Leicester Metropolis’s Jamie Vardy celebrates after scoring his sides first purpose throughout the English Premier League soccer match between Leicester Metropolis and Ipswich City at King Energy Stadium, Leicester, England, Sunday, Might 18, 2025. (Nigel French/PA through AP)
LEICESTER, England — Jamie Vardy marked his five hundredth and remaining match for Leicester with a farewell purpose — his 2 hundredth for the membership he has represented for precisely 13 years.
The 38-year-old striker scored within the twenty eighth minute to place Leicester forward in opposition to Ipswich at King Energy Stadium within the Premier League on Sunday.
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Vardy ran to the nook flag, pulled it out and raised it aloft earlier than being mobbed by his fellow Leicester gamers.
He was substituted within the eightieth minute of a match Leicester gained 2-0 and was given a guard of honor by his teammates as he walked off the sphere. Followers waved flags with the phrases “Thank You Vards” on them.
Grabbing a landmark purpose is a becoming method to exit for Vardy, a participant Leicester has described as its “biggest ever” after he famously helped the crew to win the Premier League title in 2016 at preseason odds of 5,000-1. A lot of Vardy’s teammates from that season, like Wes Morgan and Shinji Okazaki, had been current Sunday to look at his remaining Leicester recreation.
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In that title-winning marketing campaign, Vardy netted in a file 11 straight video games to encourage one of many nice underdog tales in sporting historical past. Vardy continues to be going sturdy, scoring 9 instances on this marketing campaign to again up his assertion that he can nonetheless play on the highest stage. It hasn’t been introduced the place he’ll play subsequent.
Leicester nonetheless has one other league recreation left after that — at Bournemouth on Might 25 within the Premier League’s remaining spherical — however Vardy’s final look for the crew shall be in opposition to Ipswich.
Vardy joined Leicester from non-league crew Fleetwood City for 1 million kilos (now $1.33 million) in Might 2012 — precisely 13 years in the past.
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