|Competition |- |align="center"| 1 || 20 August 2003 || Portman Road, Ipswich, England ||align="center"| 12 || {{fb|Croatia}} ||align="center"| 3–1 ||align="center"| 3–1 || Friendly |- |align="center"| 2 || 5 June 2004 || City of Manchester Stadium, Manchester, England ||align="center"| 19 || {{fb|Iceland}} ||align="center"| 1–0 ||align="center"| 6–1 || 2004 FA Summer Tournament |- |align="center"| 3 || 13 June 2004 || Estádio da Luz, Lisbon, Portugal ||align="center"| 20 || {{fb|France}} ||align="center"| 1–0 ||align="center"| 1–2 || UEFA Euro 2004 |- |align="center"| 4 || 21 June 2004 || Estádio da Luz, Lisbon, Portugal ||align="center"| 22 || {{fb|Croatia}} ||align="center"| 4–2 ||align="center"| 4–2 || UEFA Euro 2004 |- |align="center"| 5 || 24 June 2004 || Estádio da Luz, Lisbon, Portugal ||align="center"| 23 || {{fb|Portugal}} ||align="center"| 2–2 ||align="center"| 2–2 || UEFA Euro 2004 |- |align="center"| 6 || 4 September 2004 || Ernst-Happel-Stadion, Vienna, Austria ||align="center"| 25 || {{fb|Austria}} ||align="center"| 1–0 ||align="center"| 2–2 || 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification |- |align="center"| 7 || 9 October 2004 || Old Trafford, Manchester, England ||align="center"| 27 || {{fb|Wales}} ||align="center"| 1–0 ||align="center"| 2–0 || 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification |- |align="center"| 8 || 26 March 2005 || Old Trafford, Manchester, England ||align="center"| 31 || {{fb|Northern Ireland}} ||align="center"| 4–0 ||align="center"| 4–0 || 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification |- |align="center"| 9|| 8 October 2005 || Old Trafford, Manchester, England ||align="center"| 36 || {{fb|Austria}} ||align="center"| 1–0 ||align="center"| 1–0 || 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification |- |align="center"| 10 || 12 October 2005 || Old Trafford, Manchester, England ||align="center"| 37 || {{fb|Poland}} ||align="center"| 2–1 ||align="center"| 2–1 || 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification |- |align="center"| 11 || 3 June 2006 || Old Trafford, Manchester, England ||align="center"| 40 || {{fb|Jamaica}} ||align="center"| 1–0 ||align="center"| 6–0 || Friendly |- |align="center"| 12 || 16 August 2006 || Old Trafford, Manchester, England ||align="center"| 46 || {{fb|Greece}} ||align="center"| 2–0 ||align="center"| 4–0 || Friendly |- |align="center"| 13 || 22 August 2007 || Wembley Stadium, London, England ||align="center"| 56 || {{fb|Germany}} ||align="center"| 1–0 ||align="center"| 1–2 || Friendly |- |align="center"| 14 || 21 November 2007 || Wembley Stadium, London, England ||align="center"| 60 || {{fb|Croatia}} ||align="center"| 1–2 ||align="center"| 2–3 || UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying |- |align="center"| 15 || 28 March 2009 || Wembley Stadium, London, England ||align="center"| 68 || {{fb|Slovakia}} ||align="center"| 3–0 ||align="center"| 4–0 || Friendly |- |align="center"| 16 || 6 June 2009 || Almaty Central Stadium, Almaty, Kazakhstan ||align="center"| 70 || {{fb|Kazakhstan}} || align="center"| 4–0 ||align="center"| 4–0 || 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification |- |align="center"| 17 || 10 June 2009 || Wembley Stadium, London, England ||align="center"| 71 || {{fb|Andorra}} ||align="center"| 2–0 ||align="center"| 6–0 || 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification |- |align="center"| 18 || 5 September 2009 || Wembley Stadium, London, England ||align="center"| 73 || {{fb|Slovenia}} ||align="center"| 1–0 ||align="center"| 2–1 || Friendly |- |align="center"| 19 || rowspan="2"|9 September 2009 || rowspan="2"|Wembley Stadium, London, England || rowspan="2" style="text-align:center"|74 || rowspan="2"|{{fb|Croatia}} ||align="center"| 1–0 || rowspan="2" style="text-align:center"|5–1 || rowspan="2"|2010 FIFA World Cup qualification |- |align="center"| 20 || align="center"| 3–0 |- |align="center"| 21 || 26 March 2011 || Millennium Stadium, Cardiff, Wales ||align="center"| 85 || {{fb|Wales}} ||align="center"| 1–0 ||align="center"| 2–0 || UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying |- |align="center"| 22 || 4 June 2011 || Wembley Stadium, London, England ||align="center"| 86 || {{fb|Switzerland}} ||align="center"| 1–2 ||align="center"| 2–2 || UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying |- |align="center"| 23 || 12 November 2011 || Wembley Stadium, London, England ||align="center"| 90 || {{fb|Spain}} ||align="center"| 1–0 ||align="center"| 1–0 || Friendly |- |align="center"| 24 || rowspan="2"|7 September 2012 || rowspan="2"|Zimbru Stadium, Chișinău, Moldova || rowspan="2" style="text-align:center"|92 || rowspan="2"|{{fb|Moldova}} ||align="center"| 1–0 || rowspan="2" style="text-align:center"|5–0 || rowspan="2"|2014 FIFA World Cup qualification |- |align="center"| 25 ||align="center"| 2–0 |- |align="center"| 26 || 11 September 2012 ||Wembley Stadium, London, England ||align="center"| 93 || {{fb|Ukraine}} ||align="center"| 1–1 ||align="center"| 1–1 || 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification |- |align="center"| 27 || 6 February 2013 ||Wembley Stadium, London, England ||align="center"| 94 || {{fb|Brazil}} ||align="center"| 2–1 ||align="center"| 2–1 || Friendly |- |align="center"| 28 || 22 March 2013 ||Stadio Olimpico di San Marino, Serravalle, San Marino ||align="center"| 95 || {{fb|San Marino}} ||align="center"| 5–0 ||align="center"| 8–0 || 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification |- |align="center"| 29 || 29 May 2013 ||Wembley Stadium, London, England ||align="center"| 96 || {{fb|Republic of Ireland}} ||align="center"| 1–1 ||align="center"| 1–1 || Friendly |}

==Managerial statistics== {{updated|match played 2 May 2026}}

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" |+ Managerial record by team and tenure |- !rowspan="2"|Team !rowspan="2"|From !rowspan="2"|To !colspan="5"|Record !rowspan="2"|{{abbr|Ref.|Reference}} |- !{{abbr|P|Matches played}}!!{{abbr|W|Matches won}}!!{{abbr|D|Matches drawn}}!!{{abbr|L|Matches lost}}!!{{abbr|Win %|Win percentage}} |- |align="left"|Derby County |align="left"|31 May 2018 |align="left"|4 July 2019 {{Win draw lose|57|24|17|16|decimals=1}} |<ref name="SoccerbaseManager"/> |- |align="left"|Chelsea |align="left"|4 July 2019 |align="left"|25 January 2021 {{Win draw lose|84|44|17|23|decimals=1}} |<ref name="SoccerbaseManager"/> |- |align="left"|Everton |align="left"|31 January 2022 |align="left"|23 January 2023 {{Win draw lose|44|12|8|24|decimals=1}} |<ref name="SoccerbaseManager"/> |- |align="left"|Chelsea (caretaker) |align="left"|6 April 2023 |align="left"|30 June 2023 {{Win draw lose|11|1|2|8|decimals=1}} |<ref name="SoccerbaseManager"/><ref>For caretaker status: {{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2023/apr/06/frank-lampard-confirmed-as-chelsea-caretaker-manager-until-end-of-season |title='This is my club': Frank Lampard returns to Chelsea as caretaker manager |first=Nick |last=Ames |newspaper=The Guardian |location=London |date=6 April 2023 |access-date=13 February 2026 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230614181359/https://www.theguardian.com/football/2023/apr/06/frank-lampard-confirmed-as-chelsea-caretaker-manager-until-end-of-season |archive-date=14 June 2023 |url-status=live}}</ref> |- |align="left"|Coventry City |align="left"|28 November 2024 |align="left"|''Present'' {{Win draw lose|82|45|17|20|decimals=1}} |<ref name="SoccerbaseManager">{{cite web |url=https://www.soccerbase.com/managers/manager.sd?manager_id=4806 |title=Managers: Frank Lampard |website=Soccerbase |publisher=Centurycomm |access-date=21 February 2026 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190705220356/https://www.soccerbase.com/managers/manager.sd?manager_id=4806 |archive-date=5 July 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref> |- !colspan="3"|Total {{Win draw lose totals|278|126|61|91|decimals=1}} |}

==Honours== ===Player=== [[File:Champions 2004-5.jpg|thumb|Lampard celebrates winning the 2004–05 Premier League with Eiður Guðjohnsen and John Terry]]

'''West Ham United'''<ref name="club honours">{{Cite web |title=Frank Lampard |url=http://www.englandfootballonline.com/TeamPlyrsBios/PlayersL/BioLampardFJ.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060617144919/http://www.englandfootballonline.com/TeamPlyrsBios/PlayersL/BioLampardFJ.html |archive-date=17 June 2006 |access-date=12 July 2014 |publisher=englandfootballonline.com}}</ref> * UEFA Intertoto Cup: 1999

'''Chelsea'''<ref name="club honours" /> * Premier League: 2004–05, 2005–06, 2009–10<ref name="PremProfile">{{Cite web |title=Frank Lampard: Overview |url=https://www.premierleague.com/players/800/Frank-Lampard/overview |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180418044556/https://www.premierleague.com/players/800/Frank-Lampard/overview |archive-date=18 April 2018 |access-date=28 September 2018 |publisher=Premier League}}</ref> * FA Cup: 2006–07, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2011–12 * Football League Cup: 2004–05, 2006–07 * FA Community Shield: 2005, 2009 * UEFA Champions League: 2011–12 * UEFA Europa League: 2012–13

'''Individual''' * FWA Footballer of the Year: 2005<ref>{{cite news |title=Lampard scoops award from writers |publisher=BBC Sport |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/c/chelsea/4518823.stm |url-status=live |access-date=5 December 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141210151042/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/c/chelsea/4518823.stm |archive-date=10 December 2014}}</ref> * PFA Fans' Player of the Year: 2005<ref>{{Cite web |title=Lamaprd wins PFA fans' Player of the Year |url=http://www.chelseafc.com/news/special/lamaprd-wins-pfa-fans--player-of-the-year.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141207113520/http://www.chelseafc.com/news/special/lamaprd-wins-pfa-fans--player-of-the-year.html |archive-date=7 December 2014 |access-date=5 December 2014 |publisher=Chelsea F.C.}}</ref> * PFA Merit Award: 2015<ref>{{Cite web|title=PFA Merit Award 2015 Winners|url=https://www.thepfa.com/news/2015/4/26/pfa-merit-award-2015-winners|access-date=1 December 2021|website=Thepfa.com|language=en|archive-date=1 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211201073110/https://www.thepfa.com/news/2015/4/26/pfa-merit-award-2015-winners|url-status=live}}</ref> * FWA Tribute Award: 2010<ref>{{cite news |title=Lampard celebrates FWA tribute |publisher=Sky Sports |url=http://www1.skysports.com/football/news/11095/5867711/lampard-celebrates-fwa-tribute |url-status=live |access-date=5 December 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141206215103/http://www1.skysports.com/football/news/11095/5867711/lampard-celebrates-fwa-tribute |archive-date=6 December 2014}}</ref> * Premier League Player of the Season: 2004–05<ref name=PremProfile/> * Most assists in the Premier League: 2004–05, 2008–09 ''(shared)'', 2009–10<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.premierleague.com/stats/top/players/goal_assist|title=Premier League Player Stats - Assists|publisher=Premier League|access-date=1 June 2022|quote=Select season in the "Filter by season" drop-down menu.|archive-date=24 June 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170624144700/https://www.premierleague.com/stats/top/players/goal_assist|url-status=live}}</ref> * PFA Team of the Year: 2003–04 Premier League,<ref name="PFA team 2004">{{cite news |date=25 April 2004 |title=Henry retains PFA crown |publisher=BBC Sport |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/3628905.stm |url-status=live |access-date=17 April 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160112185450/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/3628905.stm |archive-date=12 January 2016}}</ref> 2004–05 Premier League,<ref>{{cite news |date=24 April 2005 |title=Terry claims player of year award |publisher=BBC Sport |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_prem/4478329.stm |url-status=live |access-date=17 April 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060629113437/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_prem/4478329.stm |archive-date=29 June 2006}}</ref> 2005–06 Premier League<ref>{{cite news |date=23 April 2006 |title=Gerrard named player of the year |publisher=BBC Sport |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/4935884.stm |url-status=live |access-date=17 April 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160112185556/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/4935884.stm |archive-date=12 January 2016}}</ref> * FIFPro World XI: 2005<ref>{{Cite web |last=Beaard |first=Raymond |title=FIFPro World XI 2004/2005 |url=http://www.fifpro.org/en/award-history/fifpro-world-xi-2004-2005 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140701201129/http://fifpro.org/en/award-history/fifpro-world-xi-2004-2005 |archive-date=1 July 2014 |publisher=FIFPro}}</ref> * UEFA Midfielder of the Year: 2008<ref>{{Cite web |date=1 May 2011 |title=UEFA Club Football Awards |url=http://www.uefa.com/memberassociations/news/newsid=1639472.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180418121502/http://www.uefa.com/memberassociations/news/newsid=1639472.html |archive-date=18 April 2018 |access-date=5 December 2014 |publisher=UEFA}}</ref> * England Player of the Year: 2004, 2005<ref>{{cite news |title=Frank Lampard's England career – in pictures |work=The Guardian |location=London |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/gallery/2014/aug/26/frank-lampard-england-career-in-pictures |url-status=live |access-date=11 December 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305011809/http://www.theguardian.com/football/gallery/2014/aug/26/frank-lampard-england-career-in-pictures |archive-date=5 March 2016}}</ref> * ESM Team of the Year: 2004–05, 2005–06, 2009–10<ref>{{Cite web |title=ESM XI |url=https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/esm-xi.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160207144925/http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/esm-xi.html |archive-date=7 February 2016 |access-date=19 June 2016 |publisher=Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation}}</ref> * UEFA European Championship Team of the Tournament: 2004<ref>{{Cite web |title=UEFA EURO 2004™ |url=http://www.euro2004.com/News/Kind=1/newsId=205742.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040707012523/http://www.euro2004.com/News/Kind%3D1/newsId%3D205742.html |archive-date=7 July 2004 |publisher=UEFA}}</ref> * Premier League Player of the Month: September 2003, April 2005, October 2005, October 2008<ref name=PremProfile/> * Chelsea Player of the Year: 2004, 2005, 2009<ref>{{Cite web |title=Player of the year awards |url=http://www.chelseafc.com/news/latest-news/2014/03/player-of-the-year-awards---tickets-on-sale--voting-opens.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304000620/http://www.chelseafc.com/news/latest-news/2014/03/player-of-the-year-awards---tickets-on-sale--voting-opens.html |archive-date=4 March 2016 |publisher=Chelsea F.C.}}</ref> * Premier League 20 Seasons Awards: Premier League 500 Club<ref>{{Cite web |title=Football Extravaganza starts 20 Seasons celebrations |url=http://www.premierleague.com/en-gb/news/news/2011-12/apr/football-extravaganza-celebrates-20-seasons.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150208153653/http://www.premierleague.com/en-gb/news/news/2011-12/apr/football-extravaganza-celebrates-20-seasons.html |archive-date=8 February 2015 |access-date=5 December 2014 |publisher=Premier League}}</ref> * MLS All-Star: 2015<ref name="AT&T MLS All-Star Game roster">{{Cite web |date=20 July 2015 |title=Sebastian Giovinco, Kei Kamara among 22 players named to 2015 AT&T MLS All-Star Game roster |url=http://www.mlssoccer.com/all-star/2015/news/article/2015/07/18/sebastian-giovinco-kei-kamara-among-22-players-named-2015-att-mls-all-star-g |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150921022035/http://www.mlssoccer.com/all-star/2015/news/article/2015/07/18/sebastian-giovinco-kei-kamara-among-22-players-named-2015-att-mls-all-star-g |archive-date=21 September 2015 |access-date=26 October 2015 |publisher=Major League Soccer}}</ref> * Globe Soccer Awards Player Career Award: 2015<ref name="GSA">{{Cite web |title=Wall of Fame |url=http://www.globesoccer.com/awards/walloffame/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160107205956/http://www.globesoccer.com/awards/walloffame/ |archive-date=7 January 2016 |access-date=28 December 2015 |publisher=Globe Soccer.com}}</ref> * MLS Player of the Month: July 2016<ref>{{Cite web |date=4 August 2016 |title=Frank Lampard wins Etihad Airways MLS Player of the Month for July |url=http://www.mlssoccer.com/post/2016/08/04/frank-lampard-wins-etihad-airways-mls-player-month-july |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190808004949/https://www.mlssoccer.com/post/2016/08/04/frank-lampard-wins-etihad-airways-mls-player-month-july |archive-date=8 August 2019 |access-date=6 August 2019 |website=MLSsoccer.com}}</ref> * Premier League Hall of Fame: 2021<ref name=PLHall>{{cite web |title=Lampard enters the Premier League Hall of Fame |url=https://www.premierleague.com/news/2146455 |publisher=Premier League |access-date=19 May 2021 |date=19 May 2021 |archive-date=19 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210519091335/https://www.premierleague.com/news/2146455 |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Manager=== '''Chelsea''' * FA Cup runner-up: 2019–20<ref>{{Cite web|title=2020 Heads Up FA Cup Final: Arsenal 2-1 Chelsea|url=http://www.thefa.com/news/2020/aug/01/heads-up-fa-cup-final-arsenal-chelsea-match-report-010820|access-date=1 December 2021|website=Thefa.com|language=en|archive-date=25 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210125045206/https://www.thefa.com/news/2020/aug/01/heads-up-fa-cup-final-arsenal-chelsea-match-report-010820|url-status=live}}</ref>

'''Coventry City''' * EFL Championship: 2025–26<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/live/cn9qppjg5yxt|title=Coventry City 5-1 Portsmouth: Frank Lampard's men secure Championship title|website=BBC Sport|access-date=31 May 2026}}</ref>

'''Individual''' * Premier League Manager of the Month: October 2019<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.premierleague.com/managers/49883/Frank-Lampard/overview |title=Manager profile: Frank Lampard |publisher=Premier League |access-date=8 November 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191109225438/https://www.premierleague.com/managers/49883/Frank-Lampard/overview |archive-date=9 November 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref> * EFL Championship Manager of the Month: October 2025,<ref name="Oct25 MOTM"/> November 2025<ref name="Nov25 MOTM"/> * EFL Championship Manager of the Season: 2025–26<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/c3dl3xlkjdzo|title=Coventry's Lampard and Boro's Hackney win at EFL Awards|last=Raeburn|first=Andrew|access-date=19 April 2026|website=BBC Sport|date=19 April 2026}}</ref> * LMA Manager of the Year: 2025–26<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=27 May 2025 |title=LMA Annual Awards: Frank Lampard OBE wins the Sir Alex Ferguson Trophy for LMA Manager of the Year |url=https://www.leaguemanagers.com/latest-news/lma-annual-awards-frank-lampard-obe-wins-the-sir-alex-ferguson-trophy-for-lma-manager-of-the-year |access-date=27 May 2026 |website=League Managers Association}}</ref> * LMA Awards – EFL Championship Manager of the Year: 2025–26<ref name=":1" />

===Orders=== * Officer of the Order of the British Empire: 2015<ref>{{Cite web|title=Frank Lampard Awarded the Order of the British Empire|url=https://www.nycfc.com/news/frank-lampard-awarded-order-british-empire|access-date=1 December 2021|website=New York City FC|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Full list of UK football figures to have been knighted & received CBEs & OBEs|url=https://www.goal.com/en/news/full-list-uk-football-figures-knighted-obes-cbes/jtktzq1desbc193nvf74jkzgq|access-date=1 December 2021|website=Goal.com}}</ref>

==Bibliography== ===Autobiography=== * ''Totally Frank: The Autobiography of Frank Lampard'' (HarperCollins, 2006) {{ISBN|9780007214723}}

===Children's novels=== * ''Frankie vs The Pirate Pillagers'' (Little Brown, 2013) {{ISBN|9780349001623}} * ''Frankie vs The Rowdy Romans'' (Little Brown, 2013) {{ISBN|9780349001609}} * ''Frankie vs The Cowboy's Crew'' (Little Brown, 2013) {{ISBN|9780349001593}} * ''Frankie vs The Mummy's Menace'' (Little Brown, 2014) {{ISBN|9780349001630}} * ''Frankie vs The Knight's Nasties'' (Little Brown, 2014) {{ISBN|9780349001616}} * ''Frankie and the World Cup Carnival'' (Little Brown, 2014) {{ISBN|9780349124438}} * ''Frankie and the Dragon Curse'' (Little Brown, 2014) {{ISBN|9780349124469}} * ''Frankie Saves Christmas'' (Little Brown, 2014) {{ISBN|9780349124483}} * ''Frankie's New York Adventure'' (Little Brown, 2015) {{ISBN|9780349124490}} * ''Frankie's Kangaroo Caper'' (Little Brown, 2015) {{ISBN|9780349124513}} * ''The Grizzly Games'' (Little Brown, 2015) {{ISBN|9780349132051}} * ''Meteor Madness'' (Little Brown, 2015) {{ISBN|9780349132075}} * ''The Great Santa Race'' (Little Brown, 2015) {{ISBN|9780349132099}} * ''Team T. Rex'' (Little Brown, 2016) {{ISBN|9780349132112}} * ''Deep Sea Dive'' (Little Brown, 2016) {{ISBN|9780349132136}} * ''Olympic Flame Chase'' (Little Brown, 2016) {{ISBN|9781510201101}} * ''Elf Express'' (Little Brown, 2016) {{ISBN|9781510201118}} * ''Mammoth Mayhem'' (Little Brown, 2016) {{ISBN|9781510201125}} * ''Summer Holiday Showdown'' (Little Brown, 2017) {{ISBN|9781510201132}} * ''Game Over!'' (Little Brown, 2018) {{ISBN|9781510201859}}

== See also == * List of footballers with 100 or more UEFA Champions League appearances * List of men's footballers with 100 or more international caps * List of men's footballers with the most official appearances

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