Jamie Hopcutt

Jamie Ryan Hopcutt (born 23 June 1992) is an English professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Swedish club Östersund.

Regarding his playing style, Hopcutt was described as a "creative midfielder that can score goals, athletic with good balance and close ball control.

[11][12][13] Hopcutt left Ossett Town in 2011 and signed for Northern Counties East League side Tadcaster Albion.

[15] In December 2011, Hopcutt signed for Swedish third tier side Östersund as part of a scheme called 'League Football Education' which aims to obtain contracts abroad for players in the English league system, alongside Andrew Mills and Doug Bergqvist.

[16] It came after when he was spotted by Manager Graham Potter following his hat–trick performance during a trial day at Warwick University and invited him to Sweden, leading him to make an impression, which was enough to be signed by the club on a three-month deal.

[18] Since joining the club, he began playing in the "more central number nine or ten role" under Manager Potter.

[36] For his good performance since returning from injury, Hopcutt signed a new contract with Östersunds FK during the same month.

[37] Despite facing sidelined on two occasions towards the end of the season, Hopcutt went on to make twenty–five appearances and scoring nine times in all competitions.

[45] Towards the end of the 2015 season, he scored five more goals in the last four matches against GAIS (twice), Jönköpings Södra, Syrianska and Ljungskile.

[46] His goal against Syrianska saw Östersund secured promotion to the Swedish top flight, Allsvenskan, for the first time in their history following a second-place finish in the 2015 Superettan.

[7] At the end of the 2015 season, he went on to make twenty–four appearances and scoring fifteen times (becoming the second top–scorer in the league, just two goals behind Fredrik Olsson) in all competitions.

[57] However, in a follow-up match against Malmö on 14 May 2017, he was sent–off for a straight red card following a push on Franz Brorsson, who was also sent–off as well, as Östersunds FK lost 2–1.

[58] After serving a two match suspension, Hopcutt then scored his fifth goal of the season on 3 June 2017, in a 3–1 win over GIF Sundsvall.

[60] Amid the transfer speculation, Hopcutt remained at the club and scored on his European debut, in a 2–0 win against Galatasaray on 13 July 2017.

[61] After beating Galatasary in the return leg,[62] Hopcutt was part of the squad when he helped the side defeat the teams of Fola Esch,[63] and PAOK (in which he set up a goal for Saman Ghoddos) to secure the club's historic entry into the Europa League group stage.

[74] In February 2021, Hopcutt left Sweden for the first time since 2012 to join Israeli Premier League side Hapoel Kfar Saba on an 18-month deal.

[75] On 13 August 2021, it was confirmed that Hopcutt was returning to England to sign for League Two side Oldham Athletic on a one-year contract with an option for a further year.