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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]
Striker Jamie Vardy scored 13 goals over 11 consecutive matches from August to November, breaking Ruud van Nistelrooy's Premier League record of scoring in 10 consecutive matches. [50] On 19 December, Leicester defeated Everton 3–2 at Goodison Park to top the Premier League on Christmas Day, having been bottom exactly 12 months earlier. [51]
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]
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.
11 July 2014 – Jamie Vardy signs a four-year contract extension until the summer of 2018. [7] 29 October 2014 – Andy King signs a four-year contract extension until the summer of 2018. [8] 4 June 2015 – Marcin Wasilewski signs a one-year contract extension until the summer of 2016. [9]
Jamie Vardy (born 1987), English association football player; John Vardy (1718–1765), English architect attached to the Royal Office of Works from 1736; Nathan Vardy (born 1991), Australian rules football player; Nigel Vardy (born 1969), English mountaineer; Oliver Vardy (1906–1980), Canadian broadcaster, business executive, civil servant ...
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.