Van Heerden started his career with Glenville Celtic[1] and moved 1998 in the Soccer School of Excellence which was part of the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University.

He got his debut in 2004 against AaB at Parken Stadium, and the little South African immediately wrote history with his equalizer short before the final whistle.

He only played two official matches for the club; in the League Cup against Gillingham in the second round, and Chelsea in the quarter-finals, both as a second-half substitute.

[5] In November 2012, after having been without a club since the end of the 2011–12 season, Van Heerden had an unsuccessful trial with MLS side Sporting Kansas City.

[6] In 2017, after five years out of the game, van Heerden returned to sign for ABC Motsepe League side PE Stars.