The fascinating story of Jamie Vardy , the player yesterday after scoring against Manchester United and chain marked eleven consecutive days, equaled the record of the legendary Ruud van Nistelrooy , he has captivated the country.
This lanky, fast and with good shot, who with 14 goals is the top scorer of the championship, striker has entered the history books of the Premier League after only five years of playing in the seventh division (Northern Premier League Premier Division ).
History Vardy, 28, who was dismissed by his hometown team, the Sheffield Wednesday , with just 16 for his short stature, is a player who has never stopped fighting to achieve his dream to shine on Premier.
Following the 'no' of Wednesday came a tour of the lower divisions of English football that began in 2007, in the modest Stocksbridge Park Steels, earning 30 pounds a week (about 40 euros). To meet expenses, he found a part time job in a factory carbon fiber prosthesis.
A fight outside a bar when he came to the defense of a friend of his deaf, complicated even more the professional future of the front, since a judge forced him to wear an electronic bracelet and be every day at home before 18: 30.
However, thanks to his scoring the Stocksbridge and he managed to ascend, three seasons after his arrival, he won at age 23 a move to Halifax Town , the seventh team division, which invested around 20,000 euros for its services.
A year and after more than 30 goals was the Fleetwood Town , a fifth category, which was set at Vardy. He led the team to win the league title, and end of the year, with a record of 31 goals in 36 matches, signed for Leicester City, his current club.
The 'foxes', which at the time were playing in the Championship, English second division, paid a million pounds (1.5 million euros) for him, making him the country's most expensive amateur footballer.
His beginnings in Leicester were not easy, and in his first year only managed to score four goals. However, the confidence of the coach then, Nigel Pearson , was rewarded, and Vardy, with 16 goals in 37 league games, led his team to the Premier League in his second year.
After a first season to adapt to the pinnacle of English football striker, who turns 29 in January, it has emerged as one of the surprises of the course.
Now Vardy, who has dressed four times the shirt of England, has become fashionable footballer in the UK and the only player to have scored in eleven consecutive dates in the Premiership.
"I've always gone game by game. The record was not something I had in mind, because it would have affected my performance and the team, and that's the last thing I want. As I enter a field just think football. So I've been doing so far and so will continue" Vardy said Saturday after the match against United.
Teammates, coaches, analysts, fans and media have surrendered to the feat of a player that just five years ago was playing in seventh division.
"Congratulations, Vardy. You are the new number one and you deserve it," wrote Ruud van Nistelrooy, the former record holder, moments after seeing the English goal against United.
While Leicester fans sang happy yesterday the King Power Stadium in the already well-known song "Vardy, mark when he wants," praise and praise flooded websites and social networks.
His coach, Claudio Ranieri , and even the United coach Louis van Gaal, a man not given to praise, congratulated the scorer. "It's amazing and fantastic. He has got a great record, which is marking eleven consecutive games. There are not many players who can do that," said the Dutchman after 'suffer' a Vardy.
