Frank Lampard

Biography

Frank James Lampard (born June 20, 1978 in Romford (Romford: romford is a place in east london....
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He has several famous footballing relatives: his father, Frank Lampard Sr., was also an England international. His cousin is Jamie Redknapp (Jamie Redknapp: jamie redknapp (born june 25, 1973 in barton-on-sea) is an english football...
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Another product of West Ham United's youth system, Lampard rose through the ranks at Upton Park (Upton Park: upton park is the name of an area in the london borough of newham....
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[follow hyperlink for more...]) . That followed by the departure of his father Frank, who followed Harry Redknapp (Harry Redknapp: harry redknapp is a former english football (soccer)|footballer and the current manager...
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Lampard made his full England debut against Belgium (Belgium: A monarchy in northwestern Europe; headquarters for the European Union and for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization) in October 1999, and was voted England player of the year for 2004 by the fans. He played for his country at the 2004 European Championship (2004 European Championship: more facts about this subject) .

Lampard has established himself as a regular of the multi-million pound Chelsea squad, and a fans' favourite. He is also second choice captain (captain: The naval officer in command of a military ship) of the club, behind John Terry (John Terry: john terry (born december 7, 1980 in barking) is a english football player....
[follow hyperlink for more...]) . Despite being a midfielder (midfielder: in association football a midfielder is a player whose position of play is midway between...
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He was voted English Footballer of the Year at the end of the 2004-05 season, after contributing to winning the Premiership (first time for Chelsea after 50 years) and the League Cup, and reaching the semi-finals of the Champions League.