Paul Heffernan

Quick Facts

Full Name	Paul Heffernan
Occupation	Association Football Player
Date Of Birth	Dec 29, 1981(1981-12-29)
Age	43
Country	Ireland
Birth City	Dublin
Horoscope	Sagittarius

Paul Heffernan Biography

Paul Heffernan is one of the most popular and richest Association Football Player who was born on December 29, 1981 in Dublin, Ireland. Paul Heffernan (born 29 December 1981) is an Irish professional footballer who was striker. He has played for a variety of club from Great Britain which include Sheffield Wednesday, Doncaster Rovers, Notts County, Bristol City, Kilmarnock, Hibernian, Dundee, Queen of the South and Dumbarton.

It was his first time at Doncaster Rovers in the summer of 2005 for the sum of £125,000, which was then a record transfer fee that was paid to the team. The Irishman was a key player in achieving crucial objectives during the course of his Doncaster Rovers career.

In 2007–08 season, Heffernan started by making nine appearances and scoring once. His playing time was reduced before not included in the starting 11 in late-October. By December, he sustained ligament damage to his ankle, which kept him out of action for five weeks. Later in the season, Heffernan sparked a moment of controversy in the 2008 League One Play-off semi-final playing against Southend United, when he headbutted an opponent due to frustration in the final minute of the match. Heffernan was subsequently sent-off and was unable to play in the second leg, or the final against Leeds United at Wembley Stadium. After a 3–2 win, he finished his season, with 30 appearance and eight goals in all competitions. Heffernan reflected on his incident, quoting:

In 2008–09 season, O’Driscoll allowed Heffernan to leave the club, citing the club was re-building the squad. Having been absent for the first three matches, his future was uncertain after dropping down the pecking order in Sean O’Driscoll’s plans. Eventually, the move didn’t happen and Heffernan fought his way to earn a first team place and went on to make 33 appearances and scored 10 goals, finishing as the club’s top scorer in all competitions.

The summer of the transfer period, Bristol City paid PS150,000 for the player in 2004. Heffernan made his debut in the first game of the season in the 1-1 draw against Torquay United on 7 August 2004. He then scored his debut goal in the game at Stockport County in his fifth appearance for the club. Within four months of his time at the club, his performance was so poor and Notts County attempted to sign the player as a loan player. The next morning, Heffernan made a goal in an FA Cup match against Brentford however, he was defeated in a penalty shootout following a 1-1 draw at regular time. He was then kept out after extra-time. However, throughout the season, due to the performances that of Steve Brooker and Leroy Lita Heffernan’s chances of being in his first squad were not as good and injuries also contributed to his absence.

Paul Heffernan Net Worth

Paul Heffernan is one of the richest Association Football Player from Ireland. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Paul Heffernan 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Heffernan began his football career with Notts County and at age 18 He made his debut in the league in the 76th minute, as an alternative to Kevin Rapley in the 76th minute of an 1-0 loss to Oldham Athletic on 24 April 2000. Heffernan was awarded the “Young Player of the Year” in 2002-03, scoring 10 goals in the span of 25 matches. In the 2003-04 season Heffernan had two hat- tricks in his career. The first came during a match with Queens Park Rangers in a 3-3 draw on December 26 2003. The second came during a match with Stockport County, where he scored four goals in a 4-1 victory on the 21st of February, 2004. Following this, Heffernan turned down a deal for two and a half years that would have improved terms with the club his contract is due to expire at the close this season. His decision to reject the new contract drew interest from four clubs, after confirming the previous day that he would be quit the club following their demotion. In the later part of the course of his Notts County career, Heffernan was a 100-minute player and score 35 appearances.

The end of the 2004-05 season Heffernan declares he wants to quit Bristol City. Oldham Athletic had their bid to sign Hefferman granted This was followed with Doncaster Rovers.

In 2006–07 season, under new manager Sean O’Driscoll, Heffernan made a return in the first team and was awarded League One Player of the Month for December after netting four times from five league games during the month. Heffernan played a vital role when he scored twice in each leg of the Football League Trophy semi-final against Crewe Alexandra, goals which ultimately sent Rovers to the final of that competition. Seven days later, Heffernan signed a new deal with the club, that would keep him there till 2010. Shortly after that, Heffernan damaged his ankle against Port Vale and was out for a month. He made his return just in time for the Football Trophy final and scored the second goal at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff against Bristol Rovers, which Doncaster won 3–2. Soon afterwards, Heffernan, once again, damaged his ankle, against Millwall, which meant him missing the rest of the season, though he still made 43 appearances and scoring 21 goals, making him the club’s top- scorer for the season.

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Shortly after leaving Sheffield Wednesday, he signed for Kilmarnock. Heffernan scored his first two goals for Kilmarnock in a 4–1 win over Hibernian at Rugby Park on 14 August 2011. His good form continued as he went on to score a hat- trick in the Scottish League Cup third round match against Queen of the South in a 5–0 win. Heffernan says scoring a hat-trick overcame his mistakes in the previous match.

Facts & Trivia

Paul Ranked on the list of most popular Association Football Player. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Ireland. Paul Heffernan celebrates birthday on December 29 of every year.

On 18 March, Heffernan played in the 2012 Scottish League Cup Final which Kilmarnock won after beating Celtic 1–0. In his first season, Heffernan made 36 appearances and scored 15 times in all competitions, joint top-scorer with Dean Shiels. Manager Danny Lennon compared Heffernan to Wayne Rooney, claiming it is similar up here with him. Heffernan had thanked Kenny Shiels for putting his career back on track, by increasing his goals tally.

Top Facts about Paul Heffernan

1. Paul Heffernan is a retired Irish professional footballer.
2. He played as a striker for various clubs in Scotland and England.
3. He started his career at Notts County in 1999.
4. He scored 20 goals in 64 appearances for Doncaster Rovers.
5. In the 2008-09 season, he was Kilmarnock’s top scorer with 16 goals.
6. He won the Scottish League Cup with Kilmarnock in 2012.
7. He also played for Hibernian, Sheffield Wednesday, and Dundee United.
8. Overall, he scored over 100 career goals.
9. His last club was East Fife where he retired in 2016.
10. He currently works as a coach at Ayr United FC academy.