Kris Boyd

Football player infobox


playername = Kris Boyd
fullname = Kris Boyd
height = height|m=1.83
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1983|8|18
cityofbirth = Irvine
countryofbirth = Scotland
currentclub = Rangers
clubnumber = 9
position = Striker
years = 2000–2006
2006–
clubs = Kilmarnock
Rangers
caps(goals) = 153 (63)Some sources incorrectly state he scored 64 goals for Kilmarnock]
082 (54)
nationalyears = 2006–
nationalteam = Scotland
nationalcaps(goals) = 015 0(7)
pcupdate = 25 September, 2008
ntupdate = 14 September, 2008

Kris Boyd (born August 18 1983 in Irvine, Ayrshire) is a Scottish professional footballer currently playing for Scottish Premier League side Rangers as well as the Scottish national team. Boyd is currently the second highest goalscorer in the history of the SPL, with 117 goals.

Club career

Kilmarnock

Boyd started his career with Kilmarnock and made his debut for the club when came on the last day of the 2000-01 season against Celtic, this was also the last match of Ally McCoist's career. The following season, with the departures of McCoist and Christophe Cocard, he was given his chance to stake a place in the team, eventually hitting five goals during the season.

During 2002-03 season, he scored 12 times and won the Kilmarnock Young Player of the Year award. The following season was even better for Boyd, when he netted fifteen goals.

Goals kept coming for Boyd in 2004-05, and he almost set a SPL record when he scored five of Kilmarnock's goals against Dundee United in September 2004.cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/scot_prem/3684144.stm|title=Kilmarnock 5-2 Dundee Utd|publisher=BBC Sport website|date=September 25, 2004] He also had a sixth goal disallowed, which he himself described as "perfectly good".cite news|url=http://www.fourfourtwo.premiumtv.co.uk/page/TheBoys/0,,11442~634988,00.html|title=The Boy's A Bit Special - Kris Boyd|publisher=FourFourTwo]

2005-06 saw Boyd in prolific form for Kilmarnock, which attracted interest from English First Division sides Cardiff City and Sheffield Wednesday, however despite £500,000 offers from both clubs, Boyd rejected the moves.cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/c/cardiff_city/4183208.stm|title=Boyd says no to Cardiff approach|publisher=BBC Sport website|date=August 25, 2005]

Rangers

2005-06

On December 22 2005 it was announced that Boyd would sign for Rangers in the January transfer window [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/k/kilmarnock/4551646.stm "Striker Boyd seals Rangers move"] BBC Sport website, 22 December, 2005] . Boyd officially joined Rangers on January 1 2006. In an unusual move, he waived half of his £40,000 signing on fee, which Kilmarnock were due to pay him under the terms of his contract, to help fund the youth set up which benefited his early career.cite news|url=http://www.killiefc.com/Do%20You%20Remember/Kris%20Boyd.htm|publisher=killiefc.com|title=Do You Remember...Kris Boyd?]

He made his Rangers debut on January 7 2006 against Peterhead in the Scottish Cup third round, in which he scored a hat-trick - sealing a 5-0 win.cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/scot_cups/4584896.stm|publisher=BBC Sport website|title=Rangers 5-0 Peterhead|date=January 7, 2006] He went on to score 20 goals in 17 starts for Rangers in the second half of the season, out of a total 37 between Rangers and Kilmarnock. He was also the first player to finish top scorer at two clubs in one season, having scored 17 goals for Kilmarnock before his move.cite news|url=http://sport.scotsman.com/topics.cfm?tid=71&id=594132006|title=Boyd admits Le Guen factor is in effect|publisher=The Scotsman|date=April 20, 2006] Boyd finished second top scorer in Europe for the season and signed a one year extension to his contract. [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/r/rangers/5148450.stm "Boyd signs Rangers deal extension"] BBC Sport website, 4 July, 2006]

2006-07

Having been suspended for the first match of the 2006-07 season, he was left out of the starting XI by new manager Paul Le Guen for the next two games, where Rangers drew 2-2 with Dundee United and 1-1 with Dunfermline. He started the next game on August 19 2006 against Hearts, scoring both goals in a 2-0 win. Boyd continued his scoring streak against former club Kilmarnock the following week, scoring two goals in a 2-2 draw. He also scored a 30 yard volley against Dunfermline in the CIS cup after Allan McGregor picked him out with the ball from some 85 yards.cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/scot_cups/5359408.stm|title=Dunfermline 0-2 Rangers|publisher=BBC Sport website|date=September 20, 2006]

After scoring a penalty against Motherwell in January 2007, Boyd was involved in controversy when, following a dispute between manager Paul Le Guen and club captain Barry Ferguson resulting in Ferguson being stripped of the captaincy and dropped from the team, he held up six fingers, reportedly in a defiant show of solidarity for Ferguson who occupied the number 6 jersey.cite news|url=http://www.soccerphile.com/soccerphile/news/scot-premier/scottish-premier-2.html#rangers|title=Scottish Premier League Update - January 2007|publisher=Soccerphile] Manager Le Guen left the club days later and was replaced by Scotland manager Walter Smith.Boyd scored a double in Walter Smith's first game back at Ibrox against Dundee Utd, and continued his scoring streak against Kilmarnock with a hat-trick against them in a 3-1 win in February 2007. On March 17, he scored a hat-trick against Aberdeen in a 3-0 win at Ibrox.

Boyd scored his 100th SPL goal, and his first against Celtic, in an Old Firm match on May 5, the first in a 2-0 victory for Rangers.cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/scot_prem/6621893.stm|title=Rangers 2-0 Celtic |publisher=BBC Sport website|date=May 5, 2007]

2007-08

His 50th and 51st goals in all competitions for Rangers came in a League Cup match against East Fife on September 26 2007, 627 days after his debut. This made him the second fastest Rangers player ever to reach 50 goals for the club, behind Jim Forrest.cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/scot_cups/7015509.stm|title=Smith delighted for 50-goal Boyd |publisher=BBC Sport website|date=26 September, 2007] Boyd scored his fifth hat-trick for Rangers during a 6-0 Scottish Cup win against East Stirling.cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/scot_cups/7203278.stm|title=Rangers 6-0 East Stirlingshire|publisher=BBC Sport website|date=23 January, 2008]

He won the first trophy of his career on March 16, 2008 when Rangers defeated Dundee United to win the 2008 Scottish League Cup Final. Boyd scored both of Rangers' goals in the 2-2 draw and scored the winning penalty in the subsequent penalty shootout.cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/scot_cups/7296157.stm|title=Dundee United 2-2 Rangers|publisher=BBC Sport website|date=March 16, 2008] He also helped Rangers to the 2008 Scottish Cup by netting a double during the 3-2 final win over Queen of the South.

2008-09

The new season began with Boyd being the centre of a failed transfer bid by English First Division side Cardiff City.cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/r/rangers/7465464.stm|title=Cardiff preparing fresh Boyd bid|publisher=BBC Sport website|date=21 June, 2008] His first goal of he season came during a league match against Hearts, netting a 92nd minute penalty. [cite web | date = 2008-16-08 | title = Rangers 2-0 Hearts | url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/scot_prem/7561735.stm | publisher = BBC Sport website]

International career

Boyd was a regular in the Scotland under-21 team.cite news|url=http://www.scottishfa.co.uk/scotland_matches.cfm?curpageid=491|title=Challenge Matches 2003-2004|publisher=Scottish Football Association website]

On May 11 2006 he made his debut for the Scotland national team and scored twice in a 5-1 win over Bulgaria in the Kirin Cup.cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/internationals/4760205.stm|title=Scotland 5-1 Bulgaria|publisher=BBC Sport website|date=May 11, 2006] Boyd extended his fine international form into European Championship qualifying, scoring twice against Faroe Islands in a 6-0 win and also against Georgia in a 2-1 win, his 5th goal in six games. cite news
url = http://www.scottishfa.co.uk/match_details.cfm?matchid=63810|title=Scotland v Georgia|publisher=The SFA Website|date=14 November 2007]

International goals

Rangers statistics

Honours

With Rangers

References

External links

*soccerbase|id=24762|name=Kris Boyd
*SFA Profile|id=24279|name=Kris Boyd