Born on 18 March 1983 in Irvinek Kris Boyd is a Scottish professional footballer currently playing for Rangers in the Scottish Premier League.
Boyd started his career with Kilmarnock and made his debut for the club when came on the last day of the 2000/2001 against Celtic.
The departures of Ally McCoist and Christopher Cocard gave Boyd a chance to stake a place in the team. In 2001/2002 he hit 5 goals.
2002/2003 saw him hit 12 goals and pick up the Kilmarnock Young Player of the Year award. He was also a regular in the Scotland Under-21 team.
2003/2004 was even better for Boyd who hit 15 goals. He even spent a trial with Wolverhampton Wanderers at the start of the campaign. The move never happened but gave Boyd a taste of the big time.
Goals kept coming for Boyd in 2004/2005 and he almost set a record for himself when scored all 5 of Kilmarnocks goals against Dundee United in September 2004 which saw Kilmarnock win 5-2. He did actually score 6 goals but one was harshly ruled out for an infringement. He managed to equal the record of number of goals scored in a single match set by Kenny Miller who managed 5 against St Mirren for Rangers in 2001.
2005/2006 has seen Boyd in blistering form for Kilmarnock, which attracted interest from English Championship side Cardiff City, however despite a £500,000 offer, Boyd rejected the move.
On 22 December 2005 it was announced that Boyd would sign for Rangers in the January transfer window. Boyd officially joined Rangers on 1 January 2006. In an unprecedented move he waved half of his £40,000 signing on fee, that Kilmarnock were due to pay him under his contract to help fund the youth set up which benefited his career at Kilmarnock.
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.
It is now widely expected that he will shortly obtain his first full Scotland cap.
