Clubs: West Ham United FC, Swansea City AFC (loan), Chelsea FC

• The son of former West Ham left-back Frank Lampard Sr, he started his career with the Hammers as an apprentice and had a short spell on loan at Swansea before making his debut for the east London outfit.

• Helped West Ham to a fifth-place finish in the 1998/99 Premier League season, starting all 38 matches, but moved across London to join Chelsea in 2001.

• First capped by England in 1999, his first international goal did not arrive until four years later, but he scored three times at his first major tournament – UEFA EURO 2004; drew blanks, however, at the 2006 FIFA World Cup, where he missed a penalty in the quarter-final shoot-out against Portugal, and at the 2010 tournament in South Africa.

• A key figure in Chelsea's back-to-back title wins in 2004/05 and 2005/06, he equalised in the 2008 UEFA Champions League final against Manchester United FC and scored the winner in the 2009 FA Cup decider versus Everton FC.

• Struck a career-best 22 league goals in 2009/10, a feat which lifted him into third place on the Blues' all-time top scorers' list, as Chelsea completed the double for the first time.

• Made his 500th appearance for Chelsea in their 1-0 home defeat by Manchester United in the 2010/11 UEFA Champions League quarter-final first leg, and played a key role in the Blues winning the competition the following season by scoring penalties in successive rounds against SSC Napoli and SL Benfica.

• Surpassed Bob Tambling's club record of 202 goals with a second-half double against Aston Villa FC in May 2013. Captained Chelsea to UEFA Europa League glory at the expense of SL Benfica in Amsterdam four days later. 

UEFA honours
UEFA EURO 2004: All-Star Squad
UEFA Champions League: runner-up 2008; winner 2012
UEFA Europa League: winner 2013
UEFA Club Midfielder of the Year: 2008