Gavin Heeroo

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Gavin Heeroo

| image =

| caption =

| fullname = Gavin Harry Heeroo{{Cite book

| editor-first = Barry J.

| editor-last = Hugman

| title = The PFA Premier & Football League Players' Records 1946–2005

| year = 2005

| publisher = Queen Anne Press

| isbn = 1-85291-665-6

| page = 280 }}

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1984|9|2|df=y}}

| birth_place = Haringey, England

| height = {{height|ft=6|in=0}}

| position = Midfielder

| currentclub =

| clubnumber =

| youthyears1 = ?–2002

| youthclubs1 = Crystal Palace

| years1 = 2002–2004

| years2 = 2004

| years3 = 2004–2005

| years4 = 2005–2006

| years5 = 2005–2006

| years6 = 2006–2007

| years7 = 2007–2008

| years8 = 2008–2009

| years9 = 2009

| years10 = 2009–2010

| clubs1 = Crystal Palace

| clubs2 = Billericay Town

| clubs3 = Grays Athletic

| clubs4 = Farnborough Town

| clubs5 = Cambridge United

| clubs6 = Chelmsford City

| clubs7 = Fisher Athletic

| clubs8 = Sutton United

| clubs9 = Eastleigh

| clubs10 = Ebbsfleet United

| caps1 = 1

| caps2 = ?

| caps3 = 0

| caps4 = 6

| caps5 = 9

| caps6 = ?

| caps7 = ?

| caps8 = ?

| caps9 = ?

| caps10 = 32

| goals1 = 0

| goals2 = ?

| goals3 = 0

| goals4 = 0

| goals5 = 0

| goals6 = ?

| goals7 = ?

| goals8 = ?

| goals9 = ?

| goals10 = 0

| nationalyears1 = 2002

| nationalteam1 = Mauritius

| nationalcaps1 = 1

| nationalgoals1 = 0

| club-update = 00:13, 8 August 2011 (UTC)

| ntupdate = 00:13, 8 August 2011 (UTC)

}}

Gavin Harry Heeroo (born 2 September 1984) is an English former footballer.

Career

Born in Haringey, London, Heeroo started his career with Crystal Palace as a trainee, making his first team debut as a substitute in a 1–1 draw with Preston North End in the First Division.{{cite news

| title = C Palace 1–1 Preston

| url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_1/3232965.stm

| publisher = BBC Sport

| date = 8 November 2003

| accessdate = 12 August 2009}} He later joined Billericay Town, who he played for between July and October 2004,{{cite news

| title = 04/05 Transfers

| url = http://www.billericaytownfcarchive.20m.com/custom.html

| publisher = Billericay Town Archive

| accessdate = 9 May 2011}} before moving to Grays Athletic, who he joined in October.{{cite news

|title = Sillett adds three

|url = http://www.nonleaguedaily.com/news/index.php?newsmode=FULL&nid=25464

|publisher = Non-League Daily

|date = 25 March 2005

|accessdate = 12 August 2009

|url-status = usurped

|archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20070930023700/http://www.nonleaguedaily.com/news/index.php?newsmode=FULL&nid=25464

|archivedate = 30 September 2007

}} He joined Farnborough Town in March 2005. He had an unsuccessful trial for Histon in September.{{cite news

|title = Four leave Histon

|url = http://www.nonleaguedaily.com/news/index.php?newsmode=FULL&nid=29499

|publisher = Non-League Daily

|date = 8 September 2005

|accessdate = 12 August 2009

|url-status = usurped

|archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20120921144532/http://www.nonleaguedaily.com/news/index.php?newsmode=FULL&nid=29499

|archivedate = 21 September 2012

}} He joined Cambridge United on a month's loan in November 2005.{{cite news

|title = 'Biff' joins U's

|url = http://www.nonleaguedaily.com/news/index.php?newsmode=FULL&nid=31038

|publisher = Non-League Daily

|date = 17 November 2005

|accessdate = 12 August 2009

|url-status = usurped

|archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20120921144546/http://www.nonleaguedaily.com/news/index.php?newsmode=FULL&nid=31038

|archivedate = 21 September 2012

}} He then played for Chelmsford City, Fisher Athletic, Sutton United and Eastleigh. Heeroo joined Eastleigh in March 2009 from Isthmian League team Sutton United. He signed for Ebbsfleet United in August.{{cite news

| title = Ebbsfleet manager Liam Daish raring to go for new Blue Square Premier season

| url = http://www.kentonline.co.uk/gravesend_messenger/sport/2009/august/6/fleet_preview.aspx

| publisher = Kent Online

| date = 5 August 2009

| accessdate = 12 August 2009}}

Heroo was released by Ebbsfleet in the summer of 2010.

He has played for the Mauritius national football team, earning one cap in 2002.{{NFT player|pid=4317|name=Heeroo, Gavin| accessdate = 12 August 2009}}

Outside of his football career, Heroo founded a fitness training business, Focus Fitness, alongside friend and former Crystal Palace teammate Dougie Freedman.{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/28950665 |title=Premier League: What happens to footballers after being rejected? |last1=Gheerbrant |first1=James|date=28 August 2014 |publisher=BBC Sport |accessdate=28 August 2014}}