Erwin Hoffer

Erwin Hoffer
Personal information
Full name Erwin Hoffer
Date of birth 14 April 1987 (1987-04-14) (age 24)
Place of birth Baden bei Wien, Austria
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position Striker
Club information
Current club Eintracht Frankfurt
Number 10
Youth career
1994–1995 1. SC Haidhof
1995–1998 FC Tribuswinkel
1998–2002 Badener AC
2002–2004 Admira Wacker
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
2004–2006 Admira Wacker 21 (4)
2006–2009 Rapid Vienna 85 (41)
2009– Napoli 8 (0)
2010–2011 → 1. FC Kaiserslautern (loan) 24 (5)
2011– → Eintracht Frankfurt (loan) 13 (5)
National team‡
2004–2005 Austria U-17 13 (9)
2005 Austria U-18 2 (0)
2005–2008 Austria U-19 17 (5)
2007 Austria U-20 10 (4)
2005– Austria U-21 17 (7)
2007– Austria 27 (4)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 29 October 2011.

† Appearances (Goals).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 29 October 2011

Erwin "Jimmy" Hoffer (born 14 April 1987) is an Austrian football striker who currently plays for Eintracht Frankfurt, on loan from Napoli, and the Austria national team.[1]

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Club career

Hoffer started his professional career at 17 with VfB Admira Wacker Mödling and moved to Rapid Wien after two seasons. He won the Austrian Football Bundesliga title with Rapid in the 2007–08 season and scored a hat-trick in their 7–0 victory against Red Bull Salzburg.

On 28 July 2009, Napoli have signed the striker on a five-year deal, for €5 million.[2][3][4] He scored his first goal with the partenopei on 16 August 2009 in the Coppa Italia match Napoli-Salernitana (3–0).[5]

International career

During the U-20 World Cup in Canada, Hoffer shaved the name "Jimmy" into one side of his head after receiving that nickname from a coach.[6] The nickname is a reference to Jimmy Hoffa.[6]

He was part of the Austrian squad that played at Euro 2008,[7] a competition which Austria co-hosted along with Switzerland. The only match that Hoffer started in was their last group match against Germany in Vienna.

On 1 April 2009, Hoffer scored two goals for Austria in a 2–1 win over Romania in a Qualification match for the 2010 FIFA World Cup.

Honours

References

  1. ^ "Hoffe wechselt doch nicht zu Chievo Verona" (in German). krone.at. 8 January 2010. http://www.krone.at/krone/S30/object_id__178573/hxcms/index.html. Retrieved 16 July 2011. 
  2. ^ "SSC Napoli 2009–10 Annual Report (page 21 to 40)" (in Italian). SSC Napoli (C.C.I.A.A. Archive). Re-Published by direttanapoli.it. ca. January 2011. http://www.direttanapoli.it/public/documenti/documenti_262.pdf. Retrieved 17 June 2011. 
  3. ^ "Erwin Hoffer al Napoli, contratto quinquennale" (in Italian). SSC Napoli. 28 July 2009. http://www.sscnapoli.it/client/render.aspx?root=707&fwd=2643&content=0. Retrieved 28 July 2009. 
  4. ^ ""Jimmy" Hoffer verlässt Rapid" (in German). SK Rapid Wien. 28 July 2009. http://skrapidred.laola1.at/9609+M54d7e846d34.html. Retrieved 29 July 2009. 
  5. ^ "Napoli-Salernitana 3–0" (in Italian). SSC Napoli. 16 August 2009. http://www.sscnapoli.it/client/render.aspx?root=707&fwd=2677&content=0. Retrieved 16 August 2009. 
  6. ^ a b "Hoffer buries Americans". London Free Press. http://lfpress.ca/newsstand/Sports/Soccer/2007/07/15/4340744-sun.html. Retrieved 29 July 2009. 
  7. ^ "Entscheidung gefallen! Josef Hickersberger gibt seine 23 Spieler für die EURO bekannt" (in German). oefb.at. http://www.oefb.at/show_berichtdetail.php?ber_id=10829&fpid=294. Retrieved 16 July 2011. 

External links

Eintracht Frankfurt – current squad
Austria squad – UEFA Euro 2008