Chelsea confirm Frank Lampard will leave club after 13 years of service

Frank Lampard acknowledges the crowd at Stamford Bridge after Chelsea’s final match of the Premier League season.

Chelsea have confirmed on their official website that their talismanic midfielder Frank Lamaprd would be leaving the club this summer, bringing to an end a glorious 13-year career at Stamford Bridge.

The 35-year-old midfielder is the club’s all-time highest goal scorer and he has been linked with a move to new MLS side New York City FC in a free transfer.

Lampard signed for the Blues from West Ham in 2001 as a 22-year-old. Since he signed, he has broken a number of records. Apart from being Chelsea’s highest goal scorer of all time, he is also the midfielder with the most goals and he also scored 20 or more goals for the club in five consecutive seasons between 2005-06 and 2009-10.

He was voted the Premier League Player of the Season twice in 2004-05 and 2005-06 and won Chelsea’s Player of the Year thrice in 2004, 2005 and 2009.

Frank Lampard’s career at Chelsea

Season	Games	Goals	Titles
2001-02	53 (4)	7	-
2002-03	48 (2)	8	-
2003-04	58 (2)	15	-
2004-05	58 (5)	19	EPL, League Cup
2005-06	50 (2)	20	EPL
2006-07	62 (4)	21	FA Cup, League Cup
2007-08	40 (2)	20	-
2008-09	57 (1)	20	FA Cup
2009-10	51 (2)	27	EPL, FA Cup
2010-11	32 (1)	13	-
2011-12	49 (11)	16	FA Cup, Champions League
2012-13	48 (10)	17	Europa League
2013-14	40 (8)	6	-
TOTAL	646 (54)	209	11 Major Trophies