Kris Boyd
Boyd playing for Rangers in 2008
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Kris Boyd | ||
| Date of birth | 18 August 1983 | ||
| Place of birth | Irvine, Scotland | ||
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Kilmarnock | ||
| Number | 9 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1999–2001 | Kilmarnock | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2001–2006 | Kilmarnock | 153 | (63) |
| 2006–2010 | Rangers | 143 | (101) |
| 2010–2011 | Middlesbrough | 27 | (6) |
| 2011 | → Nottingham Forest (loan) | 10 | (6) |
| 2011 | Eskişehirspor | 2 | (0) |
| 2012 | Portland Timbers | 26 | (7) |
| 2013–2014 | Kilmarnock | 44 | (25) |
| 2014–2015 | Rangers | 31 | (3) |
| 2015– | Kilmarnock | 49 | (11) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2002–2005 | Scotland U21 | 8 | (1) |
| 2003–2006 | Scotland B | 3 | (0) |
| 2006–2010 | Scotland | 18 | (7) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 00:13, 5 March 2017 (UTC). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 30 September 2010 |
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Kris Boyd (born 18 August 1983) is a Scottish professional footballer, who plays for Scottish Premiership club Kilmarnock.
Boyd grew up in the Ayrshire village of Tarbolton and started his senior career with Kilmarnock. He transferred to Rangers in January 2006, and was their top goalscorer in each of his seasons at Ibrox. He was the top goalscorer in the history of the Scottish Premier League, with 167 goals in total.
Boyd had a short spell in English football with Middlesbrough, during which time he was sent on loan to Nottingham Forest. He signed for Turkish club Eskişehirspor in 2011, but terminated his contract after five months and moved to the Portland Timbers in the Major League Soccer on January 2012. He later returned to both Kilmarnock and Rangers.
Having played several games for the Scotland U21 and Scotland B teams, Boyd received his first cap for the senior Scottish national team in 2006. He has scored seven goals in eighteen appearances for the senior national side.
As a youth, Boyd played in several trial matches as a right back for Rangers. He was let go, and became a striker when he joined the youth development program at Kilmarnock, ten miles from his home village, at the age of 12.
Boyd signed a senior contract with Kilmarnock at the age of sixteen on 25 August 1999, and made his debut for the club as a substitute on the last day of the 2000–01 season against Celtic. He was given his chance to stake a place in the team the following season with the departures of Ally McCoist (who finished his career the day of Boyd's debut) and Christophe Cocard, scoring four goals in total.
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