Pascal Heije

Pascal Bernardo Raul Heije (born 2 October 1979) is a Dutch former professional footballer who played as a midfielder or right back. A graduate of the AFC Ajax youth academy and a member of the club's celebrated 1997–98 A1 "Golden Boys" generation, he went on to play professionally in the Netherlands, Cyprus and Indonesia.

Career

Ajax Heije was born in Amsterdam, In the 1997–98 season he was named Ajax's Talent of the Year, and he was seen as a prospective successor to captain Danny Blind.

Heije made his debut for the Ajax first team on 26 March 2000, coming on as a substitute for Aron Winter in the Eredivisie match against NEC, which Ajax won 5–2. He made two league appearances for the club in total. After a trial at FC Emmen at the start of 2008 came to nothing, he trained with Willem II and rejoined RBC Roosendaal on an amateur basis from August 2008, making 13 appearances. In August 2009 he signed a one-year contract with Cypriot club APEP Pitsilia.

Heije spent the 2010–11 season playing amateur football with Ajax's amateur side, before moving to Indonesia in 2011 to sign for Bali Devata, where he played frequently in the country's top division and scored his only senior goal. He retired from professional football in 2012. and since January 2018 has trained youth players at FC Weesp. In the 2015–16 season he also played amateur football for Blauw-Wit Beursbengels.