director of new A-League club Gold Coast United has announced that Higgins will be signed by the club for the 2009–10 season. On 30 September 2008, he was announced along with goalkeeper Jess Vanstrattan as Gold Coast United's inaugural signings. Coaching At the conclusion of the 2010–11 A-League season Higgins retired and joined the staff at GCU as goalkeeping coach. Politics Higgins was an unsuccessful candidate for the 2013 federal election in the Australian Senate representing Queensland for the Palmer United Party. References External links Gold Coast United profile Oz Football profile 1976 births Living people Sportspeople from Cairns Soccer players from Queensland Association football goalkeepers Australian soccer players Australian expatriate soccer players Expatriate footballers in Israel Expatriate footballers in Scotland A-League Men players National Soccer League (Australia) players Scottish Premier League players Israeli Premier League players Brisbane Strikers FC players Falkirk F.C. players Gold Coast United FC players Maccabi Herzliya F.C. players Brisbane Roar FC players Expatriate association footballers in New Zealand Wellington Phoenix FC players United Australia Party (2013) politicians