Espen Hoff

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Espen Hoff

| image = E Hoff 02.jpg

| image_size = 225

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1981|11|20|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Larvik, Norway

| height = {{height|m=1.73}}

| position = Winger

| currentclub =

| clubnumber =

| youthyears1 =

| youthclubs1 = Sporty

| youthyears2 =

| youthclubs2 = Larvik Turn

| years1 = 1999–2005

| years2 = 2006–2008

| years3 = 2009–2010

| years4 = 2010–2016

| clubs1 = Odd Grenland

| clubs2 = Lyn

| clubs3 = Stabæk

| clubs4 = Start

| caps1 = 154

| caps2 = 67

| caps3 = 46

| caps4 = 160

| goals1 = 38

| goals2 = 22

| goals3 = 6

| goals4 = 36

| totalcaps = 427

| totalgoals = 102

| nationalyears1 = 2005–2006

| nationalteam1 = Norway

| nationalcaps1 = 2

| nationalgoals1 = 0

}}

Espen Hoff (born 20 November 1981) is a retired Norwegian professional footballer, born in Larvik. He is primarily a winger, but may also play as an attacking midfielder, whilst at Lyn he occasionally featured on the left wing. With 406 top division appearances, Hoff has made the sixth-highest number of appearances in Eliteserien.

Club career

Espen Hoff was signed from Odd Grenland before the start of the 2006 season in Norway. As a junior, he played for Larvik Turn, before moving to Skien and Odd Grenland in 1999.

At Odd Grenland, he scored 37 goals in 155 league matches, and additional 20 goals in 30 Norwegian Cup games. He also appeared in 6 European Cup games, without netting. He won the Norwegian Cup with Odd Grenland in 2000.

He signed for Tippeligaen Champions Stabæk in 2008 and from 2009 onwards he was a Stabæk player. He joined Start in 2010.

International career

Espen Hoff has been capped twice for his national side, making his début in a friendly against Bahrain on 25 January 2005. He was capped 27 times for the Norwegian U-21 team, scoring 3 goals.

Career statistics

rowspan="2"\|Season !rowspan="2"\|Club !rowspan="2"\|Division !colspan="2"\|League !colspan="2"\|Cup !colspan="2"\|Total
class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1999 \|rowspan="7" valign="center"\|Odd Grenland \|rowspan="14" valign="center"\|Tippeligaen \|7	1	0	0	7	1
2000 \|23	7	5	3	28	10
2001 \|25	8	5	2	30	10
2002 \|25	6	7	4	32	10
2003 \|24	8	3	1	27	9
2004 \|26	5	2	2	28	7
2005 \|24	2	4	7	28	9
2006 \|rowspan="3" valign="center"\|Lyn \|21	6	1	2	22	8
2007 \|23	6	3	2	26	8
2008 \|23	10	5	5	28	15
2009 \|rowspan="2" valign="center"\|Stabæk \|28	1	4	0	32	1
2010 \|18	5	3	4	21	9
2010 \|rowspan="7" valign="center"\|Start \|11	2	1	1	12	3
2011 \|29	11	5	3	34	14
2012 \|Adeccoligaen \|21	7	3	1	24	8
2013 \|rowspan="4" valign="center"\|Tippeligaen \|29	6	3	1	32	7
2014 \|28	6	2	1	30	7
2015 \|26	3	1	1	27	4
2016 \|16	1	0	0	16	1
colspan="3"\|Career Total !427	102	57	40	484	142