Jamie Vardy's Life and Career Journey in Football

Jamie Richard Vardy was born on January 11, 1987 in Sheffield, England. He was born to the couple Lisa Vardy and Richard Gill. Jamie Vardy was born into a middle class family and went through adolescence with great difficulty.

His childhood, as Vardy told him, was full of misery, suffering, and pain. But all of those things he can switch to soccer. His parents at that time supported Vardy. Vardy is even more directed to pursue football rather than continuing his education.

Vardy's passion for playing football grew. However, the signs of Vardy will become a famous player is not visible at all. When he was 16 years old, Vardy was even kicked by the Sheffield Wednesday Academy team.

When playing for Sheffield Wednesdey, he had a dream to become a famous footballer. However, Vardy's dream disappeared without a trace after Sheffield Wednesday decided not to use his services again. He considers if Vardy does not have an ideal posture. He was considered small and too thin.

That painful rejection made Vardy despair. He was upset and often blamed himself. In those difficult times, Vardy never gave up his dream of becoming a famous footballer and preferred to find a job so he could get money.

In his effort to forget football, Vardy went on to become a factory worker. But many of his friends gave support so that Vardy returned to the gridiron. His friends want Vardy to continue his dream as a famous soccer player.

After thinking seriously, Vardy began looking for a club that would accept it. And he met Stocksbridge Park Steels.

His career is quite impressive with Park Steels who played in the Southern First Division. This 28-year player is able to score 66 goals in 106 appearances. However, due to insufficient income, in between playing time, Vardy works side.

Vardy only gets paid £ 30 or Rp 600 thousand per match. The work of the factory worker that was undertaken by Vardy became a buffer for broken bones to sustain his life.

From the job, Vardy admitted that he had backbone problems because he lifted weights too often. For the sake of being able to play, Vardy sometimes lied to superiors. He pretended to be injured while playing.

Unable to allocate time, Vardy left the menial work and began to organize the future on the gridiron.

Vardy then moved to Halifax. But his appearance was not optimal because his back was often problematic, due to his activities as a laborer before. He also had to live barely.

Vardy's nightmare isn't over. In the early careers with Park Steels in 2004, Vardy had time to deal with the police. He must wear a special bracelet so that his movement is easily monitored by the authorities.

Problems began when Vardy beat up a teenager who mocked his colleague just for wearing a hearing aid.

Vardy's good intentions led to a sentence of confinement at home. But Vardy willingly accepts trials. In fact, this punishment makes him a more formidable person.

Nevertheless, Vardy still trying to pursue his dreams. The conditions he faced even provided lessons, hope not to die even in the midst of difficulties.

To be able to just play, Vardy must steal the time to practice and compete. In fact, to get out of the house he had to jump over the fence so that his parents did not know.

While playing for Fleedwood in 2011, Vardy crossed the line. Once upon a time, he was late coming to the practice site. The coach then gave the penalty of running barefoot. But Vardy took the coach's orders to the limit. In the middle of the piercing winter in Fleetwood he ran bare-breasted barefoot

Two years playing at Fleetwood, Vardy appeared convincing. 31 goals scored in 36 matches. Trengginas performance of the player makes Leicester smitten. Finally, in 2012 Vardy was recruited by Leicester.

At that time, Vardy was the most expensive player in the amateur league with a transfer of 1.7 million pounds. If you convert it to rupiah, the value reaches 35 billion rupiah. The Foxes don't buy it. In his first season with Leicester, Vardy presented the 2013/14 Championship title.

Leicester promotion to the Premier League. First time in the last decade thanks to the touch of Vardy's hard work.

Vardy then became a byword. Apart from his sharpness at the mouth of the goal, Vardy scored in 11 consecutive matches, he broke the impressive report card belonging to the legend of Manchester United's Dutch origin, Ruud Van Nistelrooy.

Vardy's sharpness got the attention of the England national team manager, Roy Hodgson. Vardy's sweat was sweet in 2015 when he was called into the Three Lions squad for the 2016 European Cup Qualifiers friendly match against the Republic of Ireland, June 7, 2015. At that time, he replaced captain Wayne Rooney in 15 minutes ahead of dispersal.

On 21 May 2015, Vardy was called up to the English national football team for the first time before the friendly match against the Republic of Ireland and the UEFA Euro 2016 qualifiers against Slovenia.

In the 2015/16 season, Vardy and his colleagues in Leicester City managed to create history. A club that has absolutely no success in gaining the title.

As a striker, Vardy has a good reputation. Ian Wright, a former England national team player, wrote in October 2015 that Vardy reminds us [there is the figure of Salvatore Schillaci. Schillaci, a player who was late in shining, started playing at the 1990 FIFA World Cup as a substitute but he was able to register as the top scorer.

Vardy is known as a hard worker. In addition to scoring goals, Vardy is known as a diligent player who always moves without stopping. He has the speed and is a dynamic striker.

In his career, Vardy became the first Englishman to score in nine consecutive matches in the Premier League. Behind him was Hary Keane who scored consecutive goals in four matches.