Steffen Hofmann

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Steffen Hofmann
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Hofmann in 2008
Personal information
Date of birth (1980-09-09) 9 September 1980 (age 44)
Place of birth Würzburg, West Germany
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 SK Rapid Wien (sports coordinator)
Youth career
1985–1993 1. FC Kirchheim
1993–1996 Würzburger FV
1996–2000 Bayern Munich
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2000–2002 Bayern Munich II 57 (21)
2001–2002 Bayern Munich 1 (0)
2002–2005 Rapid Wien 109 (26)
2005–2006 1860 Munich 16 (2)
2006–2018 Rapid Wien 325 (72)
Total508(121)
International career
Germany U16 6 (0)
Germany U17 12 (1)
Germany U18 3 (1)
2004 Germany B 3 (0)
Managerial career
2018– Rapid Wien (coach/scout)
2020–2021 Rapid Wien II (caretaker)
2021 Rapid Wien (caretaker)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Steffen Hofmann (born 9 September 1980) is a German football coach and a former player, [1] who played most of his career for SK Rapid Wien of the Austrian Bundesliga. He played as an attacking midfielder. He works as a sports coordinator for Rapid Wien.

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Club career

In his early years, Hofmann played for the youth team of his home town Würzburg before joining the Bayern Munich Junior Team in 1997. After leading the team to a championship and a runner-up finish in the German Youth Leagues, he was promoted to the second team of Bayern Munich in 2000. After scoring 12 goals in 36 games for the second team, he got a chance to play for Bayern Munich's first team on 27 October 2001 in their game against 1. FC Köln, coming on as a substitute for Claudio Pizarro in the 90th minute. This was his only game for the first team.

In 2002, Hofmann joined the Austrian team SK Rapid Wien and quickly became a fan favourite. He also formed the league's best midfield duo along with Andreas Ivanschitz and the two led the team to its 31st league championship in 2005 and to the group stage of the UEFA Champions League in 2006. After finishing last in their group and the transfer of his teammate Ivanschitz, Hofmann decided to join the German club TSV 1860 Munich in January 2006, but after desperately trying to find his form there, he returned to Rapid Wien in the summer.

Following his return Hofmann got injured in the first game of the season and therefore missed half the season. His comeback came in late October and he has since then been one of the key players and the captain of Rapid Wien. He is also called "football god" by the fans because of his technical skills, his commitment and his endurance (he did not miss a minute of the 2008 season). Hofmann is also known as a player who rather passes the ball to a better positioned player than having a shoot at goal.

On 21 October 2010, he netted the second goal to help his side to a 2–0 away win against Bulgarian club CSKA Sofia in a UEFA Europa League match.

Hoffman retired during 2018, and a testimonial match was played in his honour between SK Rapid and a "Steffen Hofmann & Friends" XI. [2]

International career

The Austrian Football Association tried in 2005 to let Hofmann, who was born in Germany but is married to an Austrian, to play for the Austria national football team. Hofmann agreed, but the transfer of rights was refused by FIFA as Hofmann had played several games for Germany in his youth. After the episode, Hofmann did not attain Austrian citizenship and was chosen to represent Germany during the team's Asian tour in late 2005. However, due to illness he could not take part and has not been nominated since despite declaring interest.

Trivia

Hofmann was never sent off in his entire professional career. [3]

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueCupContinentalTotalRef.
LeagueAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Bayern Munich II 2000–01 Regionalliga Süd 267——267 [4]
2001–02 3114——3114 [5]
Total572100005721—
Bayern Munich 2001–02 Bundesliga 10000010 [5]
Rapid Wien 2002–03 Austrian Bundesliga 30510—315 [6]
2003–04 271020—2910 [6]
2004–05 32832423912 [6]
2005–06 2030092295 [6]
Total109266213412832—
1860 Munich 2005–06 2. Bundesliga 16210—172 [7]
Rapid Wien 2006–07 Austrian Bundesliga19100—191 [6]
2007–08 3610—884418 [6]
2008–09 341231203913 [6]
2009–10 3620301255125 [6]
2010–11 2554083378 [6]
2011–12 32620—346 [6]
2012–13 2022161284 [6]
2013–14 3250090415 [6]
2014–15 3644020424 [6]
2015–16 29420114428 [6]
2016–17 1524130223 [6]
2017–18 11120—130 [6]
Total32572263612141296—
Career total5081213257425615151—

Honours

Bayern Munich

Rapid Wien

Individual

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References

  1. ↑ "Hofmann, Steffen" (in German). Kicker . Retrieved 28 December 2011.
  2. ↑ "Servus und Danke: Steffen Hofmanns Abschiedsspiel". SK Rapid. 17 May 2018. Retrieved 15 September 2018.
  3. ↑ "Steffen Hofmann". oefb.at (in German). Retrieved 9 April 2023.
  4. ↑ "Steffen Hofmann". Fussballdaten.de (in German). Retrieved 11 October 2014.
  5. 1 2 "Steffen Hofmann". Fussballdaten.de (in German). Retrieved 11 October 2014.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 "Steffen Hofmann » Club matches". Worldfootball.net. Retrieved 11 October 2014.
  7. ↑ "Hofmann, Steffen". Kicker (in German). kicker. Retrieved 11 October 2014.
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