Five players who started at lower league clubs before making it to the top

#2 Joe Hart

Joe Hart made his debut in non-league football as a 17-year-old

Hart is known as one of the best goalkeepers of his generation having won the Premier League twice with Manchester City, as well as earning 75 England caps.

But Hart actually began his career with lowly Shrewsbury Town. Initially acting as back up keeper for the minnows when he was as young as 15, Hart made his first senior appearance shortly after his 17th birthday when Shrewsbury were playing in the Football Conference, the 5th tier of English football

After helping Shrewsbury win promotion back to the Football League, Hart attracted the attention of several Premier League clubs including Everton but eventually moved to Manchester City after appearing for England at youth level.

#1 Jamie Vardy

Jamie Vardy went from part-time player to Premier League winner in under five years

Jamie Vardy has to be one of the biggest "rags to riches" stories in football. He worked his way up the footballing ladder after beginning his career with Yorkshire based Stocksbridge Park Steels in the eighth tier of English football, earning £30 a game.

A £15,000 fee brought him up to Halifax Town before his continued good form saw him transfer to Fleetwood, then one of the biggest clubs in non-league football.

After scoring 31 goals in 36 games for Fleetwood, Leicester came calling and Vardy made his move to the Championship club for a fee of one million pounds, the highest amount ever received by a non-league club.

Vardy quickly helped his new club earn promotion to the Premier League, which might have been enough for an amazing story, given where the striker had come from. But Vardy wasn't done. Scoring 24 league goals in Leicester's Premier League winning season, Vardy capped off a sensational rise from the depths of the English pyramid to the very top of the game.