Kevin Kyle
Kyle playing for Hearts in 2010
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Kevin Alistair Kyle | ||
| Date of birth | 7 June 1981 | ||
| Place of birth | Stranraer, Scotland | ||
| Height | 6 ft 3 in (191 cm) | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –1998 | Ayr United | ||
| 1998–2000 | Sunderland | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2000–2006 | Sunderland | 93 | (13) |
| 2000 | → Huddersfield Town (loan) | 4 | (0) |
| 2000–2001 | → Darlington (loan) | 5 | (1) |
| 2001 | → Rochdale (loan) | 6 | (0) |
| 2006–2009 | Coventry City | 44 | (5) |
| 2008 | → Wolverhampton Wanderers (loan) | 12 | (1) |
| 2008 | → Hartlepool United (loan) | 15 | (5) |
| 2009–2010 | Kilmarnock | 43 | (16) |
| 2010–2012 | Heart of Midlothian | 19 | (7) |
| 2012–2013 | Rangers | 8 | (3) |
| 2013–2014 | Ayr United | 24 | (5) |
| 2014 | Newton Stewart | 1 | (3) |
| Total | 274 | (59) | |
| National team | |||
| 2003 | Scotland Under −21 | 14 | (6) |
| 2002–2010 | Scotland | 10 | (1) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19:48, 25 March 2016 (UTC). |
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Kevin Alistair Kyle (born 7 June 1981) is a retired Scottish footballer, who played as a centre forward. He played for 11 senior clubs in his career mostly below top divisional level. Kyle gained 10 full Scotland international caps.
Kyle was born and grew up in Stranraer, Scotland where as well as playing for his school team and local amateur sides he was selected to play for Dumfries and Galloway region. Also in the same Dumfries and Galloway team was fellow Stranraer boy Allan Jenkins.
Kyle began his career as a youth at Ayr United before joining Sunderland in 1998, where he was a prolific scorer for their reserves. However, he was unable to force his way into a first team that boasted the striking talent of Kevin Phillips and Niall Quinn. Instead, he gained first team experience on loan with Huddersfield, Darlington and Rochdale. It was on loan at Darlington that Kyle scored his first career goals, notching against Sudbury in the FA Cup and Mansfield Town in the league.
After finally breaking into the Sunderland first team in the 2003–04 season he ended up as their joint top goalscorer with 16 goals to help them to the play-offs. However, he missed most of the following season owing to a hip injury and his recovery was aided by visits to Bayern Munich doctor Hans-Wilhelm Müller-Wohlfahrt. He returned to first team action in February 2006, scoring his first and only Premier League goal in March 2006, away to Manchester City, in a season that saw Sunderland relegated on a then-record low points tally.
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