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What age did Jamie Vardy become pro? What was Jamie Vardy’s job?

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

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Jamie Vardy has also played for the England national team.

What age did Jamie Vardy become pro?

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.

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At the age of 25, Vardy had his first taste of professional football as he was transferred 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.

What was Jamie Vardy’s job?

Prior to turning professional, Vardy combined playing non-League football with a job as a technician making medical splints. 


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