David Hopkin

David Hopkin
Personal information
Full name David Isaac Hopkin[1]
Date of birth (1970-08-21) 21 August 1970 (age 54)
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.

  1. ^ "David Hopkin". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 15 April 2017.