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Jamie Vardy
	Vardy during training with England at the 2018 FIFA World Cup
Personal information
Full name	Jamie Richard Vardy
Date of birth	11 January 1987 (age 34)
Place of birth	Sheffield, England
Height	5 feet 10 inches (1.79 m)
Playing position	Striker
Club information
Current club	Leicester City
Number	9
Youth career
2002	Sheffield Wednesday
2003–2007	Stocksbridge Park Steels
Senior career*
National team‡
	Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21 June 2020.; ; † Appearances (Goals).; ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 28 April 2019

Jamie Richard Vardy (born 11 January 1987) is an English professional footballer who plays for Leicester City as a striker. Considered to be one of the best strikers in Premier league, he won the Premier League title with Leicester in 2016. He has played for the England national team.

Vardy started his footballing career at the age of sixteen, playing for Stockbridge Park Steels youth system. On his debut for Halifax Town in 2010, Vardy scored the winning goal against Buxton. He was their top scorer for the season, with 25 goals in 37 appearances. After leaving Halifax for Fleetwood Town, he became the season's top scorer with 31 league goals.

In May 2012, Vardy signed for Championship side Leicester City. In 2013-14 season, Vardy got the Leicester's player of the season award, thanks to his 16 league goals. The following season, Leicester was promoted to the Premier league. Vardy won his first Premier League Player of the Month award for the month of October in 2015 and won it again in November.

In what was thought to be the sports' highlight of the year, Leicester won the 2015-16 season of the Premier League, one season after promotion. Vardy won the Premier League Player of the Season award and was one of the four Leicester players selected in the PFA Team of the Year. He scored his first UEFA Champions League goal on 22 February 2017. He is the only player in Premier league history to have scored goals in 11 consecutive (Meaning- one after the other) matches.. On 5 July, 2020, Vardy scored 2 goals against Crystal Palace to complete a century of goals in Premier League.

International career

Vardy was selected for the England squad for UEFA Euro 2016. He made his international debut for England on 7th June, coming as a substitute for Wayne Rooney against the Republic of Ireland. He scored his first goal for England against Germany on 26 March 2016. He has been selected repetitively in England squad since then. He was also selected in England's squad for the World Cup 2018.

On 28 August 2018, Vardy "stepped aside" (i.e. discontinued) from the England national team. He told manager Gareth Southgate that he did not want to be considered for selection unless there was an injury crisis.

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club	Season	League			FA Cup		League Cup		Europe		Other		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
FC Halifax Town	2010–11	NPL Premier Division	33	23	3	1	—		—		1	1	37	25
	2011–12	Conference North	4	3	—		—		—		—		4	3
	Total		37	26	3	1	—		—		1	1	41	28
Fleetwood Town	2011–12	Conference Premier	36	31	6	3	—		—		0	0	42	34
Leicester City	2012–13	Championship	26	4	2	0	1	1	—		0	0	29	5
	2013–14	Championship	37	16	1	0	3	0	—		—		41	16
	2014–15	Premier League	34	5	2	0	0	0	—		—		36	5
	2015–16	Premier League	36	24	1	0	1	0	—		—		38	24
	2016–17	Premier League	35	13	2	0	1	0	9	2	1	1	48	16
	2017–18	Premier League	37	20	3	2	2	1	—		—		42	23
	2018–19	Premier League	34	18	0	0	2	0	—		—		36	18
	2019–20	Premier League	27	19	0	0	4	0	—		—		31	19
	Total		266	119	11	2	14	2	9	2	1	1	301	126
Career total			339	176	20	6	14	2	9	2	2	2	384	188

International

Source:

Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team	Year	Apps	Goals
England	2015	4	0
	2016	10	5
	2017	5	1
	2018	7	1
Total		26	7

International goals

As of match played 11 July 2018. England score listed first, score column indicates score after each Vardy goal.

Source:

International goals by date, venue, cap, opponent, score, result and competition
No.	Date	Venue	Cap	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	26 March 2016	Olympiastadion, Berlin, Germany	5	Germany	2–2	3–2	Friendly
2	29 March 2016	Wembley Stadium, London, England	6	Netherlands	1–0	1–2	Friendly
3	22 May 2016	City of Manchester Stadium, Manchester, England	7	Turkey	2–1	2–1	Friendly
4	16 June 2016	Stade Bollaert-Delelis, Lens, France	9	Wales	1–1	2–1	UEFA Euro 2016
5	15 November 2016	Wembley Stadium, London, England	14	Spain	2–0	2–2	Friendly
6	26 March 2017	Wembley Stadium, London, England	16	Lithuania	2–0	2–0	2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
7	27 March 2018	Wembley Stadium, London, England	21	Italy	1–0	1–1	Friendly

Honours

FC Halifax Town

Northern Premier League Premier Division: 2010–11

Fleetwood Town

Conference Premier: 2011–12

Leicester City

Premier League: 2015–16
Football League Championship: 2013–14

Individual

Premier League Player of the Season: 2015–16
FWA Footballer of the Year: 2015–16
PFA Team of the Year: 2015–16
FIFA FIFPro World11 5th team: 2016
Premier League Player of the Month (4): October 2015, November 2015, April 2019, October 2019
Premier League Goal of the Month: March 2018
Premier League Golden Boot: 2019–20
Conference Premier Player of the Month: November 2011
Conference Premier Top Goalscorer: 2011–12
Leicester City Player of the Season: 2019–20
Leicester City Players' Player of the Season (2): 2013–14, 2019–20

Images for kids

Vardy with Stocksbridge Park Steels in 2007 (back row, third from right)
Vardy playing for Fleetwood Town in 2012
Vardy (left) warming up for Leicester City in 2013
Vardy playing for Leicester City in 2015
Vardy celebrating Leicester's Premier League title victory with his family in 2016
Vardy and Wilfred Ndidi sandwich Chelsea's Victor Moses during Leicester's title defence.
Vardy playing for Leicester City in 2017
Vardy (left) playing for Leicester City in 2019
Vardy playing for England at the 2018 FIFA World Cup
Vardy (wearing no. 9) in the Leicester City wall defending a free-kick, 2016
Vardy's wife Rebekah supporting him at the 2018 FIFA World Cup