Steffen Hofmann

Steffen Hofmann
Personal information
Full name Steffen Hofmann
Date of birth (1980-09-09) 9 September 1980
Place of birth Würzburg, West Germany
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Playing position Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Rapid Wien
Number 11
Youth career
1985–1993 1. FC Kirchheim
1993–1996 Würzburger FV
1996–2000 Bayern Munich
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2000–2002 Bayern Munich II 57 (21)
2001–2002 Bayern Munich 1 (0)
2002–2005 Rapid Wien 109 (26)
2005–2006 TSV 1860 München 16 (2)
2006– Rapid Wien 299 (69)
National team
Germany U16 6 (0)
Germany U17 12 (1)
Germany U18 3 (1)
2004 Germany B 3 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21:09, 1 August 2016 (UTC).


Steffen Hofmann (born 9 September 1980 in Würzburg) is a German footballer,[1] 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

Club Season League Cup Continental Total Ref.
League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Bayern Munich II 2000–01 Regionalliga Süd 26 7 — 26 7 [2]
2001–02 31 14 31 14 [3]
Totals 57 21 — 57 21 —
Bayern Munich 2001–02 Bundesliga 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 [3]
Rapid Wien 2002–03 Bundesliga 30 5 0 0 — 30 5 [4]
2003–04 27 10 2 0 29 10 [4]
2004–05 32 8 3 2 4 2 39 12 [4]
2005–06 20 3 0 0 9 2 29 5 [4]
Totals 109 26 5 2 13 4 127 32 —
1860 Munich 2005–06 2. Bundesliga 16 2 1 0 — 17 2 [5]
Rapid Wien 2006–07 Bundesliga 19 1 0 0 19 1 [4]
2007–08 36 10 — 8 8 44 18 [4]
2008–09 34 12 3 1 2 0 39 13 [4]
2009–10 36 20 3 0 12 5 51 25 [4]
2010–11 25 5 4 0 8 3 37 8 [4]
2011–12 32 6 2 0 0 0 34 6 [4]
2012–13 20 2 2 1 6 1 28 4 [4]
2013–14 32 5 0 0 9 0 41 5 [4]
2014–15 36 4 4 0 2 0 42 4 [4]
2015–16 29 4 2 0 7 3 38 7 [4]
Totals 299 69 20 2 52 20 371 91 —
Career totals 482 118 26 4 65 24 573 146 —
Last updated: 28 May 2016.

Honours

Individual

Club

Bayern Munich Junior Team

SK Rapid Wien

References

  1. ↑ "Hofmann, Steffen" (in German). kicker.de. Retrieved 28 December 2011.
  2. ↑ "Steffen Hofmann". Fussballdaten.de (in German). Retrieved 11 October 2014.
  3. 1 2 "Steffen Hofmann". Fussballdaten.de (in German). Retrieved 11 October 2014.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 "Steffen Hofmann » Club matches". Worldfootball.net. Retrieved 11 October 2014.
  5. ↑ "Hofmann, Steffen". kicker.de (in German). kicker. Retrieved 11 October 2014.
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