Henrik Heggheim
Heggheim in 2021
Personal information
Date of birth (2001-04-22) 22 April 2001 (age 22)
Place of birth Stavanger, Norway
Height 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)[1]
Position(s) Centre-back[2]
Team information
Current team
 Brøndby
Number 3
Youth career
2006–2020 Viking
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2020–2021 Viking 43 (0)
2021– Brøndby 28 (1)
2023 → Vålerenga (loan) 9 (0)
International career‡
2021–2023 Norway U21 18 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20:26, 4 December 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 28 June 2023

Henrik Heggheim (born 22 April 2001) is a Norwegian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Danish Superliga club Brøndby.

Career

Viking

Growing up in the Eiganes district of Stavanger, Norway,[3] Heggheim started playing football for the Viking FK youth academy at age 5.[3]

On 11 June 2020, he signed a professional contract with Viking until the end of the 2021 season.[4] Three weeks later, on 1 July 2020, he made his Eliteserien debut for the club in a 2–0 win against Sandefjord.[5][6] After playing nine consecutive matches in the league, his contract was extended until the end of the 2023 season on 13 August 2020.[7]

Brøndby

On 30 August 2021, Heggheim joined the 2020–21 Danish Superliga champions Brøndby IF on a four-year contract.[8][9] He made his debut on 23 September in a 8–1 win over Allerød FK in the Danish Cup.[10][11] He made his first European appearance for the club on 30 September in a 3–0 loss to Lyon in the UEFA Europa League group stage.[12] On 24 October, he made his domestic league debut in a 2–1 win over FC Copenhagen in the Copenhagen Derby.[13] Heggheim scored his first goal for Brøndby – as well as his first senior goal – on 28 February 2022, which proved to be the winner in a 1–0 league victory against SønderjyskE.[14]

On 14 March 2023, Heggheim joined Vålerenga on loan until 30 June 2023.[15] He made 12 total appearances for the club before returning to Brøndby.[2]

Career statistics

As of match played 3 December 2023[16][17]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup Europe Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Viking 2020 Eliteserien 26 0 — 1[a] 0 — 27 0
2021 Eliteserien 17 0 2 0 — — 19 0
Total 43 0 2 0 1 0 — 46 0
Brøndby 2021–22 Superliga 14 1 3 0 4[a] 0 — 21 1
2022–23 Superliga 2 0 1 0 4[b] 0 — 7 0
2023–24 Superliga 12 0 0 0 — — 12 0
Total 28 1 4 0 8 0 — 40 1
Vålerenga (loan) 2023 Eliteserien 9 0 3 0 — — 12 0
Career total 80 1 9 0 9 0 0 0 98 1
  1. ^ a b Appearance(s) in the UEFA Europa League
  2. ^ Appearance(s) in the UEFA Europa Conference League

References

  1. ^ Pedersbæk, Kasper (31 August 2021). "Spilleranalyse: Henrik Heggheim – norsk granit med fart". 3point.dk (in Danish).
  2. ^ a b Henrik Heggheim at WorldFootball.net
  3. ^ a b Svendsen, Dag Atle (4 October 2020). "Med mørkeblått blod i årene". Viking (in Norwegian).
  4. ^ Svendsen, Dag Atle (11 June 2020). "To nye unggutter belønnet med proffkontrakt" (in Norwegian). Viking FK. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
  5. ^ Svendsen, Dag Atle (1 July 2020). "Ny debutant fra start" (in Norwegian). Viking FK. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
  6. ^ Nilssen, Stig; Flygind, Kjetil (1 July 2020). "Viking våknet etter pause og tok sesongens første seier" (in Norwegian). Stavanger Aftenblad. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
  7. ^ Svendsen, Dag Atle (13 August 2020). "Heggheim har forlenget" (in Norwegian). Viking FK. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
  8. ^ "Brøndby IF henter norsk forsvarsspiller". brondby.com (in Danish). 30 August 2021.
  9. ^ Brandt, Theis Fischer (30 August 2021). "Officielt: Brøndby køber midtstopper i Viking". bold.dk (in Danish).
  10. ^ Jensen, Anders (23 September 2021). "Brøndby tævede DS-hold efter Cappis-drøn". ligabold.dk (in Danish).
  11. ^ Risager, Victor (23 September 2021). "Ingen slinger i valsen: Brøndby IF henter storsejr". Tipsbladet (in Dutch).
  12. ^ Roesen, Andreas (30 September 2021). "Heggheim og Pavlovic starter i Lyon". bold.dk (in Danish).
  13. ^ Quvang, Jacob (24 October 2021). "Brøndby-træner: Derfor starter Heggheim mod FCK". Tipsbladet.dk (in Danish).
  14. ^ "Sejr over SønderjyskE i forårssæsonens første hjemmekamp". Brøndby IF (in Danish). 28 February 2022. Archived from the original on 1 March 2022.
  15. ^ "Henrik Heggheim i kongeblått". Vålerenga (Press release) (in Norwegian Bokmål). 14 March 2023. Archived from the original on 14 March 2023. Retrieved 14 July 2023.
  16. ^ Henrik Heggheim at Soccerway
  17. ^ Henrik Heggheim at the Norwegian Football Federation (in Norwegian)
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