Frank Lampard
Frank Lampard
Frank James Lampard OBEis an English professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for New York City FC in Major League Soccer. He is the all-time leading goalscorer for Chelsea, where he played for 13 years, and is considered by a number of journalists and football experts to be one of the greatest midfielders of his generation, in addition to being widely regarded as Chelsea's greatest ever player by some Chelsea players, such as previous record goal-scorer Bobby Tambling and...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionSoccer Player
Date of Birth20 June 1978
CityRomford, England
When you look at the caliber of players in the England squad and their ability, why should we go into the tournament fearing anyone?
But what club wouldn't welcome the chance to strengthen their side, what club would turn down the resources Chelsea have?
I think every player enjoys praise and I have to work extremely hard on the training ground to bring my game together.
Remember every team wants to beat Chelsea, probably even more than Manchester United or Arsenal because they believe we have an unfair advantage.
The title is still on the cards until it's off the cards
There's so many kids out there and it's such a cut-throat world. I've seen a lot of my mates, you know, who are better players than me at a certain age, and they're not in football now.
When I was at school, I wanted to be a lawyer.
If I ever have a son, I would call him Frankie, and it's a family name - it's my dad and my dad's dad, so you know, it sticks. I won't forget it.
Reading and writing is so important, and it's something I am really keen to promote. It's something that can be a bit lost these days with so much else going on.
Obviously, it has taken time to work with the players around me and with so many new faces coming in the summer, in a way it's been more difficult.
I'm not silly. I understand that, with age and at different parts of your career, you have different challenges.
In a way, I've thrived on the competition, perhaps it has made a better player because of it.
I have a lot of good football talk with cabbies, but when you want to get somewhere in a hurry, it can be distracting. I always know they're going to want to talk football if 'Talksport' is on the radio.
If I could have been anyone in the world, it would have been Ronaldinho. He's fantastic, I love watching him.