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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Category:Footballers from Glasgow
Category:21st-century Scottish sportsmen
Category:Men's association football midfielders
Category:Scottish men's footballers
Category:Kilmarnock F.C. players
Category:Airdrieonians F.C. players
Category:Stranraer F.C. players
Category:Cove Rangers F.C. players
Category:East Fife F.C. players
Category:Stenhousemuir F.C. players
Category:Broomhill F.C. (Scotland) players
Category:Cumnock Juniors F.C. players