Philipp Hofmann

Philipp Hofmann ( born March 30, 1993, Arnsberg ) is a German footballer who plays at FC Schalke 04 is under contract and is awarded for the seasons 2013/14 and 2014/15 to FC Ingolstadt 04.

Clubs

Hofmann began in 2001 when RW Wenholthausen playing football, where he played for six years in the youth department, before moving to SC Neheim 2007. From there he moved again two years later in the youth of FC Schalke 04, with whom he was in 2011 Westphalia Cup winners and runners-up in the Junior Bundesliga Season West.

In the season 2011/12 he was inducted into the Schalke U-23 team in the Regionalliga West. In December 2011, Hofmann signed a running until 30 June 2014 professional contract, which had 2012 valid from 1 July and made ​​him a member of the professional squad. At the end of the season he was also reinstated in the A-Juniors with whom he won the German Junior A Championship. In the final against Bayern Munich, he scored the winning goal.

In order to gain match practice, he was loaned out 07 for the 2012/13 season in the second division side SC Paderborn. There he made ​​his debut on Matchday 2 of the 2012/13 season in the 2nd Bundesliga, when he came off the bench in the game against VfL Bochum in the 85th minute for Diego Demme.

After the end of the loan to SC Paderborn Hofmann's contract was extended until 2016 and he was subsequently awarded for two years at FC Ingolstadt 04.

National

On 22 March 2011, Hofmann made ​​his debut in the German U-18 national team, when he was a substitute in the match against France. His first international goal he scored 4 September 2011 during the match of the German U-19 national team against the Netherlands. In qualifying for the U-19 European Championship in 2012, scoring five goals.