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Heffernan has spent the 2006/7 season on loan with German Bundesliga side Nurnberg. He struggled to get first team games in Germany but was a regular for their reserves. Having returned to Australian A-League club Central Coast Mariners, he has been told he can leave on a free transfer this summer.
In the 2005/6 season Heffernan scored 8 goals from 23 games in his debut season with the club. He has established a reputation as an attacking left back and he could easily follow in the footsteps of Walsall's past foreign attacking left backs Zigor Aranalde and Diego Padula.
Having turned his back on a surfing and modeling career Heffernan's football career to date:
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005 2005-06 2006-present | Sutherland Wollongong Wolves Sydney United Sutherland Marconi Stallions Central Coast Mariners 1. FC Nürnberg | 15 (1) 20 (1) 18 (1) 13 (5) 0 (0) 23 (8) 0 (0) |