The ex-Chelsea FC midfielder, now coach, has been appointed head of Coventry City, in the Championship.
Former England international Frank Lampard was named coach of Coventry City on Thursday, currently 17th in the Championship (2nd English division), more than a year after an interim period at Chelsea, the club where he shone as a player.
The former midfielder «Three Lions» (106 selections) and «Blues» (648 matches) has signed up for two and a half years with Coventry and will be accompanied by two assistants he knows well, Joe Edwards and Chris Jones.
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He will make his debut on the bench «Sky Blues» Saturday (4 p.m.) against Cardiff City at home.
Coventry occupies seventeenth place in a Championship which has twenty-four teams, after having suffered eight defeats in the first seventeen matches of the season.
Ex-Chelsea glory, of which he is the top scorer in history (211 goals), Lampard launched his coaching career in the second division at Derby County in 2018.
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After one season, which ended in sixth place, he returned during the summer of 2019 to Stamford Bridge, where he guided the «Blues» up to fourth place in the Premier League. Fired in January 2021, he tried to bounce back at Everton (January 2022 to January 2023) then returned to Chelsea for a short interim period at the end of the 2022/23 season.
“Frank cut his teeth in the Championship and knows what it takes to succeed in this Championship”said Coventry owner Doug King. “His experience at Chelsea and Everton will allow him to bring to our talented squad a clear understanding of what is required to succeed at the highest level that we, as a club, strive to achieve”.
