André Hoffmann (soccer player)

André Hoffmann
André Hoffmann (2019)
Personnel
birthday	February 28, 1993
place of birth	Essen ,  Germany
size	188 cm
position	Defense defensive midfield
Juniors
Years	station
1996-2000	SuS braid of hair
2000-2002	SC Phoenix food
2002-2011	MSV Duisburg
Men's
Years	station	Games (goals) 1
2011-2013	MSV Duisburg	37 (1)
2011	MSV Duisburg II	1 (0)
2013-2016	Hannover 96	47 (2)
2015-2016	Hanover 96 II	9 (0)
2017–	Fortuna Dusseldorf	66 (5)
National team
Years	selection	Games (goals)
2008-2009	Germany U16	5 (1)
2009-2010	Germany U17	12 (2)
2010-2011	Germany U18	7 (0)
2011–2012	Germany U19	7 (0)
2012	Germany U20	2 (0)
2013	Germany U21	4 (0)
1 Only league games are given. As of June 17, 2020

André Hoffmann (born February 28, 1993 in Essen ) is a German soccer player who is currently under contract with Fortuna Düsseldorf . His preferred position is central defense, but he can also play in defensive midfield.

Career

societies

youth

André Hoffmann started playing soccer with SuS Haarzopf at the age of three and a half and joined the youth team at SC Phönix Essen in 2000. In 2002 he moved to the youth department of MSV Duisburg . In 2010 he was awarded the Fritz Walter Medal in silver by the DFB in the U-17 age group as one of the best young players in his age group.

MSV Duisburg

2012 at MSV Duisburg

Hoffmann was appointed to the professional squad of MSV Duisburg for the 2010/11 season and was given a contract until 2013. In his first year, however, he remained without a commitment for the first team. He made his professional debut on the 1st matchday of the 2011/12 season against Karlsruher SC , when he started in the defensive midfield in the starting lineup. On matchday 14 at Alemannia Aachen , he scored his first professional goal. In 2012 he again won the Fritz Walter Medal in silver in the U-19 age group.

Hannover 96

During the winter break of the 2012/13 season, Hoffmann moved to the Bundesliga for Hannover 96 . On January 3, 2013, he signed a contract running until June 30, 2016 and was given the number 15 on his shirt. On May 20, 2014 Hannover 96 announced that the contract with André Hoffmann had been prematurely extended to summer 2018.

Hoffmann played his first competitive game for his new club at the start of the second half against FC Schalke 04 , when he came on for Sérgio da Silva Pinto in the 77th minute . He played his first home game for Hanover a week later in a 2-1 win against VfL Wolfsburg . He scored his first goal at the meanwhile 1: 5 against Bayern Munich ; after a mistake by Manuel Neuer , he headed the ball from a very short distance. A game day later he scored the 2-1 in a 3-2 away win against SpVgg Greuther Fürth .

In June 2014, he tore a cruciate ligament while exercising and was out for over a year. After that, due to his training deficit, he played for the second team of Hannover 96 during the 2015/16 season before Thomas Schaaf considered him again for the first team.

Fortuna Dusseldorf

In January 2017, Hanover loaned Hoffmann to league competitor Fortuna Düsseldorf . The loan contract ended on June 30, 2017, on May 23, 2017 it was signed for a three-year period up to 2020. In August 2019, Fortuna extended the contract ahead of schedule until 2023.

National team

Hoffmann went through all German youth national teams from U-16 to U-21.

successes

Personal awards

• Fritz Walter Medal in Silver (U17): 2010
• Fritz Walter Medal in Silver (U19): 2012

Web links

Commons : André Hoffmann  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• André Hoffmann in the database of kicker.de
• Andre Hoffmann in the database of fussballdaten.de
• Andre Hoffmann in the database of weltfussball.de
• Andre Hoffmann in the database of transfermarkt.de

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} DFB.de: U-19 , U-20 , U-21 national player Hoffmann
2. ↑ André Hoffmann: The Bundesliga is faster, more intense, more tactical , www.haz.de from April 6, 2013
3. ^ Fritz Walter Medal 2011/12 (PDF; 7 kB), www.dfb.de
4. ↑ Player portrait , www.msv-duisburg.de
5. ↑ Andre Hoffmann comes from MSV Duisburg ( Memento from January 6, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
6. ↑ Hoffmann extends early until 2018 ( Memento from January 23, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
7. ↑ Fortuna Düsseldorf: Fortuna strengthens itself with André Hoffmann , accessed on January 4, 2017
8. ↑ Andre Hoffmann signs until 2020. f95.de, May 23, 2017, accessed on July 12, 2017 . 
9. ↑ rp-online.de of August 20, 2019: Fortuna binds Hoffmann in the long term , accessed on August 25, 2019