Kyle Thomas Vassell (born 7 February 1993) is a professional footballer who plays as a striker for and captains Scottish Premiership side Kilmarnock.

[3][4] Vassell began his career as a schoolboy at Norwich City and joined Brentford at age 15 after having difficulty with commuting from his London home to Norfolk.

[6] He failed to feature in the first team while at Brentford and spent work experience loan spells at Conference South sides Woking[7] and St Albans City during the 2010–11 season.

[citation needed] Vassell signed non-contract terms with Conference South side Sutton United on 30 November 2011[14] and scored on his debut in a 1–0 Surrey Senior Cup win over Epsom & Ewell on 6 December.

[14] During the 2011–12 season, he made fifteen Sutton appearances, scored seven goals and helped the club into the Conference South playoffs, where they were knocked out in the semi-finals by Welling United.

[25] Vassell was the subject of national attention[5][10] when Bishop's Stortford's FA Cup first round tie with League Two side Northampton Town was chosen to be screened by ITV.

[26] Vassell started the match on 10 November, but suffered a dead leg[25] early in the second half and was substituted as Northampton ran out 2–1 winners.

Vassell was an unused substitute for a 3–2 league defeat to former club Brentford on 26 November[citation needed] and his third Posh appearance came in the return fixture on 1 January 2014.

Vassell scored his first goal for the club in a 2–2 Football League Trophy Southern Area Final first leg draw at home to Swindon Town on 5 February.

[39] Vassell moved overseas for the first time in his career on 17 January 2022, signing with USL Championship club San Diego Loyal SC.

[42] In October 2018, Kyle Vassell was called up to the Northern Ireland squad for the first time, for their Nations League matches away to Austria and Bosnia and Herzegovina.