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Cape Town - Chelsea have finally made the announcement of Frank Lampard’s return to the club as head coach, official.
The 41-year-old inked a three-year deal with the Blues after ending his reign with Championship outfit Derby County.
13 facts about the Premier League great:
- Lampard won 11 major honours as a Chelsea player, including three Premier League titles and two European trophies.
- Only three players (Ron Harris - 795, Peter Bonetti - 729, John Terry - 717) have made more appearances for Chelsea in the club’s history than Frank Lampard, who appeared 648 times between August 2001 and May 2014.
- He holds the record for scoring the most goals for Chelsea in the club’s history, scoring 211 goals between 2001 and 2014; he has also scored the most Premier League goals for the club (147) and provided the most assists (90).
- Lampard took charge of Derby County during the 2018-19 season, leading the Rams to 6th position in the Championship and a 1-2 defeat in the Championship play-off final to Aston Villa.
- Lampard’s Derby County faced Chelsea in the League Cup fourth round at Stamford Bridge in October 2018, losing 3-2 with both Richard Keogh and on-loan Chelsea defender Fikayo Tomori scoring own goals.
- He won 20 of his 46 league matches as Derby boss (excluding playoffs), earning 74 points – one fewer than the Rams had won in their previous season under Gary Rowett.
- Derby County gave more minutes to players aged 21 and under in the Championship last season than any other club (13,137).
- In both the League Cup and FA Cup, Lampard faced Premier League opponents on five occasions during 2018-19, winning none of those games (W0 D3 L2), although he progressed on penalties against both Manchester United in the League Cup and Southampton in the FA Cup, drawing 2-2 away from home in both games.
- Lampard would be Chelsea’s 17th permanent Premier League manager but only the third Englishman, after Glenn Hoddle and David Webb.
- During his time in the Premier League with West Ham United, Chelsea and Manchester City, Lampard registered at least one victory over all 44 clubs he faced. Among the 20 teams in the division for 2019-20, he never faced either Bournemouth or Brighton & Hove Albion in the top-flight, although he beat them both in matches in all competitions during his career, with his first ever career goal coming against Brighton for Swansea City in 1995.
- Only four players have scored more goals for a single club in the Premier League than Lampard’s tally of 147 goals for Chelsea.
- During his Premier League career, Lampard holds the record for scoring against the most different teams in the competition (39) and scoring the most goals from outside the box (41), as well as being the highest scoring midfielder in the competition’s history (177 goals).
- Aged 41 years and 52 days on the opening day against Manchester United (match is on Sunday, August 11), Lampard would be the youngest manager to take charge of Chelsea since Andre Villas-Boas in March 2012 (34 years, 138 days vs WBA).
All facts courtesy of OptaJoe
