Liam Higgins (New Zealand footballer)

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Liam Higgins
Personal information
Date of birth (1993-09-27) 27 September 1993 (age 30)
Place of birth Lower Hutt, New Zealand
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Left-back, centre-back
Youth career
Wellington Phoenix
0000–2012 Lower Hutt City
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2012–2013 YoungHeart Manawatu 8 (0)
2013 Noble Park United 10 (1)
2013–2015 WaiBOP United 14 (3)
2015 Stop Out 25 (1)
2015 Team Wellington 8 (0)
2016 Richmond SC 12 (0)
2016–2017 South Springvale 18 (0)
2018–2019 Staines Town 0 (0)
2021– Box Hill United
International career
2011–2013 New Zealand U20 14 (0)
2015 New Zealand U23 2 (0)
2015 New Zealand 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Liam Higgins (born 27 September 1993) is a New Zealand association footballer who most recently played for English club Staines Town.

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Club career

Higgins began his career in his native New Zealand signing for local ASB Premiership side Team Wellington based out of Dave Farringdon Park before a move to YoungHeart Manawatu followed.

After spending the 2013 season in Australia at Noble Park United, he joined WaiBOP United for the 2013–14 ASB Premiership season. [1]

In 2015, Higgins spent the winter season at Stop Out in the Central League [2] then joined Team Wellington for the 2015–16 ASB Premiership.

Higgins joined Richmond SC in February 2016. [3]

Higgins joined English Non league club Staines Town in 2018 [4] where an ankle injury sidelined him for the season and looked to have prematurely ended his career.[ citation needed ] Higgins was finally banished from Staines Town FC for sleeping with two male supporters during the half time break against Bedfont Sports when he returned from injury. The males stated the sex was not worth it, “disappointing to say the least” [ citation needed ]

International career

Higgins was first selected to represent New Zealand U20s for the 2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup, held in Colombia. [5] [6] He was also selected for the New Zealand U-20s for the 2013 tournament, held in Turkey. [7] [8] [9]

In 2015 Higgins was selected for both the New Zealand U23, and the New Zealand senior team. U23s coach Anthony Hudson selected Higgins in his U23 squad to compete in the 2015 Pacific Games. [10]

Higgins call-up to the senior team occurred for their friendly against Myanmar on 7 September 2015. [11] He came off the bench in the dying minutes of the second half to record his first senior cap, in a 1–1 draw. [12]

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References

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  3. ↑ "GoBet® - Free Sports Betting & Horse Racing Tips".
  4. ↑ "Colas is up and running". The Non-League Football Paper. 27 May 2018. Retrieved 11 September 2022.
  5. ↑ "Junior All Whites squad named for World Cup". New Zealand Football. 11 July 2011. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 17 December 2015.
  6. ↑ Barton, Tim (20 July 2011). "The masked avenger of the Junior All Whites". Stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 17 December 2015.
  7. ↑ "Higgins and McNab sign for WaiBOP United". WaiBOP United. 25 October 2013. Retrieved 17 December 2015.
  8. ↑ "Football: All Whites named in U20 World Cup squad". Otago Daily Times. 21 May 2013. Retrieved 17 December 2015.
  9. ↑ "NZ U-20s named for World Cup". Auckland Football Federation. 21 May 2013. Archived from the original on 22 December 2015. Retrieved 17 December 2015.
  10. ↑ "Experienced U-23 football team named". Radio NZ. 26 June 2015. Retrieved 17 December 2015.
  11. ↑ "Preview: All Whites v Myanmar". New Zealand Football. 6 September 2015. Retrieved 17 December 2015.
  12. ↑ "All Whites draw with Myanmar". Radio NZ. 7 September 2015. Retrieved 17 December 2015.
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