Daniel Higgins

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Daniel Higgins
Personal information
Full name Daniel Higgins
Date of birth (1998-04-08) 8 April 1998 (age 23)
Place of birth Scotland
Height 183 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Defender
Club information
Current team
 East Fife
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– East Fife 0 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 01:22, 8 September 2019 (UTC)

Daniel Higgins (born 8 April 1998) is a Scottish footballer who plays for East Fife.[1] Higgins has previously played for Dundee, Kilmarnock, Airdrieonians, Stranraer and Cove Rangers.

Playing career[]

Higgins made his professional debut for Dundee on 8 April 2017, in a 1–0 defeat away to Heart of Midlothian[2]

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.[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 2016–17[8] Scottish Premiership 4 0 0 0 0 0 – 4 0
Kilmarnock 2017–18[9] Scottish Premiership 0 0 0 0 1 0 1[a] 0 2 0
2018–19[10] Scottish Premiership 0 0 0 0 0 0 1[a] 0 1 0
Total 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 3 0
Airdrieonians (loan) 2017–18[9] Scottish League One 8 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 2
Stranraer (loan) 2018–19[10] Scottish League One 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0
Cove Rangers 2019–20[11] Scottish League Two 5 1 0 0 3 0 2[b] 0 10 1
Career total 28 3 0 0 4 0 4 0 36 3
  1. ^ a b 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[]

  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. 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. ^ a b "Games played by Daniel Higgins in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 22 October 2017.
  10. ^ a b "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.
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