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Steffen Hofmann
German footballer

Steffen Hofmann

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Quick Facts

Intro
German footballer
Places
Work field
Gender
Male
Place of birth
Würzburg, Lower Franconia, Bavaria, Germany
Age
44 years
Stats
Height:
173
Weight:
69
The details (from wikipedia)

Biography

Steffen Hofmann (born 9 September 1980 in Würzburg) is a German footballer, playing for SK Rapid Wien of the Austrian Bundesliga. He plays as an attacking midfielder.

Career

In his early years, Steffen 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 leagues best midfield duo along with Andreas Ivanschitz and the two led the team to his 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 team mate Ivanschitz, Hofmann decided to join the German club TSV 1860 München 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 "soccer-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.

National team

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 Austrian national 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 the 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.

Career statistics

ClubSeasonLeagueCupContinentalTotalRef.
LeagueAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Bayern Munich II2000–01Regionalliga Süd267267
2001–0231143114
Totals57215721
Bayern Munich2001–02Bundesliga10000010
Rapid Wien2002–03Bundesliga30500305
2003–042710202910
2004–0532832423912
2005–062030092295
Totals109265213412732
1860 Munich2005–062. Bundesliga16210172
Rapid Wien2006–07Bundesliga19100191
2007–083610884418
2008–09341231203913
2009–103620301255125
2010–112554083378
2011–123262000346
2012–132022161284
2013–143250090415
2014–153644020424
2015–162942073387
Totals29969202522037191
Career totals4821182646524573146
Last updated: 28 May 2016.

Honours

Individual

  • Austrian Footballer of the Year: 2004, 2009
  • Krone Footballer of the Year (voted by fans): 2006, 2007

Club

Bayern Munich Junior Team

  • German B-youth Championship: 1997

SK Rapid Wien

  • Austrian Football Bundesliga Championship: 2004–05, 2007–08
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