Vegard Heggem

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Vegard Heggem

Heggem with Liverpool in 1999
Personal information
Date of birth (1975-07-13) 13 July 1975
Place of birthTrondheim, Sør-Trøndelag, Norway
Height1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing positionRight back / winger
Youth career
1982–1991Rennebu IL
1992–1994Orkdal IL
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Gls)†
1991Rennebu IL20?(4?)
1992–1994Orkdal IL68?(26?)
1995–1998Rosenborg57(5)
1998–2003Liverpool54(3)
National team
1995–1998Norway U-21[1]18(1)
1998–2000Norway20(1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Vegard Heggem (born 13 July 1975 in Trondheim) is a former Norway international footballer.

Club career

Heggem made his professional debut with Rosenborg on 21 April 1995 against Kongsvinger in the Norwegian Premier League.[2] He is best remembered by some for the goal in the away match against Milan in the 1996–97 UEFA Champions League when Rosenborg sensationally beat the Italian giants, thereby advancing to the Champions League quarter-finals.

After the 1998 FIFA World Cup, Heggem transferred to Liverpool for £3.5 million.[3] His first two seasons at Anfield were splendid, but he was unfortunately plagued by hamstring injuries. After being injured in the 2000 European championship he rarely appeared during the 2000–01 season, and during the next two seasons he did not appear in the lineup at all.

Heggem left Liverpool when his contract ended in the summer of 2003, and shortly thereafter retired from football.

International career

Heggem made his national team debut on 25 February 1998 against France, scoring a goal. He was selected for the 1998 FIFA World Cup squad, but spent the entire tournament as a substitute. He played in the 2000 UEFA European Football Championship, but was injured during the second group match.

Personal life

Heggem is currently the owner and manager of the salmon fishing business Aunan Lodge on the river Orkla in Sør-Trøndelag.[3] He is also an official patron of AFC Liverpool, an independent football club owned and run by Liverpool supporters. He is also a regular at Liverpool home matches, and was also at the 2005 UEFA Champions League Final in Istanbul.

In February 2012, the AGM of Rosenborg elected Vegard Heggem as a member of the board for a period of two years.

Honours

Rosenborg
Liverpool
  • UEFA Cup: 2001

Statistics

Club

[2][4]

Season Club Division League Cup League Cup Continental Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
1995RosenborgTippeligaen15182–61294
199614120–92253
199723330–8034163
19985020–0070
Rosenborg total 575152—2339510
1998–99LiverpoolPremier League292101050362
1999–20002210030–251
2000–013000001040
Liverpool total 543104060653
Career total 11181624029316013

International

[5]

Norway national team
YearAppsGoals
199861
199990
200050
Total201

International goals

[6]

# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 25 February 1998 Stade Vélodrome, Marseille, France  France 2–3 3–3 Friendly

Legacy

In the 2002 book Folkets Fotballbok. De største øyeblikkene (The People's Football Book. The Greatest Moments) (ISBN 82-994467-2-4), penned by sports writer Oddleiv Moe, his goal against Milan at the San Siro was named one of the twelve greatest moments in Norwegian football history. The chapter devoted to his goal was named Mirakelet på San Siro (The miracle at San Siro).

References

  1. ↑ Vegard Heggem. N3Sport.no. Retrieved 10 April 2013
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Heggem's RBK stats (in Norwegian). Rosenborg BK. Retrieved 10 April 2013.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Past players; Vegard Heggem". Liverpool FC. Retrieved 10 April 2013. 
  4. ↑ Vegard Heggem's Liverpool stats. LFCHistory.net. Retrieved 10 April 2013
  5. ↑ "Vegard Heggem" (in Norwegian). NFF. Retrieved 10 April 2013. 
  6. ↑ "Vegard Heggem". Eu-Football.info. Retrieved 10 April 2013. 

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