Daniel Higgins

{{short description|Scottish footballer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2017}}

{{Use British English|date=October 2017}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Daniel Higgins

| fullname =

| image =

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1998|4|8}}

| birth_place = Glasgow, Scotland

| height = 183cm

| position = Defender

| currentclub = Cumnock Juniors

| clubnumber =

| youthyears1 = 2011–2017 |youthclubs1 =Celtic

| years1 = 2017 | clubs1 = Dundee | caps1 = 4 | goals1 = 0

| years2 = 2017–2019 | clubs2 = Kilmarnock | caps2 = 1 | goals2 = 0

| years3 = 2018 | clubs3 = → Airdrieonians (loan) |caps3 = 8 |goals3 = 2

| years4 = 2018–2019 | clubs4 = → Stranraer (loan) |caps4 = 11 |goals4 = 0

| years5 = 2019–2021 | clubs5 = Cove Rangers |caps5 = 5 |goals5 = 1

| years6 = 2021–2022 | clubs6 = East Fife |caps6 = 19 |goals6 = 0

| years7 = 2022–2023 | clubs7 = Stenhousemuir |caps7 = 20 |goals7 = 0

| years8 = 2023–2024 | clubs8 = Broomhill |caps8 = 8 |goals8 = 1

| years9 = 2024– | clubs9 = Cumnock Juniors | caps9 = | goals9 =

| club-update = 20 April 2024

}}

Daniel Higgins (born 8 April 1998) is a Scottish footballer who plays for {{Scottish football updater|CumnockJ}} club Cumnock Juniors.{{soccerway|daniel-higgins/400640|accessdate=18 April 2017}} 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 Midlothian{{cite web|title=Hearts 1–0 Dundee|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/39463937|publisher=BBC Sport|last=Spence|first=Jim|date=8 April 2017|accessdate=23 May 2017}}

Higgins signed for Kilmarnock on 23 June 2017.{{cite web|title=Higgins signs for Killie|url=http://kilmarnockfc.co.uk/Article?id=5793|publisher=Kilmarnock FC|last=KFC|date=23 June 2017|accessdate=23 June 2017}} He was loaned to League One club Airdrieonians on 31 January 2018.{{cite web |url=https://www.scottishfa.co.uk/news/completed-transfers-deadline-day-january-2018/?rid=13929 |title=Completed Transfers - Deadline Day January 2018 |publisher=Scottish FA |date=31 January 2018 |accessdate=31 January 2018}}

In September 2018, he joined Stranraer on loan.{{cite web|title=Innes Cameron and Daniel Higgins join Stranraer on loan|url=http://www.kilmarnockfc.co.uk/Article?Id=7696|publisher=Kilmarnock F.C.|date=14 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180921190946/http://kilmarnockfc.co.uk/Article?Id=7696|archive-date=21 September 2018|url-status=dead}}

On 16 July 2019, Higgins signed for newly promoted Scottish League Two club Cove Rangers.{{cite web|title=Cove Rangers add former Dundee and Kilmarnock youngster Daniel Higgins|url=https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/sport/football/cove-rangers/1797951/cove-rangers-add-former-dundee-and-kilmarnock-youngster-daniel-higgins/|publisher=The Press and Journal|last=Durent|first=Jamie|date=16 July 2019|accessdate=31 July 2019}}

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.{{cite web |url=https://coverangersfc.com/2021/08/13/daniel-higgins-departs/ |title=DANIEL HIGGINS DEPARTS |publisher=Cove Rangers FC |date=13 August 2021 |accessdate=4 September 2021}}

Career statistics

{{Updated|match played 7 September 2019}}

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|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

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Goals
Dundee

|2016–17{{soccerbase season|93060|2016|accessdate=22 October 2017}}

|Scottish Premiership

|4

00000colspan="2"|–40
rowspan=3|Kilmarnock

|2017–18{{soccerbase season|93060|2017|accessdate=22 October 2017}}

|Scottish Premiership

|0

000101Appearances for Kilmarnock under-20s/21s in the Scottish Challenge Cup in which age-restricted sides from the Scottish Premiership clubs compete against senior clubs020
2018–19{{soccerbase season|93060|2018|accessdate=16 July 2018}}

|Scottish Premiership

|0

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colspan=2|Total

!0

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Airdrieonians (loan)

|2017–18

|Scottish League One

|8

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Stranraer (loan)

|2018–19

|Scottish League One

|11

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Cove Rangers

|2019–20{{soccerbase season|93060|2019|accessdate=31 July 2019}}

|Scottish League Two

|5

100302Appearances in the Scottish Challenge Cup0101
colspan="3"|Career total

!28

3004040363

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