Jeff Hopkins

Jeffrey Hopkins (born 14 April 1964) is a Welsh former international football defender and current Melbourne Victory Women head coach, who most notably played club football for Fulham and Reading in the Football League.

Club career Hopkins started his career as a trainee with Fulham, going on to make over 200 first team appearances for the club. He spent a few months at Bristol Rovers in 1992, before spending the remaining five years of his Football League career with Reading.

International career Hopkins made his debut for the Wales national under-21 football team during the 1981/82 season against France. He made a total of 5 under-21 appearances during that season and the next.

Hopkins made his debut for the senior Welsh team on 31 May 1983 against Northern Ireland, and he made 16 appearances for Wales over the next seven years, with his final game coming against Costa Rica on 20 May 1990. On 15 June 2012 it was announced he had been appointed as senior first team Assistant manager. On 30 April 2013, at the end of Brisbane Roar's 2012–13 A-League season, the Roar announced that he would become the Brisbane Roar Youth coach for the 2013–14 A-League National Youth League season. On 26 November 2014, following the resignation of Ron Smith, Hopkins moved into the role of assistant coach of Brisbane Roar. On 17 June 2016, Hopkins was appointed head coach of the Melbourne Victory women's team.

Hopkins served as the inaugural manager of the Melbourne Victory FC AWT. Playing their inaugural season in State League 4 West, the seventh tier of Australian women's football and sixth in the Victorian structure, the AWT finished in third place, a result which saw them promoted to State League 3 East. Hopkins was succeeded as AWT manager by Jorge Leon for the 2023 State League 3 East season. In 2026 Hopkins would be announced to replace Santi Escudero as coach of the Melbourne Victory Women's Youth team.

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