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Philipp Hofmann

Philipp Hofmann

Attack - Centre-Forward  at VfL Bochum
Age33
CitizenshipGermany
Height1.95 m
Footleft
BornMarch 30, 1993
at VfL Bochum 1,423 days · joined 2022-07-01
👕200+ Apps 100+ Goals 🏴25+ Caps
Market value €1.00m
Centre-Forward Attack

Career snapshot

15
clubs played for
09/10
debut season
0.34
goals / match
VfL Bochum
top club · 107 apps

Position rank · 25/26

#282
goals rank
#382
assists rank
167
season goals
45
season assists

Among 573 Attack - Centre-Forwards · ≥200 mins

Career highs

€2.80m
peak value · 2023
€2.00m
top transfer fee · 15/16
21
best season · 21/22
36 / 18
int'l caps / goals
498Appearances
167Goals
45Assists
58Yellow cards
0Red cards
75Full matches (90′)
Full namePhilipp Hofmann
Date of birth1993-03-30 (33 yrs)
Place of birthArnsberg, Germany
CitizenshipGermany
PositionAttack - Centre-Forward (main: Attack)
Footleft
Height195.00 m
Current clubVfL Bochum
Joined2022-07-01
Contract expires2026-06-30
AgentROOF
Jul 2025
25/26 — VfL Bochum
5 matches · 1 G · 0 A · across 2 competitions
May 2025
Injury: unknown
2 games missed
Jul 2024
24/25 — VfL Bochum
33 matches · 3 G · 3 A · across 2 competitions
Jul 2023
23/24 — VfL Bochum
32 matches · 6 G · 3 A · across 3 competitions
Jul 2022
22/23 — VfL Bochum
37 matches · 9 G · 4 A · across 2 competitions
Jul 2022
Transfer: Karlsruher SC → VfL Bochum
22/23 · Transfer
Jul 2021
21/22 — Karlsruher SC
37 matches · 21 G · 5 A · across 2 competitions
Apr 2021
Injury: unknown
1 games missed
Jul 2020
20/21 — Karlsruher SC
31 matches · 13 G · 7 A · across 2 competitions
Jul 2019
19/20 — Karlsruher SC
36 matches · 18 G · 6 A · across 2 competitions
Jul 2019
Transfer: E. Braunschweig → Karlsruher SC
19/20 · Transfer
Jul 2018
18/19 — Eintracht Braunschweig
41 matches · 11 G · 4 A · across 3 competitions
Jan 2018
Transfer: Greuther Fürth → E. Braunschweig
17/18 · Transfer · €700k
Jul 2017
Injury: unknown
2 games missed
Jul 2017
17/18 — Eintracht Braunschweig, SpVgg Greuther Fürth, SpVgg Greuther Fürth II
26 matches · 6 G · 3 A · across 3 competitions
Jul 2017
Transfer: Brentford → Greuther Fürth
17/18 · Transfer · €250k
Jul 2016
16/17 — Brentford FC
11 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 3 competitions
Jul 2015
Transfer: 1.FC K'lautern → Brentford
15/16 · Transfer · €2.00m
Jul 2015
15/16 — Brentford FC
22 matches · 4 G · 0 A · across 2 competitions
Jul 2014
14/15 — 1.FC Kaiserslautern, 1.FC Kaiserslautern II
35 matches · 9 G · 1 A · across 3 competitions
Jul 2014
Transfer: FC Schalke 04 → 1.FC K'lautern
14/15 · Transfer · €1.00m
Jun 2014
Transfer: FC Ingolstadt → FC Schalke 04
13/14 · Return from loan
Jul 2013
Transfer: FC Schalke 04 → FC Ingolstadt
13/14 · Loan
Jul 2013
13/14 — FC Ingolstadt 04, FC Ingolstadt 04 II
36 matches · 15 G · 4 A · across 3 competitions
Jun 2013
Transfer: SC Paderborn → FC Schalke 04
12/13 · Return from loan
Jul 2012
Transfer: FC Schalke 04 → SC Paderborn
12/13 · Loan
Jul 2012
12/13 — SC Paderborn 07
32 matches · 7 G · 1 A · across 2 competitions
Jul 2012
Transfer: Schalke 04 II → FC Schalke 04
12/13 · Transfer
Jul 2011
11/12 — FC Schalke 04, FC Schalke 04 II, FC Schalke 04 U19
34 matches · 18 G · 2 A · across 4 competitions
Jul 2011
Transfer: Schalke 04 U19 → Schalke 04 II
11/12 · Transfer
Jul 2010
10/11 — FC Schalke 04 U19
26 matches · 9 G · 2 A · across 1 competition
Jul 2010
Transfer: Schalke 04 U17 → Schalke 04 U19
10/11 · Transfer
Jul 2009
09/10 — FC Schalke 04 U17
24 matches · 17 G · 0 A · across 1 competition
Jul 2009
Transfer: SC Neheim U17 → Schalke 04 U17
09/10 · Transfer
Jul 2008
Transfer: SC Neheim Yth. → SC Neheim U17
08/09 · Transfer
Jul 2007
Transfer: Wenholth. Yth. → SC Neheim Yth.
07/08 · Transfer
Jan 1970
Peak market value: €2.80m
Highest valuation recorded in dataset

Percentile rank vs 49 other Attack - Centre-Forwards with ≥500 minutes in 25/26. Higher = better (except cards, where lower = better — inverted automatically).

Goals1 total · 0.34/90
69
Assists0 total · 0.00/90
0
G+A1 total · 0.34/90
45
Yellow cards3 total · 1.01/90
0
6,759 min
Minutes played by club
VfL Bochum 31.1%
Karlsruher SC 14.7%
Eintracht Braunschweig 14.2%
SpVgg Greuther Fürth 4.9%
SpVgg Greuther Fürth II 1.9%
Brentford FC 2.6%
1.FC Kaiserslautern 5.5%
1.FC Kaiserslautern II 2.0%
FC Ingolstadt 04 6.6%
FC Ingolstadt 04 II 0.7%
SC Paderborn 07 3.6%
FC Schalke 04 0.0%
FC Schalke 04 II 5.0%
FC Schalke 04 U19 5.8%
FC Schalke 04 U17 1.4%
ClubSeasonsFirstLastMatchesGoalsAssistsMinutes
VfL Bochum 4 22/23 25/26 107 19 10 2,105
Karlsruher SC 3 19/20 21/22 104 52 18 991
Eintracht Braunschweig 2 17/18 18/19 53 12 6 959
SpVgg Greuther Fürth 1 17/18 17/18 11 3 1 330
SpVgg Greuther Fürth II 1 17/18 17/18 3 2 0 131
Brentford FC 2 15/16 16/17 33 4 0 176
1.FC Kaiserslautern 1 14/15 14/15 33 8 1 375
1.FC Kaiserslautern II 1 14/15 14/15 2 1 0 132
FC Ingolstadt 04 1 13/14 13/14 33 9 3 446
FC Ingolstadt 04 II 1 13/14 13/14 3 6 1 45
SC Paderborn 07 1 12/13 12/13 32 7 1 241
FC Schalke 04 1 11/12 11/12 0 0 0 0
FC Schalke 04 II 1 11/12 11/12 24 6 0 341
FC Schalke 04 U19 2 10/11 11/12 36 21 4 395
FC Schalke 04 U17 1 09/10 09/10 24 17 0 92

Career trajectory — goals, assists & market value

7€700K13€1.4M20€2.1M26€2.8M09/10 — 17 goals (FC Schalke 04 U17)1709/1010/11 — 9 goals (FC Schalke 04 U19)10/11 — 2 assists1110/1111/12 — 18 goals (FC Schalke 04 II)11/12 — 2 assists2011/1212/13 — 7 goals (SC Paderborn 07)12/13 — 1 assists812/1313/14 — 15 goals (FC Ingolstadt 04)13/14 — 4 assists1913/1414/15 — 9 goals (1.FC Kaiserslautern)14/15 — 1 assists1014/1515/16 — 4 goals (Brentford FC)415/1616/1717/18 — 6 goals (Eintracht Braunschweig)17/18 — 3 assists917/1818/19 — 11 goals (Eintracht Braunschweig)18/19 — 4 assists1518/1919/20 — 18 goals (Karlsruher SC)19/20 — 6 assists2419/2020/21 — 13 goals (Karlsruher SC)20/21 — 7 assists2020/2121/22 — 21 goals (Karlsruher SC)21/22 — 5 assists2621/2222/23 — 9 goals (VfL Bochum)22/23 — 4 assists1322/2323/24 — 6 goals (VfL Bochum)23/24 — 3 assists923/2424/25 — 3 goals (VfL Bochum)24/25 — 3 assists624/2525/26 — 1 goals (VfL Bochum)125/2611/12 — €100K12/13 — €600K13/14 — €600K14/15 — €1M15/16 — €1.5M16/17 — €1.5M17/18 — €1M18/19 — €750K19/20 — €1M20/21 — €1.5M21/22 — €1.8M22/23 — €2.5M23/24 — €2.8M24/25 — €1.8M25/26 — €1MGoalsAssistsMarket value

Goals by season

09/10: 171709/1010/11: 9910/1111/12: 181811/1212/13: 7712/1313/14: 151513/1414/15: 9914/1515/16: 4415/1616/17: 0016/1717/18: 6617/1818/19: 111118/1919/20: 181819/2020/21: 131320/2121/22: 212121/2222/23: 9922/2323/24: 6623/2424/25: 3324/2525/26: 1125/26

Assists by season

09/10: 0009/1010/11: 2210/1111/12: 2211/1212/13: 1112/1313/14: 4413/1414/15: 1114/1515/16: 0015/1616/17: 0016/1717/18: 3317/1818/19: 4418/1919/20: 6619/2020/21: 7720/2121/22: 5521/2222/23: 4422/2323/24: 3323/2424/25: 3324/2525/26: 0025/26
SeasonCompetitionClubMatchesGoalsAssistsYCRCMinutes
25/26 2. Bundesliga VfL Bochum 4 1 0 2 0 267
25/26 DFB-Pokal VfL Bochum 1 0 0 1 0 0
24/25 Bundesliga VfL Bochum 32 3 3 4 0 763
24/25 DFB-Pokal VfL Bochum 1 0 0 1 0 0
23/24 Bundesliga VfL Bochum 29 4 3 1 0 394
23/24 Bundesliga Playoffs VfL Bochum 2 2 0 1 0 81
23/24 DFB-Pokal VfL Bochum 1 0 0 0 0 0
22/23 Bundesliga VfL Bochum 34 8 2 5 0 330
22/23 DFB-Pokal VfL Bochum 3 1 2 0 0 270
21/22 2. Bundesliga Karlsruher SC 33 19 4 5 0 154
21/22 DFB-Pokal Karlsruher SC 4 2 1 0 0 169
20/21 2. Bundesliga Karlsruher SC 30 13 7 5 0 202
20/21 DFB-Pokal Karlsruher SC 1 0 0 0 0 0
19/20 2. Bundesliga Karlsruher SC 33 17 6 5 0 166
19/20 DFB-Pokal Karlsruher SC 3 1 0 0 0 300
18/19 3. Liga Eintracht Braunschweig 38 11 4 4 0 282
18/19 DFB-Pokal Eintracht Braunschweig 1 0 0 0 0 0
18/19 Niedersachsenpokal (3. und 4. Liga) Eintracht Braunschweig 2 0 0 0 0 0
17/18 2. Bundesliga Eintracht Braunschweig 12 1 2 5 0 677
17/18 2. Bundesliga SpVgg Greuther Fürth 9 1 1 0 0 297
17/18 DFB-Pokal SpVgg Greuther Fürth 2 2 0 0 0 33
17/18 Regionalliga Bayern SpVgg Greuther Fürth II 3 2 0 0 0 131
16/17 Championship Brentford FC 10 0 0 0 0 0
16/17 EFL Cup Brentford FC 1 0 0 0 0 0
16/17 FA Cup Brentford FC 0 0 0 0 0 0
15/16 Championship Brentford FC 21 4 0 2 0 176
15/16 FA Cup Brentford FC 1 0 0 0 0 0
14/15 2. Bundesliga 1.FC Kaiserslautern 30 6 1 2 0 254
14/15 DFB-Pokal 1.FC Kaiserslautern 3 2 0 1 0 121
14/15 Regionalliga Südwest 1.FC Kaiserslautern II 2 1 0 0 0 132
13/14 2. Bundesliga FC Ingolstadt 04 31 8 2 2 0 266
13/14 DFB-Pokal FC Ingolstadt 04 2 1 1 0 0 180
13/14 Regionalliga Bayern FC Ingolstadt 04 II 3 6 1 1 0 45
12/13 2. Bundesliga SC Paderborn 07 31 7 1 4 0 241
12/13 DFB-Pokal SC Paderborn 07 1 0 0 0 0 0
11/12 Europa League FC Schalke 04 0 0 0 0 0 0
11/12 RL West FC Schalke 04 II 24 6 0 3 0 341
11/12 U19-BL Finals FC Schalke 04 U19 3 3 1 0 0 100
11/12 U19-Bundesliga West FC Schalke 04 U19 7 9 1 2 0 68
10/11 U19-Bundesliga West FC Schalke 04 U19 26 9 2 1 0 227
09/10 U17-Bundesliga West FC Schalke 04 U17 24 17 0 1 0 92
SeasonDateFromToTypeMarket valueFee
07/08 2007-07-01 Wenholth. Yth. SC Neheim Yth. Transfer 0
08/09 2008-07-01 SC Neheim Yth. SC Neheim U17 Transfer 0
09/10 2009-07-01 SC Neheim U17 Schalke 04 U17 Transfer 0
10/11 2010-07-01 Schalke 04 U17 Schalke 04 U19 Transfer 0
11/12 2011-07-01 Schalke 04 U19 Schalke 04 II Transfer 0
12/13 2012-07-01 Schalke 04 II FC Schalke 04 Transfer 100000
12/13 2012-07-30 FC Schalke 04 SC Paderborn Loan 200000
12/13 2013-06-30 SC Paderborn FC Schalke 04 Return from loan 600000
13/14 2013-07-14 FC Schalke 04 FC Ingolstadt Loan 600000
13/14 2014-06-30 FC Ingolstadt FC Schalke 04 Return from loan 1000000
14/15 2014-07-01 FC Schalke 04 1.FC K'lautern Transfer 1000000 €1.00m
15/16 2015-07-23 1.FC K'lautern Brentford Transfer 1000000 €2.00m
17/18 2017-07-01 Brentford Greuther Fürth Transfer 1000000 €250k
17/18 2018-01-23 Greuther Fürth E. Braunschweig Transfer 750000 €700k
19/20 2019-07-01 E. Braunschweig Karlsruher SC Transfer 500000
22/23 2022-07-01 Karlsruher SC VfL Bochum Transfer 2000000
SeasonInjuryFromToDays missedGames missed
17/18 Inner ligament injury 2017-07-17 2017-08-09 24 2
20/21 Inner ligament injury 2021-04-27 2021-04-30 4 1
24/25 Rib fracture 2025-05-03 2025-05-27 25 2
Current€1.00m
Peak€2.80m
Low€75k
Δ since start+€925k
€75k€756k€1.44m€2.12m€2.80m197019701970
DateValue
Jan 1, 1970 €1.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €1.50m
Jan 1, 1970 €1.80m
Jan 1, 1970 €1.80m
Jan 1, 1970 €2.50m
Jan 1, 1970 €2.80m
Jan 1, 1970 €2.50m
Jan 1, 1970 €2.50m
Jan 1, 1970 €2.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €1.80m
Jan 1, 1970 €1.80m
Jan 1, 1970 €1.80m
Jan 1, 1970 €1.50m
Jan 1, 1970 €800k
Jan 1, 1970 €1.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €500k
Jan 1, 1970 €500k
Jan 1, 1970 €600k
Jan 1, 1970 €500k
Jan 1, 1970 €750k
Jan 1, 1970 €600k
Jan 1, 1970 €1.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €1.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €1.50m
Jan 1, 1970 €1.25m
Jan 1, 1970 €1.50m
Jan 1, 1970 €1.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €1.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €1.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €750k
Jan 1, 1970 €600k
Jan 1, 1970 €600k
Jan 1, 1970 €200k
Jan 1, 1970 €600k
Jan 1, 1970 €100k
Jan 1, 1970 €75k
TeamShirtMatchesGoalsDebutAge at debutStatus
Team #9067 3 0 former national player
Team #5710 #9 10 6 former national player
Team #5709 #9 6 3 former national player
Team #3817 #13 17 9 former national player
TeammatePPG played withJoint goalsMinutes
Marvin Wanitzek 1 15 0
Kevin Stöger 1 3 0
Marco Thiede 1 3 0
Christoph Kobald 1 0 0
Jérôme Gondorf 1 3 0
Marius Gersbeck 2 0 0
Philip Heise 1 7 0
Kyoung-rok Choi 2 4 0
Danilo Soares 1 0 0
Takuma Asano 1 3 0
Dominique Heintz 2 0 0
Bernardo 1 0 0
Lukas Fröde 2 0 0
Moritz Broschinski 1 1 0
Christopher Antwi-Adjei 1 3 0

Single-season peaks across competitions in this player's career.

Top goalscoring seasons

SeasonCompetitionClubGoalsMatches
21/22 2. Bundesliga Karlsruher SC 19 33
09/10 U17-Bundesliga West FC Schalke 04 U17 17 24
19/20 2. Bundesliga Karlsruher SC 17 33

Top assist seasons

SeasonCompetitionClubAssistsMatches
20/21 2. Bundesliga Karlsruher SC 7 30
19/20 2. Bundesliga Karlsruher SC 6 33
18/19 3. Liga Eintracht Braunschweig 4 38

Every loan spell across this player's career.

SeasonDateFromToTypeFeeValue at transfer
13/14 2014-06-30 FC Ingolstadt FC Schalke 04 Return from loan €1.00m
13/14 2013-07-14 FC Schalke 04 FC Ingolstadt Loan €600k
12/13 2013-06-30 SC Paderborn FC Schalke 04 Return from loan €600k
12/13 2012-07-30 FC Schalke 04 SC Paderborn Loan €200k

Last 12 matches for VfL Bochum while Philipp Hofmann was at the club (joined 2022-07-01). The Availability column cross-references our injury database — matches inside a known injury window are flagged INJURED. Per-match goal attribution requires a paid feed (FBref/Sofascore) and isn't wired up yet.

DateCompHomeScoreAwayAvailability
2025-11-02 L2 VfL Bochum 2–0 1. FC Magdeburg Available
2025-10-25 L2 Holstein Kiel 1–1 VfL Bochum Available
2025-10-18 L2 VfL Bochum 3–2 Hertha BSC Available
2025-10-04 L2 1. FC Kaiserslautern 3–2 VfL Bochum Available
2025-09-27 L2 VfL Bochum 0–1 Fortuna Düsseldorf Available
2025-09-20 L2 1. FC Nürnberg 2–1 VfL Bochum Available
2025-09-12 L2 SC Paderborn 07 1–0 VfL Bochum Available
2025-08-30 L2 VfL Bochum 1–2 Preußen Münster Available
2025-08-23 L2 FC Schalke 04 2–1 VfL Bochum Available
2025-08-10 L2 VfL Bochum 2–0 SV 07 Elversberg Available
2025-08-02 L2 SV Darmstadt 98 4–1 VfL Bochum Available
2023-02-08 L1 VfL Bochum 1–2 Borussia Dortmund Available

Teams faced most often by Philipp Hofmann's clubs during seasons he played in those competitions (team-level results, not personal head-to-head goals — see disclaimer above).

OpponentPWDLGFGAGDWin %
FC St. Pauli 92 29 29 34 128 127 +1 32%
SV Sandhausen 88 41 28 19 139 99 +40 47%
1. FC Kaiserslautern 86 24 28 34 98 125 -27 28%
Fortuna Düsseldorf 86 27 28 31 125 124 +1 31%
1. FC Nürnberg 82 30 23 29 114 107 +7 37%
Erzgebirge Aue 72 32 17 23 112 93 +19 44%
SV Darmstadt 98 68 20 21 27 89 100 -11 29%
1. FC Heidenheim 1846 66 26 18 22 83 82 +1 39%
Jahn Regensburg 65 27 17 21 103 79 +24 42%
Hamburger SV 64 16 14 34 79 119 -40 25%
Holstein Kiel 58 14 17 27 78 109 -31 24%
Dynamo Dresden 57 23 23 11 89 70 +19 40%

Auto-detected milestones based on cumulative career totals.

Season / YearMilestoneDate
09/10 Senior debut season
09/10 First senior goal
12/13 Goal #50 (career)
19/20 Goal #100 (career)
22/23 Goal #150 (career)

Yellow / second-yellow / red cards per season. Only seasons with at least one card are shown.

SeasonMatchesMinsYC2nd YCRCCards / 90′
25/26 5 267 3 0 0 1.01
24/25 33 763 5 0 0 0.59
23/24 32 475 2 0 0 0.38
22/23 37 600 5 0 0 0.75
21/22 37 323 5 0 0 1.39
20/21 31 202 5 0 0 2.23
19/20 36 466 5 0 0 0.97
18/19 41 282 4 0 0 1.28
17/18 26 1,138 5 0 0 0.4
15/16 22 176 2 0 0 1.02
14/15 35 507 3 0 0 0.53
13/14 36 491 3 1 0 0.73
12/13 32 241 4 0 0 1.49
11/12 34 509 5 0 0 0.88
10/11 26 227 1 0 0 0.4
09/10 24 92 1 0 0 0.98

Output by competition

Career goals and assists broken down by tournament.

2. Bundesliga
213 apps
73 G
24 A
U19-Bundesliga West
33 apps
18 G
3 A
U17-Bundesliga West
24 apps
17 G
0 A
Bundesliga
95 apps
15 G
8 A
3. Liga
38 apps
11 G
4 A
DFB-Pokal
23 apps
9 G
4 A
Regionalliga Bayern
6 apps
8 G
1 A
RL West
24 apps
6 G
0 A
Championship
31 apps
4 G
0 A
U19-BL Finals
3 apps
3 G
1 A

Frequently asked about Philipp Hofmann

Who is Philipp Hofmann?

Philipp Hofmann is a Germany professional footballer who plays as a centre-forward for VfL Bochum.

How old is Philipp Hofmann?

Philipp Hofmann is 33 years old. He was born on March 30, 1993 in Arnsberg.

What position does Philipp Hofmann play?

Philipp Hofmann plays as a centre-forward (Attack - Centre-Forward).

What club does Philipp Hofmann play for?

Philipp Hofmann currently plays for VfL Bochum.

How many career goals has Philipp Hofmann scored?

Across all senior club competitions in our dataset, Philipp Hofmann has scored 167 goals in 498 appearances.

What is Philipp Hofmann's market value?

Philipp Hofmann's most recent reported market value is €1.00m.