Everything about Kris Boyd totally explained
| dateofbirth =
| cityofbirth =
Irvine
| countryofbirth =
Scotland
| currentclub =
Rangers
| clubnumber = 9
| position =
Striker
| contractend =
30 June 2010
| years = 2000–2006
2006–
| clubs =
KilmarnockRangers
| caps(goals) = 153 (63)
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 114 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, also the last match of
Ally McCoist's career. The following season, the 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 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 record for himself when scored all five of Kilmarnock's goals against
Dundee United in September 2004. He also had a sixth goal disallowed, which he described as "perfectly good".
2005-06 saw Boyd in prolific form for Kilmarnock, which attracted interest from English
Championship sides
Cardiff City and
Sheffield Wednesday, however despite £500,000 offers from both clubs, Boyd rejected the moves.
Rangers
On
December 22 2005 it was announced that Boyd would sign for
Rangers in the January transfer window . 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.
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. Boyd finished second top scorer in Europe for the season and signed a one year extension to his contract.
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.
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. 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. 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. Boyd scored his fifth hat-trick for
Rangers during a 6-0
Scottish Cup win against
East Stirling.
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.
International career
Boyd was a regular in the
Scotland under-21 team.
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.
International goals
| # |
Date |
Venue |
Opponent |
Score |
Result |
Competition |
| 1. |
May 11, 2006 |
Kobe, Japan |
|
1-0 |
5-1 |
Kirin Cup |
| 2. |
May 11, 2006 |
Kobe, Japan |
|
2-1 |
5-1 |
Kirin Cup |
| 3. |
September 2, 2006 |
Glasgow, Scotland |
|
3-0 |
6-0 |
UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying |
| 4. |
September 2, 2006 |
Glasgow, Scotland |
|
5-0 |
6-0 |
UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying |
| 5. |
March 23, 2007 |
Glasgow, Scotland |
|
1-0 |
2-1 |
UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying |
| 6. |
August 22, 2007 |
Aberdeen, Scotland |
|
1-0 |
1-0 |
Friendly match |
| 7. |
September 8, 2007 |
Glasgow, Scotland |
|
1-0 |
3-1 |
UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying |
Rangers statistics
Correct as of 24 May 2008
Honours
With
Rangers
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