Jamie Vardy Age, Height, Wife & Biography

Jamie Vardy is an English professional footballer whose rise from non-league football to Premier League champion is one of the most famous stories in English football. As a striker for Leicester City he won the Premier League in 2016, won the Premier League Golden Boot in 2020, and played for England at a European Championship and a World Cup.

Quick Facts

Full Name	Jamie Richard Vardy
Born	January 11, 1987
Age	39 years old
Birthplace	Sheffield, England
Nationality	English
Height	5 feet 10 inches (1.78 m)
Occupation	Professional footballer, striker
Years Active	2007 – present
Spouse	Rebekah Vardy (married 2016)
Known For	Leicester City, Premier League title 2016, Golden Boot 2020

Who Is Jamie Vardy?

Jamie Vardy is a striker from Sheffield, England, best known for his 13 years at Leicester City. He joined the club from Fleetwood Town in 2012 for a fee of one million pounds, a record for a non-league player, and went on to become the club’s most famous modern player, scoring more than 180 goals for Leicester.

Vardy is known for his pace, his work rate and his ability to score goals against the biggest teams. He set a Premier League record by scoring in 11 consecutive matches in 2015, breaking the previous record held by Ruud van Nistelrooy, and he was a key part of the Leicester team that won the league against odds of 5,000 to 1.

Early Life & Background

Jamie Richard Vardy was born on January 11, 1987, in Sheffield, England. He grew up in Sheffield and joined the Sheffield Wednesday academy as a boy, but he was released at the age of 16. He then played for Stocksbridge Park Steels in non-league football, while working in a carbon fibre factory to earn a living.

Vardy scored regularly for Stocksbridge and earned a move to FC Halifax Town in 2010, where he helped the club win promotion. In 2011 he joined Fleetwood Town, then in the Conference, and scored 31 league goals in one season, helping Fleetwood win promotion to the Football League for the first time.

Career

Leicester City signed Vardy in May 2012. His first season was difficult, but he improved steadily, and in the 2013-14 season he helped Leicester win the Championship and promotion to the Premier League. In the 2015-16 season, under manager Claudio Ranieri, Leicester won the Premier League title, one of the greatest surprises in football history, with Vardy scoring 24 league goals.

Vardy continued to score for Leicester in the Premier League, and in the 2019-20 season he won the Premier League Golden Boot with 23 goals, becoming the oldest winner of the award at the age of 33. He also helped Leicester win the FA Cup in 2021, scoring in the competition as the club beat Chelsea in the final at Wembley.

For England, Vardy made his debut in 2015, after his rise with Leicester. He played at Euro 2016 in France, where he scored against Wales, and at the 2018 World Cup in Russia, where England reached the semi-finals. He retired from international football in 2018. In 2025, after 13 years and 500 appearances for Leicester, he left the club and joined Italian side Cremonese.

Facts About Jamie Vardy

• Jamie Vardy was born in Sheffield on January 11, 1987.
• He was released by Sheffield Wednesday academy at the age of 16.
• He set a Premier League record by scoring in 11 consecutive matches in 2015.
• He won the Premier League with Leicester City in 2016.
• He won the Premier League Golden Boot in 2020 with 23 goals.

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