Kurt Heggestad
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Kurt Heggestad | ||
| Date of birth | 19 August 1982 | ||
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Playing position | Left winger, left-back | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –1998 | Sogndal | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1999–2007 | Sogndal | 112 | (6) |
| 2006 | → Årdal (loan) | ||
| National team | |||
| 1998 | Norway U16 | 14 | (3) |
| 1999 | Norway U17 | 4 | (1) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Kurt Heggestad (born 19 August 1982) is a Norwegian former professional footballer who played as a left winger or left-back. He represented Norway at the under-16 and under-17 level, and played 53 matches for Sogndal in Tippeligaen. Heggestad played for Sogndal for ten consecutive seasons, before he retired at the age of 26 to become a goat farmer.
Heggestad hails from Veitastrond in Luster, and joined Sogndal at young age. He was regarded as one of the club most talented footballers, and was a contributor to the youth-team's regional championship in 1996. Heggestad was also called up for Norwegian youth teams and played 14 matches, scoring 3 goals for the under-16 team in 1998, and played four matches scoring one goal for the under-17 team the following year. Aged 16, he was taken up into Sogndal's first-team squad in 1999, and made his debut in the First Division the same year. Heggestad made two appearances as a substitute in the First Division in 2000, and he played the last 15 minutes of the play-off against Vålerenga when Sogndal won promotion to Tippeligaen.
Heggestad made his debut in Tippeligaen on 16 April 2001, when he replaced Julian Johnsson at half time in the match against Odd Grenland. Heggestad started his first match for Sogndal on 28 October 2001, and scored the team's second goal after an assist from Alexander Ødegaard when Bodø/Glimt was beaten 3–2. Heggestad played a total of six matches and scored one goal in his first season in Tippeligaen, and ahead of the next season, Sogndal rejected offers from Førde and Åsane to get Heggestad on loan.
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