Philipp

Hofmann

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 2023/24

The 1.95m-tall forward has been able to make one assist so far. With this result, he leads the team statistics along with Kevin Stöger, Maximilian Wittek and Lukas Daschner. So far, the player with the shirt number 33 has taken seven shots at goal. With this result he has secured himself, along with Erhan Mašović, fifth place on the team-internal leaderboard for this category. Up to now, the 30-year-old has hit the post one time. With this, he has had the fifth-most in the league along with Noussair Mazraoui (FC Bayern München), Tom Krauß (1. FSV Mainz 05), Ludovic Ajorque (1. FSV Mainz 05), Kevin Behrens (1. FC Union Berlin), David Datro Fofana (1. FC Union Berlin), Aljoscha Kemlein (1. FC Union Berlin), Florian Wirtz (Bayer 04 Leverkusen), Loïs Openda (RB Leipzig), Lovro Majer (VfL Wolfsburg), Tiago Tomás (VfL Wolfsburg), Adrian Beck (1. FC Heidenheim 1846), Vincenzo Grifo (Sport-Club Freiburg), Philipp Lienhart (Sport-Club Freiburg), Andrej Kramarić (TSG Hoffenheim), Florian Grillitsch (TSG Hoffenheim), Robert Skov (TSG Hoffenheim), Finn Becker (TSG Hoffenheim), Marvin Friedrich (Borussia Mönchengladbach), Franck Honorat (Borussia Mönchengladbach) and Phillip Tietz (FC Augsburg). Until now, Philipp Hofmann has been responsible for six passes to a shot and has therefore earned himself fifth place within the statistics of his club.

With 45 aerial duels won, Philipp Hofmann is additionally in first place league-wide.

Last game

Philipp Hofmann played his last game on the sixth matchday of the 2023/24 season (30 September 2023). Playing for VfL Bochum 1848, he lost against Borussia M'gladbach 1-3. He played as a forward throughout this entire game. He shot at the opponent's goal a total of two times. In terms of total touches, he had 47 individual ball possessions. Furthermore, Philipp Hofmann had 51 tackle challenges in the last match – the highest number in this game. Of these, he was able to win 27 – and therefore was more successful than any other player in this game. He covered a distance of 9.7 km during his total playing time in this game. In doing so, he had a total of eight sprints.

Bundesliga career and records

Philipp Hofmann has played 40 matches throughout the course of his career in the Bundesliga. Of these, he has won 10. He has played all the matches of his career in the Bundesliga as a member of VfL Bochum. Here, he has put a total of eight balls in the net.