Frank Lampard factfile

July 1994 - Frank joins West Ham United as an apprentice.

July 1995 - Signs his first professional contract with the Hammers.

October 1995 - Joins Swansea City on loan.

October 1995 - Makes league debut while on loan at Swansea City in their 2-0 home win over Bradford City.

October 1995 - Scores his first senior goals in Swansea City's 2-0 away win at Brighton.

March 1997 - Lampard suffers broken right leg in a scoreless draw at Aston Villa.

August 1997 - Scores his first goal for West Ham in their 2-1 away win against Barnsley.

November 1997 - Frank makes England Under-21 international debut against Greece.

May 1999 - He finishes 1998/99 season without missing a single match for his club.

June 2000 - Makes last England Under-21 appearance in an away match against Slovakia.

October 1999 - Frank makes his debut for the full England national side in a home friendly against Belgium. England won 2-1.

June 2001 - He leaves West Ham United and joins Chelsea for a £11m fee.

August 2001 - Makes Premiership debut for Chelsea in 1-1 home draw with Newcastle United.

September 2001 - Sent off for the first time in his career in the 3-2 away win at Spurs.

September 2001 - Frank scores his first Chelsea goal in 3-0 home win over Levski Sofia in UEFA Cup.

August 2003 - Makes Champions' League debut in 2-0 away win at Slovakia club Zilina.

May 2003 - He ends 2002/03 season without missing a game for his club.

August 2003 - Scores first goal for the senior England team in a friendly where his side beat Croatia 3-1.

September 2003 - Named Barclays Player of the Month.

October 2003 - Named PFA Fans' Player of the Month.

May 2005 - Frank given the Football Writers' Association Footballer of the Year award.

May 2005 - He plays in all 38 matches of Chelsea's Premiership winning season.

September 2005 - Lampard named in FIFpro World team of the year.

November2005 - Voted runner-up to Ronaldinho in the European Footballer of the Year award [aka Ballon D'Or].

December 2005 - Frank comes second in the Fifa World Player of the Year Award.

December 2005 - Frank's run of playing 164 record consecutive Premiership matches ends after missing Chelsea's match at Manchester City due to illness.

April 2006 - Scored 50th league goal in Chelsea's 3-0 home win over Everton.

April 2006 - Chelsea win Premiership again after beating Manchester United 3-0 at home.

July 2006 - England exit the World Cup after losing out on penalities to Portugal - again. Frank missed a penalty along with Liverpool duo Jamie Carragher and Steven Gerrard.

November 2006 - Frank scores 'wonder goal' in Chelsea's 2-2 Champions' League match at Barcelona.