Jamie Vardy
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Vardy playing for Leicester City in 2015
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Jamie Richard Vardy | ||
| Date of birth | 11 January 1987 | ||
| Place of birth | Sheffield, England | ||
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Leicester City | ||
| Number | 9 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2002 | Sheffield Wednesday | ||
| 2003–2007 | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2007–2010 | |||
| 2010–2011 | Halifax Town | 37 | (27) |
| 2011–2012 | Fleetwood Town | 36 | (31) |
| 2012– | Leicester City | 150 | (54) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2015– | England | 14 | (5) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22:13, 17 December 2016 (UTC). |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22:13, 17 December 2016 (UTC).
Jamie Richard Vardy (born Jamie Richard Gill; 11 January 1987) is an English professional footballer who plays for Premier League club Leicester City and the England national team. He plays as a striker.
After being released by Sheffield Wednesday at the age of sixteen, Vardy began his senior career with , breaking into the first team in 2007 and spending three seasons before joining Northern Premier League side F.C. Halifax Town in 2010. Scoring 26 goals in his debut season, he won the club's "Player's Player of the Year" award, then moved to Conference Premier side Fleetwood Town in August 2011 for an undisclosed fee. He scored 31 league goals in his first season at his new team, winning the team's "Player of the Year" award as they won the division.
In May 2012, Vardy signed for Leicester City in the Championship for a non-League record transfer fee of £1 million, and helped the team win the Championship in 2014. In the 2015–16 Premier League season, he scored in eleven consecutive Premier League matches, breaking Ruud van Nistelrooy's record, and was voted the Premier League Player of the Season and FWA Footballer of the Year as outsiders Leicester won the title. Vardy made his international debut in June 2015 and was selected for UEFA Euro 2016.
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