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
I don't want to be a passenger sitting on the bench not doing much, even in my older years.
I'm a very private person, and you have a lot of people looking into your personal life, away from football. That's the one thing that I don't like, but I always remember how lucky we are that we're playing football.
I am a man who likes to play consistently; I always play better when I'm on a run of games.
If players are performing for you, their age shouldn't really matter, especially because the older players can bring their experience to the table.
I didn't want to be the rebel who was bottom of the class, so I worked hard. They wanted me to stay on for A-Levels, but football came calling - that was my real love.
Every season will have its dips and hard moments, and the challenge then is to make sure you don't get too down in those moments and make sure you come back fighting.
Of course it is going to be difficult for any player to get in the Chelsea side no matter who they are.
I'm happy here, and why change when you love the club and the club's in a really good position right now.
If I could have been anyone in the world, it would have been Ronaldinho. He's fantastic, I love watching him.
In a way, I've thrived on the competition, perhaps it has made a better player because of it.
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.
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.
In international football, you need pace and you need your players up top to create things out of nothing and run at people.
There is such a belief in the squad that we could really do something.