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 this season, the 1.95m-tall forward has scored six goals, which makes him the top scorer of his squad. With one assist, he currently has the fourth-most in his team along with Simon Zoller, Kevin Stöger, Anthony Losilla and Gerrit Holtmann. In total, the player with the shirt number 33 has taken 26 shots at goal. With this, he leads the team leaderboard for this category together with Simon Zoller. Until now, the 29-year-old has been responsible for 14 passes to a shot and has therefore earned himself second place within the statistics of his club. In 15 of the previous 18 games of the season, he was in the starting line-up. Of these 18 games, he 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 238 tackling duels and in doing so has fought his way to the third rank in the league. With 127 aerial duels won, he is additionally in first place league-wide.

Last game

Philipp Hofmann played his last game on the 18th matchday of the 2022/23 season (28 January 2023). Playing for VfL Bochum 1848, he lost to 1. FSV Mainz 05 2-5. He played as a forward throughout this entire game. In terms of total touches, he had 40 individual ball possessions. Furthermore, Philipp Hofmann had 47 tackle challenges in the last match – the highest number in this game. Of these, he was able to win 21 – no other player in his club was as successful. 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 five sprints.

Bundesliga career and records

Philipp Hofmann has played 18 matches in 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.