Rudi Hoffmann

{{Short description|German footballer (1935–2020)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2024}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Rudi Hoffmann

| image =

| fullname = Rudolf Hoffmann

| birth_date = {{birth date|1935|2|11|df=y}}

| birth_place = Germany

| death_date = {{Death date and age|2020|10|16|1935|2|11|df=y}}

| height =

| position = Defender

| currentclub =

| youthyears1 = 1945–1952

| youthclubs1 = SV Östringen

| years1 = 1952–1957

| clubs1 = Viktoria Aschaffenburg

| caps1 = 59

| goals1 = 3

| years2 = 1957–1960

| clubs2 = VfB Stuttgart

| caps2 = 56

| goals2 = 1

| years3 = 1960–1963

| clubs3 = FK Pirmasens

| caps3 = 61

| goals3 = 2

| totalcaps = 176

| totalgoals = 6

| nationalyears1 = 1955

| nationalteam1 = West Germany

| nationalcaps1 = 1 | nationalgoals1 = 0

| manageryears1 =

| managerclubs1 =

}}

Rudolf "Rudi" Hoffmann (11 February 1935 – 16 October 2020) was a German footballer. He played for Viktoria Aschaffenburg, VfB Stuttgart and FK Pirmasens.{{cite web | url = https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/rudi-hoffmann/ | title = Rudi Hoffmann | website = worldfootball.net | access-date = 25 November 2018}}

File:Rudi Hoffmann und Max Schwall.jpg

International career

He played one match for the Germany national football team, on 28 May 1955 against the Republic of Ireland.{{cite web | url=http://www.fussballdaten.de/spieler/hoffmannrudolf/ | title=Rudi Hoffmann }} He later participated in the 1956 Olympics.{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/25424 |title=Rudi Hoffmann |work=Olympedia |access-date=2 December 2021}} He was part of the German 22-player squad for the 1958 FIFA World Cup, but was on reserve in Germany and did not actually travel to the tournament in Sweden (along with Wolfgang Peters, Hermann Nuber and Günter Sawitzki).

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