Steffen Hofmann

Steffen Hofmann (born 9 September 1980 in Würzburg) is a retired German footballer,[1] playing most of his career for SK Rapid Wien of the Austrian Bundesliga. He played as an attacking midfielder.

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(s) Midfielder
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)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23 May 2018

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 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 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.

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

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 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
ClubSeasonLeagueCupContinentalTotalRef.
LeagueAppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals
Bayern Munich II2000–01Regionalliga Süd 267 — 267 [3]
2001–02 3114 3114 [4]
Totals 5721 — 5721 —
Bayern Munich2001–02Bundesliga 10 00 00 10 [4]
Rapid Wien2002–03Bundesliga 305 10 — 315 [5]
2003–04 2710 20 2910 [5]
2004–05 328 32 42 3912 [5]
2005–06 203 00 92 295 [5]
Totals 10926 62 134 12832 —
1860 Munich2005–062. Bundesliga 162 10 — 172 [6]
Rapid Wien2006–07Bundesliga 191 00 191 [5]
2007–08 3610 — 88 4418 [5]
2008–09 3412 31 20 3913 [5]
2009–10 3620 30 125 5125 [5]
2010–11 255 40 83 378 [5]
2011–12 326 20 — 346 [5]
2012–13 202 21 61 284 [5]
2013–14 325 00 90 415 [5]
2014–15 364 40 20 424 [5]
2015–16 294 20 114 428 [5]
2016–17 152 41 30 223 [5]
2017–18 111 20 — 130 [5]
Totals 32572 263 6121 41296 —
Career totals 508121 325 7425 615151 —
Last updated: 23 May 2018.

Honours

Bayern Munich

  • German B-youth Championship: 1997

SK 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. "Steffen Hofmann". Fussballdaten.de (in German). Retrieved 11 October 2014.
  5. "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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