Vegard Heggem
 Heggem with Liverpool in 1999 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 13 July 1975[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
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
.
Club career
Heggem made his professional debut with
Norwegian Premier League.[4] 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 and at the same time knocking Milan
out of the tournament.
After the
Blackburn Rovers.[6] After being injured in the 2000 European Championship he made only four appearances for Liverpool during the 2000–01 treble-winning season
, and he made no appearances at all during his last two years at the club.
Heggem left Liverpool when his contract ended in the summer of 2003, and shortly thereafter retired from football at the age of 28. He played his last game of football at the age of just 25.
International career
Heggem made his national team debut on 25 February 1998 against
2000 UEFA European Football Championship, playing the full 90 minutes in Norway's opening 1–0 win over Spain at De Kuip in Rotterdam. However, in the second match against FR Yugoslavia, he left the pitch injured after 35 minutes to be replaced by his Liverpool teammate Stig Inge Bjørnebye,[7]
and Norway eventually were eliminated.
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).
Personal life
Until the end of the 2020 salmon fishing season Heggem ran 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. Heggem decided not to stand for reelection when his fourth term ended in 2020.[9]
Career statistics
Club
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Europe | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Rosenborg
|
1995 | Tippeligaen
|
15 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 29 | 4 |
| 1996 | Tippeligaen | 14 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 23 | 3 | |
| 1997 | Tippeligaen | 23 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 36 | 3 | |
| 1998 | Tippeligaen | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | |
| Total | 57 | 5 | 15 | 2 | 23 | 3 | 95 | 10 | ||
| Liverpool | 1998–99 | Premier League | 29 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 36 | 2 |
| 1999–2000 | Premier League | 22 | 1 | 3 | 0 | — | 25 | 1 | ||
| 2000–01 | Premier League | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
| 2001–02 | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2002–03 | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 54 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 65 | 3 | ||
| Career total | 111 | 8 | 20 | 2 | 29 | 3 | 160 | 13 | ||
International
Appearances and goals by national team and year[11]
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Norway | 1998 | 6 | 1 |
| 1999 | 9 | 0 | |
| 2000 | 5 | 0 | |
| Total | 20 | 1 |
International goals[12]
| # | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 25 February 1998 | Stade Vélodrome, Marseille, France |  France |
2–3 | 3–3 | Friendly
|
Honours
- Rosenborg
- 1997,
- Norwegian Cup: 1995
- Liverpool
- UEFA Cup: 2001
References
- ^ "Vegard Heggem: Overview". Premier League. Retrieved 17 August 2022.
- ^ "Vegard Heggem". Liverpool F.C. Archived from the original on 28 May 2001. Retrieved 17 August 2022.
- ^ Vegard Heggem. N3Sport.no. Retrieved 10 April 2013
- ^ a b Heggem's RBK stats (in Norwegian). Rosenborg BK. Retrieved 10 April 2013.
- ^ "Past players; Vegard Heggem". Liverpool F.C. Archived from the original on 21 January 2013. Retrieved 10 April 2013.
- ^ "Steven Gerrard's Liverpool career in stickers". BBC Sport. 15 May 2015. Retrieved 15 May 2015.
- ^ "Norway 0 – 1 Yugoslavia". The Guardian. 18 June 2000. Retrieved 15 May 2015.
- ^ "Goodbye Aunan Lodge! Hello Grindal Salmon Lodge!". Aunan Lodge. 5 September 2020. Retrieved 14 February 2021.
- ^ "Slutter i Rosenborg" (in Norwegian). Dagbladet. 18 November 2019. Retrieved 14 February 2021.
- ^ Vegard Heggem's Liverpool stats. LFCHistory.net. Retrieved 10 April 2013
- NFF. Retrieved 10 April 2013.
- ^ "Vegard Heggem". Eu-Football.info. Retrieved 10 April 2013.
External links
- Profile at LFCHistory.net
- Vegard Heggem – UEFA competition record (archive)
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