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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.
Leicester Square (/ ˈ l ɛ s t ər / ⓘ LEST-ər) is a pedestrianised square in the West End of London, England, and is the centre of London's entertainment district.It was laid out in 1670 as Leicester Fields, which was named after the recently built Leicester House, itself named after Robert Sidney, 2nd Earl of Leicester.
This is a list of notable footballers who have played for Leicester City, although it includes players who were with the club when it was called Leicester Fosse.The aim is for this list to include all players that have played 100 or more senior matches and/or scored 50 or more senior goals for the club.
Wagatha Christie is a popular name given to a dispute between the British media personalities Rebekah Vardy and Coleen Rooney, which culminated in a 2022 libel case in the English High Court, Vardy v Rooney. In 2019, Rooney announced on Twitter that Vardy's Instagram account was leaking posts from Rooney's private account to the newspaper The Sun.
Vardy invested £100,000 into the venture. [3] Vardy had played in non-league football for a number of years before turning professional, eventually winning the Premier League with Leicester City and representing England at international level. [4] [5] For the first intake in 2017 there were thousands of applicants. [1]
Leicester were 3–0 up by the 19th minute, thanks to Youri Tielemans and Ayoze Pérez. 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.
Non-home ground Leicester have played on most often – 65 times on the Boleyn Ground (a.k.a. Upton Park)(including twice v Charlton Athletic) [1] Player who has scored the most goals scored against Leicester – 18 by Dixie Dean (18 with Everton ) and George Brown (9 with Huddersfield Town and 9 with Aston Villa ) [ 1 ]
Two days later in his first game, he led Manchester United to a 5–2 win over Leicester City in the EFL Cup. [142] On 7 November, Van Nistelrooy led his club to their first European win in 13 months in a 2–0 win against PAOK. [143] In what would be his final game in charge, he oversaw a 3–0 league win, again over Leicester City. [144]