Danny Higginbotham

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Danny Higginbotham
Personal information
Full name	Daniel John Higginbotham
Date of birth	29 December 1978 (1978-12-29) (age 29)
Place of birth	Manchester, England
Height	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Playing position	Centre back
Club information
Current club	Sunderland
Number	14
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1997–2000 1998–1999 2000–2003 2003–2006 2006–2007 2007–	Manchester United → Royal Antwerp (loan) Derby County Southampton Stoke City Sunderland	04 (0) 36 (4) 86 (3) 94 (4) 45 (7) 21 (3)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21:25, 26 May 2008 (UTC). * Appearances (Goals)

Daniel John "Danny" Higginbotham (born 29 December 1978 in Manchester, England) is an English footballer who currently plays as a defender for Sunderland.

Contents 1 Playing career 1.1 Manchester United (1997-2000) 1.2 Southampton (2003-2006) 1.3 Stoke City (2006-2007) 1.4 Sunderland (2007-present) 2 Honours 3 References 4 External links

[edit] Playing career

[edit] Manchester United (1997-2000)

Higginbotham started his career at Manchester United but he was unable to break into the first team and was sent to Royal Antwerp on a loan spell. During this time, Higginbotham, was banned from football for a year after an alleged attack on a referee. A Belgian court reduced Higginbotham's ban to four months.^[1] The following year he was sold to Derby County.

[edit] Southampton (2003-2006)

Following Derby's relegation from the Premier League, Higginbotham moved to Southampton in January 2003 on loan until the end of the 2002–03 season. The move was made permanent in February 2003 for a fee of £1.5 million.^[2] He featured in the Saints' FA cup run in 2002–03, but was an unused substitute for the final against Arsenal. After two and a half seasons at Southampton he rejected a new contract and as a result was placed on the transfer list.

[edit] Stoke City (2006-2007)

Higginbotham joined Stoke City on 3 August 2006 for an initial fee of £225,000,^[3] and quickly cemented a regular place in the starting line-up. Higginbotham has played left back on numerous occasions, however the majority of his appearances have been as a centre back (his preferred position). In February 2007, he was awarded the club captaincy following Michael Duberry's departure to Reading.

[edit] Sunderland (2007-present)

On 28 August 2007 it was announced that a bid from Sunderland had been accepted by Stoke City, after Higginbotham had handed a transfer request to the club.^[4] Higginbotham signed a four year deal with Sunderland the following day, moving for a fee of £2.5 million, possibly rising to £3 million dependent on appearances.^[5]

On 10 November 2007, Higginbotham scored the opening goal for Sunderland which was believed to come off his ear in a 1–1 draw with arch-rivals Newcastle United at the Stadium of Light.

[edit] Honours

Southampton

• FA Cup finalist: 2003

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Danny Higginbotham career stats at Soccerbase

Sporting positions
Preceded by Michael Duberry	Stoke City F.C. Captain 2007	Succeeded by Dominic Matteo
Awards
Preceded by Carl Hoefkens	Stoke City F.C. Player of the Year 2006-07	Succeeded by Incumbent

v • d • e Sunderland A.F.C. – current squad 1 Gordon • 2 Halford • 4 Etuhu • 5 Nosworthy • 6 McShane • 7 Edwards • 8 Whitehead • 9 Stokes • 10 K. Richardson • 11 Murphy • 12 Miller • 13 Ward • 14 Higginbotham • 15 Collins • 16 Chopra • 17 Jones • 18 Leadbitter • 19 Yorke • 20 Reid • 21 Anderson • 23 O'Donovan • 24 Carson • 25 Mvoto • 26 Bardsley • 28 Kavanagh • 29 Hartley • 31 Connolly • 32 Fülöp • 33 Wallace • 39 Waghorn • 40 Dowson • 44 Evans • 45 Prica • –– Arnau • Manager: Keane

Persondata
NAME	Higginbotham, Danny
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Footballer
DATE OF BIRTH	29 December 1978
PLACE OF BIRTH	Manchester, England
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH