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 29-year-old has scored six goals, which makes him the top scorer of his squad. With one assist, he presently has the fourth-most in his team along with Simon Zoller, Kevin Stöger and Gerrit Holtmann. The 1.95m-tall forward has taken more shots at goal than anyone else on the team (26 shots). Until now, he has been responsible for 14 passes to a shot and has therefore earned himself second place within the statistics of his club. In 14 of the previous 17 games of the season, he was in the starting line-up. Of these 17 games, Philipp Hofmann won 5 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 217 tackling duels and in doing so has fought his way to the fourth rank in the league. With 112 aerial duels won, he is additionally in first place league-wide.

Last game

The player with the shirt number 33 played his last game on the 17th matchday of the 2022/23 season (25 January 2023). Playing for VfL Bochum 1848, he lost to Bayer 04 Leverkusen 0-2. He played as a forward throughout this entire game. Philipp Hofmann shot at the opponent's goal a total of one time. In terms of total touches, he had 34 individual ball possessions. Furthermore, he had 27 tackle challenges in the last match – the highest number in his club during this game. Of these, he was able to win 11. He covered a distance of 9.9 km during his total playing time in this game. In doing so, Philipp Hofmann had a total of 10 sprints.

Bundesliga career and records

Philipp Hofmann has played 17 matches throughout the course of his career in the Bundesliga. Of these, he has won five. 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 six balls in the net.