Emma Higgins
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Emma Higgins (in blue) playing against Sweden in May 2014.
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Emma Mary Higgins | ||
| Date of birth | 15 May 1986 | ||
| Place of birth | Ballymena, Northern Ireland | ||
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| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
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Current team
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Doncaster Rovers Belles | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| Ballymena United Allstars | |||
| Glentoran Belfast United | |||
| 2007–2010 | Leeds United | ||
| 2010–2011 | Grindavík | 26 | (0) |
| 2012 | KR | 7 | (0) |
| 2013– | Doncaster Rovers Belles | ||
| International career‡ | |||
| 2004– | Northern Ireland | 53 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 14:50, 30 June 2012 (UTC) |
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Emma Mary Higgins (born 15 May 1986) is an association football goalkeeper from Northern Ireland, currently playing for Doncaster Rovers Belles in the FA WSL. Since her first appearance in 2004, Higgins has accrued over 50 caps for Northern Ireland.
Club career
Born in Ballymena,[2] Higgins played for her hometown club before joining Glentoran Belfast United. In 2007, she won a scholarship to Leeds Metropolitan University and signed for Leeds United, where she competed with Carly Telford for a place in the team.[3]
She subsequently played for Grindavík and KR in the Icelandic Úrvalsdeild.[4]
International career
Higgins made her senior Northern Ireland debut aged 17, against Portugal at the Algarve Cup in March 2004.[5] Eight years later she made her 50th appearance against New Zealand at the 2012 Cyprus Cup. Higgins was named captain for the occasion and was Player of the Match in Northern Ireland's 2–0 defeat.[6]
In June 2012, Higgins was named as one of four reserves to the 18–player Great Britain squad for the 2012 London Olympics.[7]
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External links
- Doncaster profile
- UEFA profile
- IFA profile
- Emma Higgins – FIFA competition record
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- Living people
- People from Ballymena
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