Steffen Hofmann

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Steffen Hofmann
2008 Steffen Hofmann2.JPG
Hofmann in 2008
Personal information
Full name Steffen Hofmann
Date of birth (1980-09-09) 9 September 1980 (age 41)
Place of birth Würzburg, West Germany
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Rapid Wien II
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 1860 Munich 16 (2)
2006–2018 Rapid Wien 325 (72)
Total 508 (121)
National team
Germany U16 6 (0)
Germany U17 12 (1)
Germany U18 3 (1)
2004 Germany B 3 (0)
Teams managed
2018– Rapid Wien (coach/scout)
2020– Rapid Wien II (caretaker)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

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 is the caretaker manager for Rapid Wien II.

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 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 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.

Career statistics[]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
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 [3]
2001–02 31 14 — — 31 14 [4]
Total 57 21 0 0 0 0 57 21 —
Bayern Munich 2001–02 Bundesliga 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 [4]
Rapid Wien 2002–03 Austrian Bundesliga 30 5 1 0 — 31 5 [5]
2003–04 27 10 2 0 — 29 10 [5]
2004–05 32 8 3 2 4 2 39 12 [5]
2005–06 20 3 0 0 9 2 29 5 [5]
Total 109 26 6 2 13 4 128 32 —
1860 Munich 2. Bundesliga 16 2 1 0 — 17 2 [6]
Rapid Wien 2006–07 Austrian Bundesliga 19 1 0 0 — 19 1 [5]
2007–08 36 10 — 8 8 44 18 [5]
2008–09 34 12 3 1 2 0 39 13 [5]
2009–10 36 20 3 0 12 5 51 25 [5]
2010–11 25 5 4 0 8 3 37 8 [5]
2011–12 32 6 2 0 — 34 6 [5]
2012–13 20 2 2 1 6 1 28 4 [5]
2013–14 32 5 0 0 9 0 41 5 [5]
2014–15 36 4 4 0 2 0 42 4 [5]
2015–16 29 4 2 0 11 4 42 8 [5]
2016–17 15 2 4 1 3 0 22 3 [5]
2017–18 11 1 2 0 — 13 0 [5]
Total 325 72 26 3 61 21 412 96 —
Career total 508 121 32 5 74 25 615 151 —

Honours[]

Bayern Munich

  • German B-youth Championship: 1997

Rapid Wien

Individual

References[]

  1. ^ "Hofmann, Steffen" (in German). kicker.de. Retrieved 28 December 2011.
  2. ^ "Servus und Danke: Steffen Hofmanns Abschiedsspiel". SK Rapid. 17 May 2018. Retrieved 15 September 2018.
  3. ^ "Steffen Hofmann". Fussballdaten.de (in German). Retrieved 11 October 2014.
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b "Steffen Hofmann". Fussballdaten.de (in German). Retrieved 11 October 2014.
  5. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p "Steffen Hofmann » Club matches". Worldfootball.net. Retrieved 11 October 2014.
  6. ^ "Hofmann, Steffen". kicker.de (in German). kicker. Retrieved 11 October 2014.

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