Jamie Richard Vardy is an English professional footballer. He plays as a striker for Premier League club Leicester City and the England national team. Vardy was released by Sheffield Wednesday at the age of 16. He spent three seasons with Stocksbridge Park Steels before joining FC Halifax Town in 2010. In May 2012, Vardy signed for Leicester City in the Championship for a non-League record transfer fee of £1 million. He won the Premier League Golden Boot for the 2019–20 season, becoming the oldest player to win the award.
About Jamie Vardy in brief
Jamie Richard Vardy is an English professional footballer. He plays as a striker for Premier League club Leicester City and the England national team. Vardy was released by Sheffield Wednesday at the age of 16. He spent three seasons with Stocksbridge Park Steels before joining FC Halifax Town in 2010. In May 2012, Vardy signed for Leicester City in the Championship for a non-League record transfer fee of £1 million. In the 2015–16 Premier League season, he scored in eleven consecutive Premier League matches, breaking Ruud van Nistelrooy’s record. He won the Premier League Golden Boot for the 2019–20 season, becoming the oldest player to win the award. He was selected for UEFA Euro 2016 and the 2018 FIFA World Cup in June 2015 and made his international debut in June 2016. He has also been selected for the 2014 World Cup and the 2014 European Championships in Brazil and the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics. He is a member of the England Under 21s, the Under 23s, and the Under 21 squad for the 2016 European Championships. He also played for the England U21s and Under 21 World Cup squad in Brazil. He made his debut for Sheffield Wednesday in 2007 but was released at age 16. In 2009 he spent a week on trial with Crewe Alexandra. In June 2010, manager Neil Aspin, a long time admirer of Vardy’s talents, signed him for Halifax Town for a fee of £15,000. He scored 25 goals in his debut season, winning the club’s Player of the Year award and then moved to Conference Premier club Fleetwood Town in August 2011 for an undisclosed fee.
In August 2011 he scored 31 league goals for his new team, winning the team’s \”Player of the year\” award as they won the division. After just over a year with Halifax, he signed for Conference Premier side Fleetwood. In September 2012 he scored his first goals for the club in his third appearance, scoring twice in a 3–2 win away to Kettering Town on 3 September. The following week he scored another two goals against Gateshead at Highbury Stadium, including one in added time. On 1 January 2012 he recorded a goal in each of his last six appearances, totalling ten goals in that period; he won the Conference Premier player of the month award for November. On 13 December, he confirmed a 2–0 win over Wycombe Wanderers in the FA Cup third round. On 20 September, he was given a straight red card in a 5–2 home win over Kidderminster Harriers, a match in which both teams played over an hour with ten men each. Four days later he scored two more goals in a 4–1 win over Bath City, which left Fleetwood two points behind leaders Wrexham. On 2 January 2012, he added six goals in six games as Fleetwood won 2–1 away to Yeovil Town in the second round of the League Cup. On 5 January 2012 Vardy scored twice in 6–1 triumphed over Southport.
You want to know more about Jamie Vardy?
This page is based on the article Jamie Vardy published in Wikipedia (as of Nov. 30, 2020) and was automatically summarized using artificial intelligence.
