# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/vegard-heggem
# Generated: 2026-09-01T00:28:03.389Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/vegard-heggem"
name: "Vegard Heggem"
slug: "vegard-heggem"
description: "Vegard Heggem 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."
tagline: "Norwegian association football player"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Vegard_Heggem_portrait.png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Norway"
  isoCode: "NO"
category:
  name: "Footballers"
  slug: "footballers"
profileType:
  name: "Football / Soccer Player"
  slug: "footballer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q937857"
birthDate: "1975-07-13"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             25
  historical:           18.28525333333334
  currentAttention:     100
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "vedgy"
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm8522092/"
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    title: "Vegard Heggem"
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    title: "Vegard Heggem"
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    title: "Vegard Heggem"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump