FILE - Leicester City’s Jamie Vardy celebrates after scoring his sides 1st goal of the game during the English Premier League soccer match between West Ham and Leicester City at the London stadium in London, Saturday, April 20, 2019. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, File)
FILE - Leicester’s Jamie Vardy kisses the trophy as Leicester City celebrate becoming the English Premier League soccer champions at King Power stadium in Leicester, England, Saturday, May 7, 2016. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham, File)
FILE - Leicester City’s Jamie Vardy celebrates after scoring his sides 1st goal of the game during the English Premier League soccer match between West Ham and Leicester City at the London stadium in London, Saturday, April 20, 2019. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, File)
LEICESTER, England (AP) 鈥 Jamie Vardy’s Leicester career will come to an end a week early.
The 38-year-old striker’s final match after 13 years at Leicester will be at home to Ipswich in the Premier League on Sunday, the club said on Thursday.
Leicester still has another league game left after that 鈥 at Bournemouth on May 25 in the final round 鈥 but Vardy’s last appearance for the team will take place at its King Power Stadium home.
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Leicester said the club has 鈥減re and post-match plans to celebrate the legacy of our greatest ever player.鈥
It will be Vardy’s 500th game for Leicester and he will be looking to score his 200th goal for the team in all competitions.
Vardy, who announced his upcoming departure from Leicester last month, isn’t retiring but there has been no announcement about where he will play next.
鈥淔ootball is a crazy world. You never know what鈥檚 going to happen,” Vardy told Sky Sports. 鈥淚鈥檒l keep going until my legs tell me I need to stop. My legs are fine.
鈥淚鈥檓 doing a sport that I love, it鈥檚 what I鈥檝e done since I was a little kid, so long may that continue.鈥
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