Robert Arthur Hopkins (born 25 October 1961) is an English former professional footballer who played as a winger.
Hopkins was born in the Hall Green district of Birmingham, and started his playing career at Aston Villa his longest club he played for with whom he won the FA Youth Cup in 1980.
[3] He played in more than 300 Football League matches for Aston Villa, Birmingham City (in two spells), Manchester City, West Bromwich Albion, Shrewsbury Town and Colchester United.
[4] He also played in Hong Kong for Instant-Dict and for non-League clubs Solihull Borough and Bromsgrove Rovers.
[3] He also scored the decisive own goal in an embarrassing FA Cup defeat at home to non-league club Altrincham.