Kevin Alastair Kyle (born 7 June 1981) is a Scottish retired footballer and media personality who played as a centre forward.

In 2012, Kyle joined Rangers, where he made eight league appearances and scored three goals, and won the Third Division title as the club began its climb back to top tier.

[4] It was on loan at Darlington that Kyle scored his first career goals, notching against Sudbury in the FA Cup and Mansfield Town in the league.

[8][9][10] He returned to first team action in February 2006, scoring his first and only Premier League goal in March 2006, away to Manchester City,[11] in a season that saw Sunderland relegated on a then-record low points tally.

Out of favour with the Sky Blues and despised by their fans,[13] he traded a relegation battle with Coventry for a promotion push with a loan to fellow Championship side Wolverhampton Wanderers during the latter half of the 2007–08 season,[14] reuniting him with his former Sunderland boss Mick McCarthy.

[23] In the games following the 2008–2009 season Scottish Premier League split, Kyle scored all of Kilmarnock's goals in a draw with Falkirk and victories against St Mirren and Inverness Caledonian Thistle thus helping the team secure 8th place and SPL survival.

[24] He started where he left off by scoring twice in the opening day 3–0 home victory over Hamilton and his good form won him a recall to the Scotland squad after an absence of five years.

[citation needed] In January 2010, he relinquished the club captaincy following his involvement in the events that ultimately led to the departure of manager Jim Jefferies.

[26][27] Kyle became unhappy at Kilmarnock and went on trial with Russian side PFC Spartak Nalchik with a view to join them at the end of the season when his current deal expired but rejected a move.

[28] Whilst playing in a trial match there he picked up an injury,[29] angering manager Calderwood as he missed key games for the club.

[30] Kyle signed a two-year contract with Hearts on 3 June 2010, which reunited him with Jim Jefferies,[31] making his debut on 14 August 2010 against St Johnstone as a 66th-minute substitute.

[48] Kyle made his Rangers debut on the same day as signing as a substitute at home to East Fife in the League Cup first round.

[52] Kyle has represented Scotland at under-21,[53] and at full international level making ten appearances scoring once, against a Hong Kong League XI during the HKSAR Reunification Cup in May 2002.

[55] 2014s Navy League Winners (Manager) Kevin entered the BDO Scottish Open darts tournament in 2016, reaching the last 256.

[62] After retiring, Kyle worked in the Shetland Islands for two years, doing 18-day stints of 12-hour shifts as a room-keeper on the MS Regina Baltica cruiseferry.