There was a time when a player’s best days were supposedly behind them once their 20s ended. Tell that to Leicester City striker Jamie Vardy, who turned 35 years of age in January and made more history on Tuesday, when he became the player with most Premier League goals after his 30th birthday.
Plenty of supposed “veterans” are bucking the trend and maintaining high levels well into their mid-30s and Vardy is a great example of this “late peak” career trajectory, having only made the move into professional football in his mid-20s and not made his top-flight debut for Leicester until August 2014, age 27 years and 232 days.
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The evergreen striker quickly made up for lost time, firing the Foxes to a famous league title in 2015-16 and…
