Kris Boyd Football player

Kris Boyd (born 18 August 1983) is a Scottish professional footballer who currently plays as a striker for Rangers in the Scottish Championship.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 there after five months and moved to the Portland Timbers in Major League Soccer in 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.

Personal facts

Kris Boyd
Birth dateAugust 18, 1983
Birth place
Irvine North Ayrshire , Scotland national football team
Height (meters)1.85

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Football player

position
Forward (association football)
teams
Middlesbrough F.C.
Kilmarnock F.C.
Eskişehirspor
Nottingham Forest F.C.
Rangers F.C.
Scotland national under-21 football team
Scotland national football B team
Scotland national football team
Portland Timbers

Kris Boyd on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://www.rangers.co.uk/teams/first-team/item/7529-kris-boyd