Jamie Vardy

Also known as Jamie Richard Vardy, James Richard Gill

English association football player (born 1987)

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Jamie Vardy is an English soccer player born in 1987 who has had a notable career in professional football. He is known for his time as a striker and has been a significant figure in English club football.

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Instance of: human
Given name: Richard
Family name: Vardy
Gender: male
Citizenship: United Kingdom
Place of birth: Sheffield
Occupation: association football player
Languages spoken: English language
Native language: English language
Participant in: 2018 FIFA World Cup
Field of work: association football
Sport: association football
Member of team: US Cremonese
Position played: forward
League: Premier League
Country for sport: England
Mass: 76
Image: Jamie Vardy 2018.jpg
Height: 179

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date of birth: 1987-01-11
social media followers: 908733
Commons category: Jamie Vardy
sport number: 10
birth name: Jamie Richard Gill
name in native language: Jamie Vardy
start of work period: 2007-00-00

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Encyclopedic overview

Jamie Richard Vardy (né Gill; born 11 January 1987) is an English professional footballer who plays as a striker for Serie B club Cremonese.

After being released by Sheffield Wednesday at the age of 16, Vardy began his senior career with Stocksbridge Park Steels. He broke into the first team in 2007 and spent three seasons there before joining Northern Premier League Premier Division club FC Halifax Town in 2010. Scoring 25 goals in his debut season, he won the club's Players' Player of the Year award and then moved to Conference Premier club 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.

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