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{{Short description|German footballer (born 1980)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2021}}
{{Infobox football biography
|           name = Steffen Hofmann
|          image = 2008 Steffen Hofmann2.JPG
|        upright = 0.8
|        caption = Hofmann in 2008
|     birth_date = {{birth date and age|1980|9|9|df=y}}
|    birth_place = [[Würzburg]], [[West Germany]]
|         height = 1.73 m
|       position = [[Midfielder]]
|    currentclub = [[SK Rapid Wien]] (sports coordinator)
|    youthyears1 = 1985–1993 |youthclubs1 = 1. FC Kirchheim
|    youthyears2 = 1993–1996 |youthclubs2 = [[Würzburger FV]]
|    youthyears3 = 1996–2000 |youthclubs3 = [[FC Bayern Munich|Bayern Munich]]
|         years1 = 2000–2002 |clubs1 = [[FC Bayern Munich II|Bayern Munich II]] |caps1 = 57  |goals1 = 21
|         years2 = 2001–2002 |clubs2 = [[FC Bayern Munich|Bayern Munich]]       |caps2 = 1   |goals2 = 0
|         years3 = 2002–2005 |clubs3 = [[SK Rapid Wien|Rapid Wien]]             |caps3 = 109 |goals3 = 26
|         years4 = 2005–2006 |clubs4 = [[TSV 1860 Munich|1860 Munich]]          |caps4 = 16  |goals4 = 2
|         years5 = 2006–2018 |clubs5 = [[SK Rapid Wien|Rapid Wien]]             |caps5 = 325 |goals5 = 72<!-- LEAGUE ONLY -->
| totalcaps = 508
| totalgoals = 121
| nationalyears1 = |nationalteam1 = [[Germany national youth football team|Germany U16]] |nationalcaps1 = 6  |nationalgoals1 = 0
| nationalyears2 = |nationalteam2 = [[Germany national youth football team|Germany U17]] |nationalcaps2 = 12 |nationalgoals2 = 1
| nationalyears3 = |nationalteam3 = [[Germany national youth football team|Germany U18]] |nationalcaps3 = 3  |nationalgoals3 = 1
| nationalyears4 = 2004 |nationalteam4 = [[Germany national football B team|Germany B]] |nationalcaps4 = 3 |nationalgoals4 = 0
| manageryears1 = 2018– | managerclubs1 = [[SK Rapid Wien|Rapid Wien]] (coach/scout)
| manageryears2 = 2020–2021 | managerclubs2 = [[SK Rapid Wien|Rapid Wien II]] (caretaker)
| manageryears3 = 2021 | managerclubs3 = [[SK Rapid Wien|Rapid Wien]] (caretaker)
}}
'''Steffen Hofmann''' (born 9 September 1980) is a German [[Association football|football]] coach and a former player,<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/uefa/spielrunde/2010-11/23637/vereinsspieler_steffen-hofmann.html | title = Hofmann, Steffen | language = German | publisher = [[Kicker (magazine)|Kicker]] | access-date = 28 December 2011}}</ref> 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 [[SK Rapid Wien|Rapid Wien]].

==Club career==
In his early years, Hofmann played for the youth team of his home town [[Würzburger FV|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 [[FC Bayern Munich II|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 [[FC Bayern Munich|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 [[Bulgaria]]n 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.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.skrapid.at/de/startseite/news/news/aktuelles/2018/06/servus-und-danke-steffen-hofmanns-abschiedsspiel/|title=Servus und Danke: Steffen Hofmanns Abschiedsspiel|website=SK Rapid|date=17 May 2018|access-date=15 September 2018}}</ref>

==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 [[Austria national football 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 [[Fouls and misconduct (association football)#Red card (dismissal)|sent off]] in his entire professional career.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.oefb.at/Profile/Spieler/234619?Steffen-Hofmann | title = Steffen Hofmann | language = de | website = oefb.at | access-date = 9 April 2023}}</ref>

==Career statistics==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
|-
!rowspan="2"|Club!!rowspan="2"|Season!!colspan="3"|League!!colspan="2"|Cup!!colspan="2"|Continental!!colspan="2"|Total!!rowspan="2"|{{Tooltip|Ref.|Reference}}
|-
!League!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals
|-
|rowspan="3"|[[FC Bayern Munich II|Bayern Munich II]]
|[[2000–01 Regionalliga|2000–01]]
|rowspan="2"|[[Regionalliga Süd (1994–2012)|Regionalliga Süd]]
|26||7||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||26||7
|<ref>{{cite web|title=Steffen Hofmann|url=http://www.fussballdaten.de/spieler/hofmannsteffen/2001/|website=Fussballdaten.de|accessdate=11 October 2014|language=German}}</ref>
|-
|[[2001–02 Regionalliga|2001–02]]
|31||14||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||31||14
|<ref name="2001–02 season">{{cite web|title=Steffen Hofmann|url=http://www.fussballdaten.de/spieler/hofmannsteffen/2002/|website=Fussballdaten.de|accessdate=11 October 2014|language=German}}</ref>
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!57!!21!!0!!0!!0!!0!!57!!21
!—
|-
|[[FC Bayern Munich|Bayern Munich]]
|[[2001–02 FC Bayern Munich season|2001–02]]
|[[Bundesliga]]
|1||0||0||0||0||0||1||0
|<ref name="2001–02 season"/>
|-
|rowspan="5"|[[SK Rapid Wien|Rapid Wien]]
|[[2002–03 SK Rapid Wien season|2002–03]]
|rowspan="4"|[[Austrian Football Bundesliga|Austrian Bundesliga]]
|30||5||1||0||colspan="2"|—||31||5
|<ref name="Steffen Hofmann » Club matches">{{cite web|title=Steffen Hofmann » Club matches|url=http://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/steffen-hofmann/2/|website=Worldfootball.net|accessdate=11 October 2014}}</ref>
|-
|[[2003–04 SK Rapid Wien season|2003–04]]
|27||10||2||0||colspan="2"|—||29||10
|<ref name="Steffen Hofmann » Club matches"/>
|-
|[[2004–05 SK Rapid Wien season|2004–05]]
|32||8||3||2||4||2||39||12
|<ref name="Steffen Hofmann » Club matches"/>
|-
|[[2005–06 SK Rapid Wien season|2005–06]]
|20||3||0||0||9||2||29||5
|<ref name="Steffen Hofmann » Club matches"/>
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!109!!26!!6!!2!!13!!4!!128!!32
!—
|-
|[[TSV 1860 Munich|1860 Munich]]
|[[2005–06 TSV 1860 Munich season|2005–06]]
|[[2. Bundesliga]]
|16||2||1||0||colspan="2"|—||17||2
|<ref>{{cite web|title=Hofmann, Steffen|url=https://www.kicker.de/steffen-hofmann/spieler/2-bundesliga/2005-06/1860-muenchen|website=[[Kicker (magazine)|Kicker]]|publisher=kicker|access-date=11 October 2014|language=German}}</ref>
|-
|rowspan="13"|Rapid Wien||[[2006–07 SK Rapid Wien season|2006–07]]
|rowspan="12"|Austrian Bundesliga
|19||1||0||0||colspan="2"|—||19||1
|<ref name="Steffen Hofmann » Club matches"/>
|-
|[[2007–08 SK Rapid Wien season|2007–08]]
|36||10||colspan="2"|—||8||8||44||18
|<ref name="Steffen Hofmann » Club matches"/>
|-
|[[2008–09 SK Rapid Wien season|2008–09]]
|34||12||3||1||2||0||39||13
|<ref name="Steffen Hofmann » Club matches"/>
|-
|[[2009–10 SK Rapid Wien season|2009–10]]
|36||20||3||0||12||5||51||25
|<ref name="Steffen Hofmann » Club matches"/>
|-
|[[2010–11 SK Rapid Wien season|2010–11]]
|25||5||4||0||8||3||37||8
|<ref name="Steffen Hofmann » Club matches"/>
|-
|[[2011–12 SK Rapid Wien season|2011–12]]
|32||6||2||0||colspan="2"|—||34||6
|<ref name="Steffen Hofmann » Club matches"/>
|-
|[[2012–13 SK Rapid Wien season|2012–13]]
|20||2||2||1||6||1||28||4
|<ref name="Steffen Hofmann » Club matches"/>
|-
|[[2013–14 SK Rapid Wien season|2013–14]]
|32||5||0||0||9||0||41||5
|<ref name="Steffen Hofmann » Club matches"/>
|-
|[[2014–15 SK Rapid Wien season|2014–15]]
|36||4||4||0||2||0||42||4
||<ref name="Steffen Hofmann » Club matches"/>
|-
|[[2015–16 SK Rapid Wien season|2015–16]]
|29||4||2||0||11||4||42||8
|<ref name="Steffen Hofmann » Club matches"/>
|-
|[[2016–17 SK Rapid Wien season|2016–17]]
|15||2||4||1||3||0||22||3
||<ref name="Steffen Hofmann » Club matches"/>
|-
|[[2017–18 SK Rapid Wien season|2017–18]]
|11||1||2||0||colspan="2"|—||13||0
|<ref name="Steffen Hofmann » Club matches"/>
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!325!!72!!26!!3!!61!!21!!412!!96
!—
|-
!colspan="3"|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 Austrian Football Bundesliga|2004–05]], [[2007–08 Austrian Football Bundesliga|2007–08]]
* [[Intertoto Cup]]: [[2007 UEFA Intertoto Cup|2007]]

'''Individual'''
* [[Austrian Footballer of the Year]]: 2004, 2009
* [[Kronen Zeitung|Krone]] Footballer of the Year (voted by fans): 2006, 2007
* Austrian Football Bundesliga top scorer: [[2009–10 Austrian Football Bundesliga|2009–10]] (20 goals)

==References==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
* {{Fussballdaten|hofmannsteffen|Steffen Hofmann}}

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