FRANK LAMPARD TIMELINE 1978: June 21 - Born, Romford, son of former West Ham defender Frank Lampard senior. 1995: Joins West Ham as a trainee. October - Loaned out to Swansea. 1996: Makes his full debut as a second-half substitute against Sheffield Wednesday at Upton Park in May. 1997: August - Nets his first senior goal in the 2-1 win over Barnsley at Oakwell. 1999: October - Makes full debut for England when he starts in the 2-1 friendly win over Belgium at Sunderland. 2000: June - Captains England Under-21s at the European Championship in Slovakia. 2001: May - Claims he wants to quit West Ham after boss Harry Redknapp and his father, Redknapps assistant, leave the club. June 11 - Moves to Chelsea in an £11million transfer. September 16 - Sent off for throwing a punch at Chris Perry in the 3-2 victory against Tottenham at White Hart Lane. September 23 - Fined two weeks wages after a Sunday newspaper publishes revelations of a drunken incident in a Heathrow hotel with team-mates Eidur Gudjohnsen, Jody Morris, John Terry and Leicesters former Chelsea defender Frank Sinclair. 2004: June 24 - Scores extra-time equaliser in Euro 2004 quarter-final against Portugal but England lose on penalties. September 19 - Sets new Premier League record for an outfield player of 114 consecutive appearances in Chelseas clash with Tottenham. 2005: April 28 - Voted Professional Footballers Association Fans Player of the Year. April 30 - Scores twice against Bolton as Chelsea seal the Barclays Premiership title. November 26 - Breaks record with 160th consecutive appearance in the Premier League. November 28 - Second behind Barcelonas Ronaldinho as European footballer of the year. December 19 - Second behind Ronaldinho as FIFAs world player of the Year. December 28 - Run of consecutive Premier League matches ends at 164 as a virus rules him out of Chelseas away match against Manchester City. 2006: April 29 - Wins back-to-back Premiership titles after a 3-0 victory over Manchester United at Stamford Bridge. 2007: February 25 - Wins Carling Cup with a 2-1 victory over Arsenal at the Millennium Stadium. March 19 - Victim of an attempted attack on the pitch by a fan after Chelseas 2-1 FA Cup quarter-final win over Tottenham at White Hart Lane. 2008: March 12 - Scores four goals in Chelseas 6-1 win over Derby. April 24 - Mother Pat dies. August 13 - Signs a new five-year contract with Chelsea. 2009: January 17 - Captains Chelsea in his 400th appearance for the club with Terry ruled out by a late injury. May 30 - His 20th goal of the season is the winner in the FA Cup final, 2-1 over Everton. September 9 - Scores twice as 5-1 win over Croatia secures Englands place in 2010 World Cup. 2010: February 9 - Captains England in friendly against Denmark. March 27 - Four goals in 7-1 rout of Aston Villa puts Lampard on 20 for a fifth straight season and 151 for Chelsea, third all-time. May 15 - Helps Chelsea retain FA Cup with 1-0 victory over Portsmouth. 2011: September 2 - Left out of starting line-up against Bulgaria, the first competitive England match he did not start for four years when fit. November 12 - Captains England and scores only goal in 1-0 win over world champions Spain. 2012: February 25 - Having struggled to hold down a place for Chelsea, publicly admits to problems with Portuguese manager Andre Villas-Boas. April 9 - Scores his 150th Premier League goal in 1-1 draw with Fulham. May 19 - Captains Chelsea to victory in the Champions League final. Chelsea win 4-3 on penalties, Lampard scoring, after a 1-1 draw with Bayern Munich. May 31 - Ruled out of Euro 2012 with a thigh strain. 2013: January 7: Agent Steve Kutner claims Lampard will not be offered a new Chelsea contract before his deal runs out in the summer. March 17 - Scores his 200th Chelsea goal against former club West Ham. May 11 - Breaks Bobby Tamblings Chelsea record of 202 goals as he scores twice at Aston Villa. May 15 - Chelsea win the Europa League, beating Benfica 2-1 in Amsterdam. May 16 - Signs a one-year extension to his Chelsea contract. 2014: June 2 - Having played sporadically under returning boss Jose Mourinho and scored seven goals in the season, announces he will be leaving Chelsea.
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