Perth Glory for pre-season training in August after he had completed a short-term loan deal with Chinese Super League club Liaoning Whowin. Liaoning Whowin On 30 August 2011, it was announced Perth Glory had agreed to release Heffernan after the player decided he would like to remain with Liaoning Whowin after the end of his loan deal. Return to Perth Glory On 3 January 2012 it was announced that he had returned to A-League club Perth Glory. Western Sydney Wanderers On 28 June 2013, it was announced that Heffernan had signed a one-year contract to play for Western Sydney Wanderers, following a short stint with Illawarra Premier League club Dapto Dandaloo Fury. Managerial career On 24 April 2019 Heffernan was appointed the manager of the Western Sydney Wanderers in the W-league. Career statistics 1Includes A-League Pre-Season Challenge Cup. International career Heffernan was selected to be part of the Socceroos in the Australia versus Argentina game on 11 September 2007. He got his first senior international cap on 28 January 2009 in an AFC Asian Cup qualifying match versus Indonesia at the Bung Karno Stadium in Jakarta. He was then again selected for the Socceroos in January 2010 in an AFC Asian Cup qualifying match versus Kuwait. Heffernan scored in the fifth minute to open his international scoring account and help his side to a 2–2 draw. Honours Central Coast Mariners A-League Premiership: 2007–08 References External links Oz Football profile 1980 births Association football fullbacks Australia international soccer players Australian expatriate sportspeople in England Australian expatriate sportspeople in Germany A-League Men players Western Sydney Wanderers FC players National Soccer League (Australia) players 1. FC Nürnberg II players Central Coast Mariners FC players Melbourne City FC players Sydney United 58 FC players Perth Glory FC players Liaoning F.C. players Chinese Super League players Wollongong Wolves FC players Huddersfield Town A.F.C. players English Football League players Expatriate footballers in Germany Expatriate footballers in China Australian expatriate soccer players Soccer players from Sydney Living people National Premier Leagues players Australian soccer players