David Hopkin
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | David Isaac Hopkin | ||
| Date of birth | 21 August 1970 | ||
| Place of birth | Greenock, Scotland | ||
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
|
Current team
|
Livingston (head coach) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Port Glasgow Rangers B.C. | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1989–1992 | Greenock Morton | 48 | (4) |
| 1992–1995 | Chelsea | 41 | (1) |
| 1995–1997 | Crystal Palace | 83 | (21) |
| 1997–2000 | Leeds United | 73 | (6) |
| 2000–2001 | Bradford City | 11 | (0) |
| 2001–2002 | Crystal Palace | 29 | (4) |
| 2002–2003 | Greenock Morton | 6 | (1) |
| Total | 291 | (37) | |
| National team | |||
| 1997–1999 | Scotland | 7 | (2) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2003 | Greenock Morton (joint caretaker) | ||
| 2013 | Greenock Morton (caretaker) | ||
| 2015– | Livingston | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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David Isaac Hopkin (born 21 August 1970) is a Scottish former professional footballer, who is the head coach at Livingston.
As a player, he was a midfielder from 1989 until 2003 notably in the English Premier League with spells with Chelsea, Leeds United and Bradford City. He also played in the Football League for Crystal Palace and started and finished his career in his native Scotland with Greenock Morton. He earned 7 caps for Scotland, scoring 2 goals.
Hopkin started his career at Morton before earning a move to Premier League side Chelsea in 1992. He did not play many games for Chelsea and was later sold to Crystal Palace in 1995 for £850,000 just after their relegation from the Premier League.
At Selhurst Park he wrote himself into Palace folklore by scoring a 90th-minute winner in the 1997 Division One Play-off Final against Sheffield United, to put Palace into the Premier League. After two years with Palace, Hopkin moved on to Leeds United and then to their local rivals Bradford City.
He later went on to play for Crystal Palace again before returning to Scotland with his hometown club Greenock Morton in a player/coaching role – however he had to retire in 2003 due to a recurring ankle injury. During his second playing spell at Morton he scored twice, once in the League Cup against St Mirren and once in the league against Gretna.
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