Is Jamie Vardy injured? Why is Jamie Vardy not playing for Leicester City?

Jamie Vardy is an English professional footballer who plays as a striker for Premier League club Leicester City.

Jamie Vardy has also played for the England national team.

Vardy began his senior career with Stocksbridge Park Steels, breaking into the first team in 2007 and spending three seasons there before joining Northern Premier League club FC Halifax Town in 2010.

After 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.

Vardy scored 31 league goals in his first season at his new team, and ended up winning the team’s “Player of the Year” award as they won the division.

Vardy then moved on to Leicester City in the Championship in May 2012 for a non-League record transfer fee of £1 million and helped the team win the Championship in 2014.

In the 2015–16 Premier League season, Vardy scored in eleven consecutive Premier League matches, breaking Ruud van Nistelrooy’s record, and was voted;

1. The Premier League Player of the Season and
2. FWA Footballer of the Year as outsiders Leicester won the title.

   

Why is Jamie Vardy not playing for Leicester City?

Jamie Vardy has been out for the majority of the 2022 calendar year and he made just his second start of the calendar year on Thursday (April 28, 2022) night, playing an hour in the 1-1 draw with Roma.

However, Leicester City manager Brendan Rodgers has said that it’s not simply a case of Vardy rediscover his fitness after the best part of four months out with hamstring and knee trouble. 

Attention now turns to the weekend’s game with Tottenham Hotspur, and Vardy’s fitness will be considered.

However, it is highly possible that Vardy may not feature at all in order to be kept fresh for the second leg of the semi-final in Italy.