Martin Hoffmann (footballer)
Martin Hoffmann ( born March 22, 1955 in Gommern ) is a former German football player and coach.
Active Time
At the suggestion of his father Hoffmann began activists Gommern to play football at the ESR age of seven. From there he was in 1966 delegated to the nearby football focus the region, 1.FC Magdeburg and became a student at the Magdeburg Children and Youth Sports School. In 1971 he played for the FCM in the junior league and was included in the squad of the GDR national junior team in 1972. His first Junior National team, he played on August 6, 1972. During 1-1 against the Soviet Union, he played on the left wing. By 1973, Hoffmann graduated 20 junior internationals, it joined four games in the junior national team.
Making his first appearance in the men's field had Hoffmann. Further with eleven missions he fought in the 2nd team of the FCM in point game of the second-rate DDR League on 19 August 1972, now a regular place as a left winger. That same season he was used already in the highest DDR game class, the top league. He made his debut on June 16, 1973 the third last season match day game FCM - bismuth floodplain. In the 3-1 victory, he scored his first Oberligator already, and even at the still point following two games, he was successful in each case with one hit. Already in the next season in 1973/74 was one of only 1,68 m tall striker with 23 of 26 possible point games to league trunk of Magdeburg clubs. At the end of the season he celebrated his first Masters title, 1975, the second championship win followed. Previously, he had been able to celebrate after winning the European Cup Winners' Cup (2-0 over AC Milan), the greatest triumph of his club career on May 8, 1974. After he had been missing in the GDR Cup win in 1973, he won after 1978-1983 three times the fdgb Cup.
Breakfast also began Hoffmann career in the GDR national team. Already at the age of 18 he became a national player, as he states in the game Hungary on November 21, 1973 - GDR ( 0:1) was for the first time in the A- range. His biggest success with the national team, he experienced at the World Championships in 1974, when he was in the team that defeated the Federal Republic 1-0. He was, together with Hans -Jürgen Dörner, Reinhard Häfner and Gerd Weber to the four players the 1978-1979 all eight qualifying matches for the European Football Championship 1980 in the communications team of coach George Buschner in group 4 against the Netherlands, Poland, Switzerland and Iceland have completed. 5-2 success on October 13, 1979 in Berlin against Switzerland, he scored three goals, a feat that had previously succeeded him already in October 1977 in the 9-0 win in the GDR in the World Cup qualifiers over Malta. Due to the 2:3 defeat on November 21, 1979 in Leipzig before 92,000 spectators in the decisive match against the Netherlands, the guys playful to Martin Hoffmann a place in the finals. Had increased after Rüdiger Schnuphase brought from FC Carl Zeiss Jena East Germany in the 17th minute with a 1-0 lead and Hoffmann Magdeburg teammate Joachim Streich a freekick penalty in the 33rd minute to make it 2-0, the two-time Vice World Champion of the year decided 1974 and 1978 with two goals in the second half by Cornelis " Kees " van de Kerkhof Rene Kist and the game still on, and went with it to the final round one .. Until 1981, Hoffmann to 66 a- internationals. Even with the football Olympic team of the GDR Hoffmann was able to record a remarkable success. With the 3-1 victory over Poland in the final of the Olympic football tournament in 1976 Hoffmann won the gold medal with the East German selection. With his goal to make it 2-0 in the 14th minute he played a crucial role in this success. With the Olympic team, he played nine official games.
In the GDR Oberliga Martin Hoffmann was active until 1985. As early as 1982 he had suffered a complicated knee injury that put him out of action for six months. In the following seasons, he could only be used sporadically. Only in his penultimate league 1984/85 season, in which he was now being used as a defender, he could once again deny 19 of 26 point games. 1985/86 he was in the first eight games in the FCM starting eleven, but returned after a 1-1 draw against FC Carl Zeiss Jena on October 19, 1985 are no longer in the top flight back, though he still for the 1986 season / 87 in the league squad of Magdeburg was performed. After completion of the high -performance sport Hoffmann could look back (13 goals) in 256 league games ( 78 goals), 41 domestic cup games ( 12 goals) and 43 European games. He is one of the most successful players of the East German football, he was the only player at the three peaks of winning the European Cup Winners' Cup, winning the Olympic gold medal and victory over the Federal Republic in the World Cup involved.
Coach stations
Already in his playing days Hoffmann had acquired the sports teacher's diploma, and so he began his career in 1988 as a coach. Between 1988 and 1993 he worked as a junior and assistant coach at the 1 FC Magdeburg. From August 1994 to February 1996, he was head coach of the Magdeburg clubs and, after his release for half a year as a coach for FC Parchimer. In 1998 he was again co- coach of the first FCM, since 2008 supervised Hoffmann U-19 team (A- Youth) of 1.FC Magdeburg.