Player Profile: Kris Boyd

Full Name: Kris Boyd

Nickname: Boydie / Boomer

Squad No: 9

Position: Striker

Date of Birth: 18th August 1983

Birth Place: Irvine

Height: 6ft 0ins

Former Clubs: Killie Youth

Signed for Killie: 1st August 1999

Contract Ends: 1st May 2006

Notes: Kris has proved to be a bit of a goal scoring enigma at every stage of his career, including goals for the Scotland Under 18's and Under 21's. He had a pretty slow start when he was introduced to the first team after working his way through the Killie youth system but once he found his bearing there was just no stopping him and he's topped the hotshot charts ever since. Such a prolific player is always going to attract the attention of 'bigger' clubs and indeed he went on trial to Premiership club Wolves in 2003, but fortunately they had to spend their cash on a new defence. Boomer is good with his feet and good in the air and has a real knack for hitting the target...scoring some pretty spectacular goals in the process. Winner of the killiefc.com Young Player of the Year Award 2002-03 and the Player of the Year Award 2003-04.  There is no higher praise than that!   Kris nearly left Killie in Aug of 2005, after netting 3 goals in the first 4 SPL matches of the 05-06 campaign, for Cardiff City, but did a last min "180"! He is/was expected to leave in either Jan or May 2006. Stay tuned! As of Dec 3rd 2005, Kris was tied with Rudi Skacel (of Hearts) who on 13 SPL goals(15 if you include Kris's 2 in the CIS cup!). Update: Kris represented Killie in the Scotland "B" international at Rugby Park on Dec 6th 2005, where the Scots ran 2-0 winners.

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