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19 Facts About Kallum Higginbotham

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Kallum Michael Higginbotham was born on 15 June 1989 and is an English footballer who plays as a winger for Scottish League Two club East Fife FC.

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Kallum Higginbotham was later loaned to Accrington Stanley, having fallen out of favour.

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Kallum Higginbotham joined Scottish First Division side Falkirk in June 2010, where he enjoyed two successful seasons with the club.

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Kallum Higginbotham left Falkirk in 2012 and joined Huddersfield Town, where he spent the majority of his time on loan at Barnsley, Carlisle and Motherwell.

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Kallum Higginbotham failed to establish himself at Huddersfield and subsequently joined newly promoted Scottish Premiership side Partick Thistle in 2013.

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Kallum Higginbotham had three seasons at Kelty Hearts until he left the club to join Tranent.

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Kallum Higginbotham was released by Oldham one year into his youth trainee contract, and joined Rochdale to complete the last year, hoping to persuade manager Keith Hill to offer him a professional contract.

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Kallum Higginbotham's debut came for Rochdale in a friendly against Rossendale United, in which he scored the winning goal.

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On 31 January 2012, just as the transfer window closed, Kallum Higginbotham headed back to England to join Football League One side Huddersfield Town on a two-and-a-half-year deal, despite interest from both Rangers and Celtic as well as Championship clubs Crystal Palace and Ipswich Town.

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On 20 September 2012, Kallum Higginbotham joined Carlisle United on a 3-month loan deal.

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On 9 January 2013, after still not getting a chance to stake his claim at Huddersfield, Kallum Higginbotham returned to Scotland to join Scottish Premier League side Motherwell on loan for the season.

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Kallum Higginbotham signed for Scottish Premiership side Partick Thistle on a two-year deal on 8 August 2013.

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On 25 June 2015, Kallum Higginbotham signed a two-year deal with Kilmarnock.

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Kallum Higginbotham's first start for the Pars came in the same competition, against Fife rivals Cowdenbeath.

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Once again, Kallum Higginbotham helped to create a goal for his side, this time coming in the form of a free-kick which was headed in goal by defender Lee Ashcroft to put Dunfermline two-nil up.

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Kallum Higginbotham was released in May 2019 after spending three seasons with the side.

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Shortly after leaving Dunfermline, Kallum Higginbotham signed with I-League club Real Kashmir.

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Kallum Higginbotham became the Kashmiri side's new foreigner in 2019 and the first English footballer in team history.

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Kallum Higginbotham previously played youth football for Salford Lads' Club, and worked as a scaffolder.