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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.

Steffen Hofmann

Hofmann in 2008
Personal information
Date of birth	(1980-09-09) 9 September 1980 (age 42)
Place of birth	Würzburg, West Germany
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Club 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*
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)
2020–2021	Rapid Wien II (caretaker)
2021	Rapid Wien (caretaker)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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	2005–06	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

• Austrian Football Bundesliga: 2004–05, 2007–08
• Intertoto Cup: 2007

Individual

• Austrian Footballer of the Year: 2004, 2009
• Krone Footballer of the Year (voted by fans): 2006, 2007
• Austrian Football Bundesliga top scorer: 2009–10 (20 goals)

References

External links

• Steffen Hofmann at fussballdaten.de (in German)

На других языках

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[de] Steffen Hofmann

Steffen Hofmann (* 9. September 1980 in Würzburg) ist ein ehemaliger deutscher Fußballspieler und nunmehriger -trainer. Er spielte zuletzt von 2002 bis 2018 mit halbjähriger Unterbrechung (Rückrunde der Saison 2005/06 beim TSV 1860 München) für den österreichischen Bundesligisten SK Rapid Wien. Mit 540 Spielen für Rapid Wien ist er Rekordspieler und mit 25 Toren der erfolgreichste Torschütze Rapids in UEFA-Bewerben.[1][2]

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- [en] Steffen Hofmann

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[es] Steffen Hofmann

Steffen Hofmann (Würzburg, Alemania, 9 de septiembre de 1988) es un exfutbolista alemán. Jugaba de centrocampista y su último equipo fue el SK Rapid Viena de la Bundesliga de Austria.[1]

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[it] Steffen Hofmann

Steffen Hofmann (Würzburg, 9 settembre 1980) è un ex calciatore tedesco, di ruolo centrocampista.

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[ru] Хофман, Штеффен

Ште́ффен Хо́фман (нем. Steffen Hofmann; род. 9 сентября 1980[1][2][3], Вюрцбург, Бавария) — немецкий футболист, полузащитник, известный по выступлениям за «Рапид» (Вена). Тренер.

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