Career
He was one of the ADO players to enjoy a 3-month spell in the United States of America as the Golden Gate Gales, alongside Dick Advocaat among others In 1969 he moved to MVV for 50,000 Dutch guilders before returning to VVV to finish his career at the club he started. Heijnen earned his one and only cap for the Netherlands in a September 1966 friendly match against Austria.
After retiring as a player, Heijnen coached several amateur sides and ran a public in Venlo.
He died on 18 March 2015 of esophageal cancer.
