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Daniel Higgins

Daniel Higgins is a Scottish footballer who plays for Lowland League West club Cumnock Juniors. Higgins has previously played for Dundee, Kilmarnock, Airdrieonians, Stranraer, Cove Rangers, East Fife , Stenhousemuir and Broomhill.

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Daniel Higgins
Personal information
Date of birth (1998-04-08) 8 April 1998
Place of birth Glasgow, Scotland
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position Defender
Team information
Current team
 Cumnock Juniors
Youth career
2011–2017 Celtic
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017 Dundee 4 (0)
2017–2019 Kilmarnock 1 (0)
2018 → Airdrieonians (loan) 8 (2)
2018–2019 → Stranraer (loan) 11 (0)
2019–2021 Cove Rangers 5 (1)
2021–2022 East Fife 19 (0)
2022–2023 Stenhousemuir 20 (0)
2023–2024 Broomhill 8 (1)
2024– Cumnock Juniors
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 20 April 2024

Daniel Higgins (born 8 April 1998) is a Scottish footballer who plays for Lowland League West club Cumnock Juniors.1 Higgins has previously played for Dundee, Kilmarnock, Airdrieonians, Stranraer, Cove Rangers, East Fife , Stenhousemuir and Broomhill.

Playing career

Higgins made his professional debut for Dundee on 8 April 2017, in a 1–0 defeat away to Heart of Midlothian2

Higgins signed for Kilmarnock on 23 June 2017.3 He was loaned to League One club Airdrieonians on 31 January 2018.4

In September 2018, he joined Stranraer on loan.5

On 16 July 2019, Higgins signed for newly promoted Scottish League Two club Cove Rangers.6

Higgins moved to East Fife in August 2021 for the season then when the club got relegated to league 2 he left the club for Stenhousemuir. After a year with the larbert outfits he left the club for newly reformed Broomhill in June 2023.7

Career statistics

As of match played 7 September 2019
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Scottish Cup League Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Dundee 2016–178 Scottish Premiership 4 0 0 0 0 0 – 4 0
Kilmarnock 2017–189 Scottish Premiership 0 0 0 0 1 0 1a 0 2 0
2018–1910 Scottish Premiership 0 0 0 0 0 0 1a 0 1 0
Total 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 3 0
Airdrieonians (loan) 2017–189 Scottish League One 8 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 2
Stranraer (loan) 2018–1910 Scottish League One 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0
Cove Rangers 2019–2011 Scottish League Two 5 1 0 0 3 0 2b 0 10 1
Career total 28 3 0 0 4 0 4 0 36 3
  1. Appearances for Kilmarnock under-20s/21s in the Scottish Challenge Cup in which age-restricted sides from the Scottish Premiership clubs compete against senior clubs
  2. Appearances in the Scottish Challenge Cup
References

References

  1. Daniel Higgins at Soccerway. Retrieved 18 April 2017.
  2. Spence, Jim (8 April 2017). "Hearts 1–0 Dundee". BBC Sport. Retrieved 23 May 2017.
  3. KFC (23 June 2017). "Higgins signs for Killie". Kilmarnock FC. Archived from the original on 1 February 2018. Retrieved 23 June 2017.
  4. "Completed Transfers - Deadline Day January 2018". Scottish FA. 31 January 2018. Retrieved 31 January 2018.
  5. "Innes Cameron and Daniel Higgins join Stranraer on loan". Kilmarnock F.C. 14 September 2018. Archived from the original on 21 September 2018.
  6. Durent, Jamie (16 July 2019). "Cove Rangers add former Dundee and Kilmarnock youngster Daniel Higgins". The Press and Journal. Retrieved 31 July 2019.
  7. "DANIEL HIGGINS DEPARTS". Cove Rangers FC. 13 August 2021. Retrieved 4 September 2021.
  8. "Games played by Daniel Higgins in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 22 October 2017.
  9. "Games played by Daniel Higgins in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 22 October 2017.
  10. "Games played by Daniel Higgins in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 16 July 2018.
  11. "Games played by Daniel Higgins in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 31 July 2019.