Robert Hopkins (footballer)

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Robert Hopkins
Personal information
Full name	Robert Arthur Hopkins
Date of birth	(1961-10-25) 25 October 1961
Place of birth	Birmingham, England
Height	5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)^[1]
Playing position	Winger
Youth career
1977–1979	Aston Villa
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1979–1983	Aston Villa	3	(1)
1983–1986	Birmingham City	123	(20)
1986–1987	Manchester City	7	(1)
1987–1989	West Bromwich Albion	83	(11)
1989–1991	Birmingham City	50	(9)
1991–1992	Shrewsbury Town	27	(3)
1992	Instant-Dict
1993	Colchester United	14	(1)
1993–19??	Solihull Borough
1999–19??	Bromsgrove Rovers
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Robert Arthur Hopkins (born 25 October 1961 in Hall Green, Birmingham) is an English former professional footballer who played as a winger. He started his playing career at Aston Villa with whom he won the FA Youth Cup in 1980. He played more than 300 games in the Football League for Aston Villa, Birmingham City (in two spells), Manchester City, West Bromwich Albion, Shrewsbury Town and Colchester United. He also played in Hong Kong for Instant-Dict and for non-League clubs Solihull Borough and Bromsgrove Rovers. While at Birmingham, the club he has supported since childhood, he helped the club to win promotion to the First Division in 1985 and the Leyland DAF Cup in 1991.

In 2012, Hopkins was one of seven former players elected to Birmingham City's Hall of Fame.^[2]

Honours

with Aston Villa
- FA Youth Cup winner 1980.
- Southern Junior Floodlit Cup winner 1980.
with Birmingham City
- Second Division promotion 1985.
- Leyland DAF Cup winner 1991.

Matthews, Tony (1995). Birmingham City: A Complete Record. Derby: Breedon Books. p. 99. ISBN 978-1-85983-010-9.
Robert Hopkins at Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Database.

↑ Rollin, Jack, ed. (1990). Rothmans Football Yearbook 1990–91 (21st ed.). Queen Anne Press. p. 84. ISBN 0-356-17911-7.
↑ "The magnificent seven". Birmingham City F.C. 9 March 2012. Retrieved 11 March 2012.

Persondata
Name	Hopkins, Robert
Alternative names	Hopkins, Robert Arthur
Short description	Professional footballer
Date of birth	1961-10-25
Place of birth	Hall Green, Birmingham, England
Date of death
Place of death

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