David Hopkirk

David Hopkirk (born 17 January 1993) is a Scottish professional footballer who plays as a forward for Stenhousemuir.[1]

David Hopkirk
Personal information
Date of birth (1993-01-17) 17 January 1993
Place of birth Clydebank, Scotland
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Forward
Club information
Current team
 Stenhousemuir
Youth career
2009–2010 Hamilton Academical
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2011 Hamilton Academical 8 (0)
2011–2012 Heart of Midlothian 0 (0)
2012–2013 Queen of the South 5 (1)
2012 → Annan Athletic (loan) 3 (5)
2013–2015 Annan Athletic 59 (17)
2015–2017 Dunfermline Athletic 59 (9)
2018 Derry City 3 (1)
2018 Clyde 0 (0)
2019– Stenhousemuir 0 (0)
National team‡
2011 Scotland U19 2 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20:09, 23 April 2018 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 6 September 2011

Hopkirk, who started his career with Hamilton Academical, has previously played for Heart of Midlothian, Queen of the South, Annan Athletic, Dunfermline Athletic, Derry City and briefly for Clyde.

Career

After initially playing with their youth team, Hopkirk signed an 18-month professional contract with Hamilton Academical in February 2010.[2] After signing a contract extension in May of that year,[3] Hopkirk made his professional debut for the club in the Scottish Premier League on 13 November 2010, aged 17, in a 3–1 home defeat against Inverness Caledonian Thistle.[4] Hopkirk was released by Accies on 22 September 2011.[5] Following his release, he trained with West Bromwich Albion. Cardiff City and Ipswich Town were also interested in signing him.[6]

Hopkirk spent a few months of the 2011–12 season in the reserves at Hearts, though he did not formally sign for them. He later signed with Queen of the South on 9 August 2012[7] and was then loaned out to Annan Athletic for the month of November 2012, before returning to Queens at the start of December 2012. When his contract ended with Queens on 31 December 2012, Hopkirk signed permanently for Annan Athletic on 1 January 2013.[8][9] After spending two years with the Scottish League Two side, Hopkirk moved up a division, signing for Dunfermline Athletic during the winter transfer period in 2015.[10] Hopkirk made his first start for the side against Ayr United, scoring once in a 2–0 victory.[11] Hopkirk spent almost three years with the Fife side before being released on 9 November 2017.[12]

Hopkirk subsequently signed a pre-contract agreement with League of Ireland Premier Division club Derry City on 28 November 2017, which would see him join the club officially in January 2018.[13] Hopkirk left Northern Ireland in May 2018, after scoring one goal in only four appearances in his short spell. He signed for Scottish League Two club Clyde shortly after leaving Derry,[14] but failed to make an appearance and was released in October.[15]

International career

He made his international debut for the Scotland under-19 team in May 2011.[16]

Career statistics
As of 22 May 2018
Club Season League Scottish Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Hamilton Academical 2010–11[17] Scottish Premier League 5000000050
2011–12[18] Scottish First Division 3000001141
Total 8000001191
Heart of Midlothian 2011–12[18] Scottish Premier League 0000000000
Queen of the South 2012–13[19] Scottish Second Division 5100001061
Annan Athletic 2012–13[19][20] Scottish Third Division 3500000035
185000000185
2013–14[21] Scottish League Two 197411031279
2014–15[22] 225411110287
Total 62228221417626
Dunfermline Athletic 2014–15[22] Scottish League One 121000000121
2015–16[23] 284103020344
2016–17[24] Scottish Championship 112100010132
2017–18[25] 82001010102
Total 599204040699
Derry City 2018[26] Premier Division 3100100041
Clyde 2018–19[26] Scottish League Two 0000000000
Career total 137331027110216338

Honours

Club
Dunfermline Athletic

References
  1. David Hopkirk at Soccerway. Retrieved 23 April 2018.
  2. "Hamilton sign Dougie Imrie from Inverness Caley Thistle". BBC Sport. 1 February 2010. Retrieved 14 November 2010.
  3. "Hamilton Accies part with 11 players". BBC Sport. 12 May 2010. Retrieved 14 November 2010.
  4. "Hamilton 1 – 3 Inverness CT". BBC Sport. 13 November 2010. Retrieved 14 November 2010.
  5. "Midfielder Released". Hamilton Academical F.C. Archived from the original on 15 June 2012.
  6. "Baggies lead chase for Hopkirk". Football 365. 7 October 2011. Archived from the original on 10 October 2011. Retrieved 7 October 2011.
  7. "David Hopkirk Signs Up". Queen of the South F.C. 9 August 2012.
  8. https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/local-sport/two-new-players-for-annan-2543513
  9. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 23 April 2012. Retrieved 7 December 2012.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  10. "Hopkirk signs for Pars". DAFC.co.uk. 30 January 2015.
  11. "Ayr 0–2 Dunfermline". BBC Sport. 31 January 2015. Retrieved 12 October 2015.
  12. "Hopkirk departs". Dunfermline Athletic FC. 9 November 2017. Retrieved 9 November 2017.
  13. McLaughlin, Kevin (28 November 2017). "Football: Derry City sign five players". Derry Journal. Johnston Publishing Ltd. Retrieved 28 November 2017.
  14. "New signing: David Hopkirk". Clyde FC. 22 May 2018. Retrieved 22 May 2018.
  15. "Hopkirk contract terminated". Clyde FC. 24 October 2018. Retrieved 25 February 2019.
  16. "Profile". Scottish Football Association.
  17. "Games played by David Hopkirk in 2010/2011". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 23 May 2017.
  18. "Games played by David Hopkirk in 2011/2012". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 23 May 2017.
  19. "Games played by David Hopkirk in 2012/2013". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 23 May 2017.
  20. First 3 appearances were on loan
  21. "Games played by David Hopkirk in 2013/2014". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 23 May 2017.
  22. "Games played by David Hopkirk in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 23 May 2017.
  23. "Games played by David Hopkirk in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 23 May 2017.
  24. "Games played by David Hopkirk in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 23 May 2017.
  25. "Games played by David Hopkirk in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 19 June 2017.
  26. "Games played by David Hopkirk in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 17 March 2018.
  27. McLaughlin, Brian (26 March 2016). "Dunfermline 3 – 1 Brechin City". BBC Sport. BBC. Retrieved 28 December 2016.
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