frank lampard has scored the most goals for chelsea.
frank lampard has scored the most goals for chelsea.
who has scored the most goals for chelsea?
frank lampard
due to a back injury sustained by john terry, lampard spent much of the 2006–07 campaign as team captain in his absence. he enjoyed a streak of seven goals in eight games. he scored both goals in a 2–0 win over fulham and scored his 77th goal for chelsea from a long range strike in a 3–2 win over everton on 17 december, overtaking dennis wise as chelsea's highest scoring midfielder. then in the uefa champions league group stages he scored a goal from an extremely tight angle against barcelona, at the camp nou, the match ended 2–2. lampard finished with 21 goals in all competitions, including a career-high six fa cup goals. he scored his first chelsea hat-trick in the third-round tie against macclesfield town on 6 january 2007. he scored two goals to help chelsea to a quarter-final draw with tottenham hotspur after having trailed 3–1, and he was named the fa cup player-of-the-round for his performance. he gave the assist to didier drogba in the 2007 fa cup final which was the winning goal in extra-time, as chelsea won it 1–0. in a post-match interview following chelsea's fa cup final victory over manchester united, lampard said he wanted to stay at the club "forever".
frank lampard
on 8 november, giroud registered his first goal of the season away to bate borisov in matchday four of the europa league group stage. it was the only goal of the match, sending chelsea through to the knockout stages of the tournament. in his next outing, he scored his first premier league goal of the season in a 3–1 away loss to tottenham hotspur on 24 november. giroud then made it four goals in three games, bagging a brace at home to paok in matchday five of the europa league. chelsea won the match 4–0. on his 500th career appearance, giroud scored a free kick to equalise and preserve chelsea’s unbeaten europa league group stage campaign. the match against vidi at mol aréna sóstó finished 2–2. giroud scored his first chelsea hat trick on 14 march in a 5–0 (8–0 aggregate) win over dynamo kyiv in the second leg of the europa league round of 16 tie at nsc olimpiyskiy. the following month, he became the first ever chelsea player to score 10 goals in a single european campaign when he scored in a 4–3 semi-final second-leg win over slavia prague. in may 2019 he signed a new contract with chelsea, until the end of the 2019–20 season. on 29 may, he scored in chelsea's 4–1 win over his former club arsenal in the europa league final; during the match, he also set-up hazard's second goal. with 11 goals in the competition, he set a new record for most goals by a french player in a single european season, breaking the previous record held jointly by nestor combin (achieved during the 1963–64 european cup winners' cup) and just fontaine (achieved during the 1958–59 european cup).
olivier giroud