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Jamie Richard Vardy (né Gill; born 11 January 1987) is an English professional footballer who plays as a striker for and captains Premier League club Leicester City. Regarded as one of the best strikers of his generation, he is known for his pace, positioning and clinical finishing.
In June 2021, Jamie Vardy was announced as co-owner of the franchise and intends to field a team for the 2022 season. Lee Tucker, who was the project leader at Vardy’s successful V9 Academy – which gave opportunities to non-league players in England seeking to break into the professional game, will be appointed Sporting Director. [27]
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Rebekah and Jamie Vardy are both Family ambassadors to Barnardo's. [13] [14] [15] Vardy is also a patron of the Dorothy Goodman School in Leicestershire. [16] [17] She has supported Leicester-based homelessness charity Homelessness To Hope, having officially opened the Hope Centre [18], and has supported the Jeans For Genes charity campaign. [19]
The season also saw history be made for individual players within the team, as striker Jamie Vardy broke the record for consecutive games with a goal in the Premier League (11) [4] and winger Riyad Mahrez became both the first African and Algerian player to be the recipient of the PFA Players' Player of the Year.
The V9 Academy was founded, in 2016, [1] by professional player Jamie Vardy and his agent John Morris after they felt that "too few professional clubs look hard enough in non-league football". [2] Vardy invested £100,000 into the venture. [3]
2016 – Jamie Vardy [23] English Golden Boot The following players have won the English Golden Boot for being the country's top goalscorer, while at Leicester (note: This applies only to players playing in the top tier of English football): Gary Lineker (joint winner) [24] Jamie Vardy [25]
Pérez added the fourth on the 39th minute, with Jamie Vardy scoring on the stroke of half-time to send Leicester into the break ahead 5–0. Pérez completed his hat-trick on the 57th minute, with Vardy adding his second and Leicester's seventh a minute later.