Background
Høyem was born in Trondheim, and played for the local club Sjetne as a kid, before he began his professional career at Rosenborg, playing for the club"s reserve team
Høyem was born in Trondheim, and played for the local club Sjetne as a kid, before he began his professional career at Rosenborg, playing for the club"s reserve team
He played as a defender for the clubs Rosenborg,, Strømsgodset and Kolstad during his professional career. Høyem started his career as a forward, but was used as a centre back in Rosenborg because the club considered him to have greater potential in that position. Høyem was capped seven times and scored two goals for the Norwegian under-18 team in 2000.
In June 2001, he was promoted to Rosenborg"s first-team squad.
Høyem did not get any chances to play for the first team, and after Rosenborg bought Torjus Hansen, Høyem"s way to the first-team seemed even longer. In the pre-season of the 2003-season he played some friendly matches.
The Norwegian clubs Brann and Haugesund announced their interest in buying Høyem. Nevertheless, Høyem needed a knee surgery, which kept him out of play for a while.
The interest from Brann and Haugesund disappeared.
During the second half of the 2003-season, Høyem was loaned out to Even though that was Høyem"s only match for during the short loan-spell, he signed a two-year contract with after the season. Unlike in Rosenborg, Høyem was used as a full back in, and dubbed to be the successor of Strande or Knut Anders Fostervold in the starting line-up.
After Bo Johansson became head coach of in 2005, Høyem chances in the first-team were limited, and halfway through the season the second-tier team Hønefoss wanted to loan Høyem.
As was to meet Hønefoss in the semi-final of the 2005 Norwegian Football Cup, wanted a deal where Høyem was not allowed to play for Hønefoss against. This was declined by Hønefoss, and Høyem stayed at until the end of the 2005-season when he left for Strømsgodset.
After playing half a season for Strømsgodset in the First Division, where his only match was in the 2006 Norwegian Football Cup against Klemetsrud, Høyem was selected to be sent off on loan by head coach Dag-Eilev Fagermo. However, as no clubs showed interest, Strømsgodset released Høyem from his contract.
Høyem then joined the Second Division side Kolstad as one of two professional players in the team to help Kolstad avoid relegation.
Høyem was however sent off in two of his first matches for Kolstad, and at the end of the 2006-season, Kolstad was relegated.