- Martin Hoffmann (footballer)
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Martin Hoffmann Personal information Date of birth March 22, 1955 Place of birth Gommern, East Germany Club information Current club 1. FC Magdeburg (U19 coach) Youth career 1968–1972 1. FC Magdeburg Senior career* Years Team Apps† (Gls)† 1972–1985 1. FC Magdeburg 256 (78) National team 1973–1981 East Germany 62 (15) Teams managed 1994–1996 1. FC Magdeburg 1996–1997 Parchimer FC 2002–2003 1. FC Magdeburg HonoursCompetitor for East Germany Men’s Football Gold Montreal 1976 Team Competition * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).Martin Hoffmann (born 22 March 1955 in Gommern) is a former German football (soccer) player and manager.
Hoffmann played from 1968 to 1987 for 1. FC Magdeburg in the East German league, playing 255 matches and scoring 78 goals. With Magdeburg, he won the league title in 1974 and 1975, and the cup title in 1978, 1979 and 1983. The biggest title of all is the European Cup Winners' Cup, as Magdeburg defeated AC Milan 2–0 on 8 May 1974 in Rotterdam.
He also played for the East Germany national football team, making 62 appearances and scoring 15 goals between 1973 and 1981.[1] In 1974 he played in six matches for East Germany in the 1974 FIFA World Cup, scroing once against Chile.[2] In 1976, he was in the East German team which won the gold medal in the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, playing in 5 matches and scoring once in the final against Poland.[3]
He worked as manager of 1.FC Magdeburg in the twice, from 1994 to 1996 and from 2002 to 2003. In the 1996–97 season, he briefly managed Mecklenburg-based Parchimer FC, but left the club in the winterbreak.[4]
Honors
- UEFA Cup Winners' Cup: 1
- Winner 1974
- DDR-Oberliga: 2
- FDGB-Pokal: 3
- Winner 1978, 1979, 1983
- Olympic football tournament: 1
- Gold medal Montreal 1976
References
- ^ Matthias Arnhold (2004-04-18). "Martin Hoffmann – International Appearances". rsssf.com. http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/mhoffmann-intl.html. Retrieved 2009-04-15.
- ^ "1974 FIFA World Cup Germany : Match Report – German DR – Chile". FIFA.com. http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=39/results/matches/match=2004/report.html. Retrieved 2009-04-15.
- ^ "FIFA Player Statistics – Martin Hoffmann". FIFA.com. http://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/statisticsandrecords/players/player=50945/index.html. Retrieved 2009-04-15.
- ^ "Kurz notiert" (in German). Berliner Zeitung. 1997-02-01. http://www.berlinonline.de/berliner-zeitung/archiv/.bin/dump.fcgi/1997/0201/none/0092/index.html. Retrieved 2009-04-15.
East Germany squad – 1974 FIFA World Cup East Germany squad – 1976 Olympic Gold Medalists Categories:- 1955 births
- Living people
- People from Gommern
- German footballers
- East German footballers
- Footballers at the 1976 Summer Olympics
- Olympic footballers of East Germany
- Olympic gold medalists for East Germany
- 1974 FIFA World Cup players
- East Germany international footballers
- 1. FC Magdeburg players
- 1. FC Magdeburg managers
- Olympic medalists in football
- UEFA Cup Winners' Cup: 1
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