Jamie Vardy becomes first English player to achieve Serie A milestone

Premier League title winner Jamie Vardy has made history in Italy by becoming the first English player to win the Serie A Player of the Month award.

38-years-old Vardy currently play for Cremonese in the Italian top-flight league and has been able to prove age is just a number.

Vardy was unstoppable in the month of November with one of his memorable goals recorded against Turin-based giants Juventus. The Englishman was nominated for a monthly gong alongside AC Milan goalkeeper Mike Maignan, Inter captain Lautaro Martinez, Napoli winger David Neres, Genoa’s Leo Ostigard and Nicolo Zaniolo of Udinese.

The former Leicester City forward topped the poll, with Serie A chief executive Luigi de Siervo saying: “Vardy is truly a player from another era. One of those talents who, with their history, their achievements and the indomitable spirit with which they live every match, best express the romance of football.

Jamie Vardy acknowledges the fans as he leaves the pitch after being substituted during the Serie A match between Bologna FC 1909 and US Cremonese. (Photo by Alessandro Sabattini/Getty Images)

“His arrival at Cremonese was greeted with great enthusiasm by all Serie A fans, and Vardy is repaying them with top-level performances, innate leadership and important goals, the result of the competitive spirit and shooting skills that have always distinguished him.”

Vardy has become the first Englishman to win a prize that was first handed out in 2019. Since then, countrymen such as Fikayo Tomori, Ruben Loftus-Cheek, Ashley Young and Tammy Abraham have graced the Italian top-flight.

He has four goals in total for Cremonese through 10 appearances. Vardy is just the second player, after Chelsea legend Gianfranco Zola, to net more than three goals for a promoted team at the age of 38 or over.

Zola achieved that feat for Cagliari prior to ending the 2004-05 campaign with nine efforts to his name.