Personal information | |||
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Full name | David Isaac Hopkin[1] | ||
Date of birth | 21 August 1970 | ||
Place of birth | Greenock, Scotland | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Youth career | |||
Port Glasgow Rangers B.C. | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1989–1992 | Greenock Morton | 48 | (4) |
1992–1995 | Chelsea | 40 | (1) |
1995–1997 | Crystal Palace | 83 | (21) |
1997–2000 | Leeds United | 73 | (6) |
2000–2001 | Bradford City | 21 | (0) |
2001–2002 | Crystal Palace | 39 | (4) |
2002–2003 | Greenock Morton | 11 | (1) |
Total | 291 | (39) | |
International career | |||
1997–1999 | Scotland | 7 | (2) |
Managerial career | |||
2015–2018 | Livingston | ||
2018–2019 | Bradford City | ||
2019–2020 | Greenock Morton | ||
2021 | Ayr United | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
David Isaac Hopkin (born 21 August 1970) is a Scottish professional football coach and former player who was most recently the manager of Ayr United.
As a player he was a midfielder from 1989 until 2003, notably in the English Premier League including spells with Chelsea, Leeds United and Bradford City. He also played in the Football League for Crystal Palace. He started and finished his career in his native Scotland with Greenock Morton. He earned seven caps for Scotland, scoring two goals.
Since retiring as a player he has worked as a coach at Greenock Morton and Livingston, becoming head coach of Livingston in 2015. Hopkin guided Livingston to successive promotions in 2017 and 2018, but opted to leave the club in May 2018. He then had short spells as manager of, successively, Bradford City, Greenock Morton and Ayr United.