Philipp Hofmann history

Philipp Hofmann was born on 30 March 1993 in Arnsberg and plays for VfL Bochum. He played for TSV Rot-Weiß Wenholthausen from 2001-2007, for SC Neheim from 2007-2009, for FC Schalke 04 from 2009-2012, for SC Paderborn 07 from 2012-2013, for FC Ingolstadt 04 from 2013-2014, for 1. FC Kaiserslautern from 2014-2015, for Brentford FC from 2015-2017, for SpVgg Greuther Fürth from 2017-2018, for Eintracht Braunschweig from 2018-2019, for Karlsruher SC from 2019-2022 and has played for VfL Bochum 1848 since 2022.

Current season 2022/23

In the ongoing season, the 1.95m-tall forward has scored seven goals, which makes him the top scorer of his squad. With one assist, he currently has the fifth-most in his team along with Simon Zoller, Kevin Stöger, Gerrit Holtmann and Takuma Asano. In total, the player with the shirt number 33 has taken 35 shots at goal. With this, he leads the team leaderboard for this category together with Kevin Stöger. Until now, the 29-year-old has been responsible for 21 passes to a shot and has therefore earned himself third place within the statistics of his club. In 22 of the previous 25 games of the season, he was in the starting line-up. Of these 25 games, he won 8 with his club. Additionally, he was substituted in for three games.

Philipp Hofmann is credited as being especially assertive on the pitch. Hence, he has already won 352 tackling duels and in doing so has fought his way to the third rank in the league. With 197 aerial duels won, he is additionally in first place league-wide.

Last game

Philipp Hofmann played his last game on the 25th matchday of the 2022/23 season (18 March 2023). He was victorious over RB Leipzig while playing for VfL Bochum 1848 with a score of 1-0. He played as a forward throughout this entire game. In terms of total touches, he had 34 individual ball possessions. Furthermore, he had 30 tackle challenges in the last match – the highest number in his club during this game. Of these, Philipp Hofmann was able to win 17 – and therefore was more successful than any other player in this game. He covered a distance of 9.4 km during his total playing time in this game. In doing so, he had a total of 10 sprints.

Bundesliga career and records

Philipp Hofmann has played 25 matches throughout the course of his career in the Bundesliga. Of these, he has won eight. He has played all the matches of his career in the Bundesliga as a member of VfL Bochum. Here, Philipp Hofmann has put a total of seven balls in the net.