Jamie Vardy scores 100th Premier League goal

Published on: 04 July 2020

Jamie Vardy scored his 100th Premier League goal on Saturday as Leicester City beat Crystal Palace 3-0.

The 33-year-old scored twice to help Leicester on their quest to secure European football and a top four position.

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Vardy's 77th minute strike marked his 100th goal and the striker further added to his tally with a stoppage time goal on 95 minutes.

Kelechi Iheanacho opened the scoring on 49 minutes to give Leicester the lead.

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Vardy started his career at non-league Fleetwood Town and was 25 before he joined then-Championship side Leicester City.

Vardy signed for Leicester in 2013 for £1 million, a non-league record transfer fee.

He was essential to Leicester City's surprise title win in 2015-16, scoring 24 goals and ending the season just one goal behind Golden Boot winner Harry Kane. Vardy also took home the Football Writers' Player of the Year award.

He was 27 when he scored his first Premier League goal -- in Leicester's 2014 5-3 win over Manchester United -- which is the oldest of any player other than Ian Wright, who was 29 when he netted for Arsenal in 1992 en route to 113.

Vardy leads the Premier League scoring charts with 20 goals, two goals ahead of Arsenal's Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and three ahead of Southampton's Danny Ings.

Source: espn.co.uk

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