Lampard began his career at West Ham United, where his father worked as an assistant coach. In July 1994, he joined West Ham youth team. He signed his first professional contract on July 1, 1995. In October 1995, Lampard joined Swansea City on loan. He makes league debut on October 7, 1995, during a 2-0 win over Bradford City. He recorded nine league appearances with one goal for Swansea City before returning to West Ham in January 1996.
Lampard's debut with West Ham United took place on January 31, 1996 during match against Coventry City. A year later, he suffered a broken bone injury in his right leg against Aston Villa on March 15, 1997 which makes it had to rest a while. Lampard's first goal for West Ham United's place in the 1997-98 season when away match against Barnsley. Lampard managed to penetrate the main squad West Ham United's 1997-98 season. One season later, he played all season until the 1998-99 West Ham United entrenched in the ranking of the five final standings.
Lampard joined Chelsea for a fee of £ 11 million, on May 15, 2001. Lampard at Stamford Bridge appearance tend to be slow, but it is often surprising. While undergoing a third season with Chelsea, along with the arrival of Roman Abramovich, he managed to make itself as one of the best midfielders in Europe.
Lampard's debut for Chelsea is the pre-season game against Leyton Orient on 26 July 2001 and scored his first goal on the other preseason games against Northampton Town, which was won by Chelsea with a landslide score of 7-1, on August 1, 2001. His debut in the Premier League is on August 19, 2001, when Chelsea's 1-1 draw against Newcastle United. In his first season to join Chelsea, he just did not join the competition and scored seven goals in all competitions.
Lampard has scored 89 goals for Chelsea until March 31, 2007, making it a top scorer in the club and included in the top 10 overall. He also became the most prolific midfielder in Chelsea's history to score after successfully surpassed record ever made by Dennis Wise, the 76 goals, on December 17, 2006. He scored his first hat-trick for Chelsea in the FA Cup three against Macclesfield Town on January 6, 2007. In an interview conducted after successfully winning the FA Cup, Lampard said that he would not 'last forever' in Chelsea. Since then, she started rumored to be joining Juventus, where his old coach, Claudio Ranieri. He is also rumored to have been bought by Real Madrid for 25 million pounds. The rumors grew stronger as Lampard's agent stated that Lampard has not signed a memorandum of a contract extension with Chelsea.
In the early days of his career, Lampard has been overseen by Peter Taylor, coach of England Under-21 national team at the time, and eventually appointed him as part of a team. U-21 debut Lampard was on November 13, 1997, in the game against Greece. He captained England Under-21 national team in Europe U-21 Champions in 2000. His last appearance Caps U-21 was in June 2000 in an away match against Slovakia. Lampard scored nine goals in joining the U-21 team that is only surpassed by Alan Shearer and Francis Jeffers (both scored 13 goals).
Lampard's first appearance to defend England's senior team was on October 10, 1999 against Belgium in Sunderland in a friendly match. He played for 76 minutes in a match which England won with the score 2-1. He was replaced by teammate Dennis Wise. Unfortunately, he was not selected in the squad of 23 players who defended Britain in the event the Euro 2000, nor in the 2002 World Cup finals in South Korea and Japan. Lampard scored his first goal for England on 20 August 2003 in a friendly match against Croatia which England won with a score of 3-1.
He was included in the squad who parachuted in Euro 2004 in Portugal. England reached the quarter-finals, also thanks to the work done Lampard. He scored three goals in four games. With Paul Scholes's retirement from the world of international soccer persepak, Lampard finally put in a squad formed by Sven-Göran Eriksson, scoring five goals while defending Britain in the 2006 World Cup qualifiers, and wear jerseys numbered 8 was previously worn by Scholes.
At the 2006 World Cup, the game Lampard is considered less than satisfactory so many widely criticized by the British media. He fired a 24 shot on goal in the tournament, 10 of them off, and no one has managed to break down the wicket. England coach Sven-Göran Eriksson, defending it by saying, "He worked tirelessly for our victory. Kick more accurately than any player in this competition, it's certainly unusual for us. I do not want to criticize, no matter what the problem is. "
Lampard full play in five games to defend Britain in the 2006 World Cup. He was one of three England players other than Steven Gerrard and Jamie Carragher (both from Liverpool FC), which they successfully pushed a penalty kick by Portugal goalkeeper Ricardo Pereira, during the penalty shootout against Portugal in the World Cup quarterfinals on July 1, 2006.
He also studied Spanish, which led to rumors that he will move to La Liga until he denied it and argued that it is done only for the sake of the family because his wife was a Spaniard. In addition, he also wants his daughter one day be able to master two languages. In July 2006, the newspaper The Sun published his autobiography entitled cukilan book Totally Frank in serial. The book was peeled secret personal life and his reaction when his appearance in the 2006 World Cup was heavily criticized by the media. Lampard has two cars, the Aston Martin DB9 and Ferrari 612 Scaglietti. He also has two dogs, both French mastiff type, named Daphne and Rocco.
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