Vegard Heggem

Vegard Heggem
Heggem with Liverpool in 1999
Personal information
Date of birth (1975-07-13) 13 July 1975 (age 49)[1]
Place of birth Trondheim, Trøndelag, Norway
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[2]
Position(s) Right back
Youth career
1982–1991 Rennebu IL
1992–1994 Orkdal IL
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1991 Rennebu IL 20 (4)
1992–1994 Orkdal IL 68 (26)
1995–1998 Rosenborg 57 (5)
1998–2003 Liverpool 54 (3)
Total 199 (38)
International career
1995–1998 Norway U-21[3] 18 (1)
1998–2000 Norway 20 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Vegard Heggem (born 13 July 1975) is a Norwegian former professional footballer who played as a right back. He rose to prominence with Rosenborg, winning three league titles and a cup, and scoring a goal to knock Milan out of the UEFA Champions League. In 1998, he joined Liverpool, but was troubled by injury during his five seasons there before retiring. In a two-year international career, Heggem earned 20 caps for Norway, scoring once in his debut match. He was part of their squads at the 1998 FIFA World Cup and UEFA Euro 2000.

  1. ^ "Vegard Heggem: Overview". Premier League. Retrieved 17 August 2022.
  2. ^ "Vegard Heggem". Liverpool F.C. Archived from the original on 28 May 2001. Retrieved 17 August 2022.
  3. ^ Vegard Heggem. N3Sport.no. Retrieved 10 April 2013

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