Pål Vestly Heigre (born 15 March 1995) is a Norwegian

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Career

He started his career for

Sandnes Sandnes () is a city and municipality in Rogaland, Norway. It lies immediately south of Stavanger, the 4th largest municipality in Norway, and together the Stavanger/Sandnes area is the third-largest urban area in Norway. The urban city of Sand ...

minnows Hana IL. In 2010, at the age of 15, he made his debut for the senior team. Ahead of the 2011 season he joined the youth system of

Viking FK Viking Fotballklubb, commonly known as Viking or Viking Stavanger internationally, is a Norwegian professional football club from the city of Stavanger. The club was founded in 1899. It is one of the most successful clubs in Norwegian football, ...

, albeit with a short

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period at Hana. He made his

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debut for Viking in the winter of 2012. In August 2014 he went on loan to

IK Start Idrettsklubben Start (or simply IK Start) is a Norwegian Association football, football club from the city of Kristiansand that currently plays in the Norwegian First Division, the second tier of the Norwegian football league system. The club was ...

. For them he made his

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debut in November 2014 against Vålerenga. In the spring of 2015 he was loaned out to

Tromsø IL Tromsø Idrettslag () is a Norwegian professional Football club (association football), football club based in Tromsø. They play their home games at the Romssa Arena which has a seating capacity of 6,801. Tromsø play in the Eliteserien. Despi ...

. After the 2020 season he released from

Sandnes Ulf Sandnes Ulf is a Norwegian association football club from Sandnes, Rogaland, currently playing in the 2. divisjon, the third highest division in the Norwegian football league system. The club play their home matches at Øster Hus Arena. The cl ...

. Having played 24 games, Heigre claimed that his contract entailed a sizeable payment upon playing 25 games, and that this was the reason he was benched. Heigre did not find a club in 2021, and eventually decided to retire as a goalkeeper. He made a comeback for Hana IL on the fifth tier as an outfield player.

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* 1995 births Living people People from Sandnes Norwegian men's footballers 21st-century Norwegian sportsmen Viking FK players IK Start players Tromsø IL players Lillestrøm SK players Aalesunds FK players Strømsgodset Toppfotball players Sandnes Ulf players Eliteserien players Norwegian First Division players Men's association football goalkeepers Footballers from Rogaland {{Norway-footy-goalkeeper-stub