Kallum Higginbotham

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Kallum Higginbotham
Personal information
Full name	Kallum Higginbotham
Date of birth	June 15, 1989 (1989-06-15) (age 18)
Place of birth	Manchester, England
Playing position	Winger
Club information
Current club	Rochdale
Number	18
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2007-	Rochdale	10 (1)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19:28, 4 October 2007 (UTC). * Appearances (Goals)

Kallum Higginbotham (born 15th June 1989 in Salford, England) is an English footballer who currently plays as winger for Rochdale.

Kallum started his football career at Salford City FC before joining Oldham Athletic at 18 years of age. Despite a half-decent scoring record in the reserves at Oldham he never made it into the first team at Boundary Park. His most notable moment while at the Latics was his hattrick in the Lancs Youth Cup Final, ironically against his current employers Rochdale.

Kallum was released by Oldham one years into his Youth Trainee contract, and joined the Dale to complete the last year, hoping to persuade manager Keith Hill to offer him a professional contract. Higginbotham will wear the number 18 shirt for the 07/08 season. His debut came for Rochdale in a friendly against Rossendale United, in which Kallum scored the winning goal.

Since the start of October 2007, Kallum has been a regular in the first-team at Spotland, finding himself in favour over out-of-sorts winger Ben Muirhead. Kallum's first league goal came on 5th December when he scored against Accrington Stanley in a 2-1 win for Rochdale.

v • d • e Rochdale A.F.C. – current squad 1 Spencer • 2 Ramsden • 3 Kennedy • 4 Stanton • 5 Doolan • 7 Muirhead • 8 Jones • 9 Dagnall • 10 le Fondre • 11 Rundle • 12 D'Laryea • 15 Thompson • 16 Perkins • 18 Higginbotham • 19 Thorpe • 20 Evans • 21 Russell • 23 McArdle • 30 Buckley • 31 Holness • Manager: Hill