Kris Boyd biography: Argentina Footballer

Kris Boyd biography Soccer player

Scottish football player
Senior clubs
Club App (Gls)
Kilmarnock 153 (64)
Rangers 47 (37)
National team
Scotland 7 (5)

Date of birth (Irvine) August 18, 1983

Irvine (Gaelic: Irbhinn) is a coastal new town in North Ayrshire, Scotland.

Height 183cm
Playing position: Striker

Senior club appearances and goals counted for domestic league only and correct as 5 May 2007. National team caps and goals correct as 28 March 2007.
Boyd started his career with Kilmarnock and made his debut for the club on the last day of the 2000-01 season against Celtic, also a last match of Ally McCoist's career. The following season, departures of McCoist and Christophe Cocard gave Boyd a chance to stake a place in the team, he eventually hit five goals during the season.

During 2002-03 season he scored twelve times and won the Kilmarnock Young Player of the Year award. He was also a regular in the Scotland under 21 team. The following season was even better for Boyd, when he netted 15 goals.

Goals kept coming for Boyd in 2004-05, and he almost set a record for himself when scored all five of Kilmarnock's goals against Dundee United in September 2004. He also had a sixth goal disallowed

2005-06 saw Boyd in blistering form for Kilmarnock, which attracted interest from Championship sides Cardiff City and Sheffield Wednesday, however despite £500,000 offers from both clubs, Boyd rejected the moves.

Rangers career
On December 22, 2005 it was announced that Boyd would sign for Rangers in the January transfer window. Boyd joined Rangers on January 1, 2006 with a compensation package worth in the region of £500,000. In an unusual move he waived half of his £40,000 signing on fee, which Kilmarnock were due to pay him under terms of his contract, to help fund the youth set up which benefited his career.

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. 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. Kris finished 2nd top scorer in Europe for the season 05-06. 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 19 August 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.

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 6 fingers, reportedly in a defiant show of solidarity for Ferguson who occupied the number 6 jersey. 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. He 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.

Scotland career
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. 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.

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