Career
Hilfiker joined Football Club Aarau in 1986, playing nearly 200 league games for the first team in over 10 years before moving to Germany, where he signed for 1. Football Club Nuremberg. At this time, in the late 1990s, he made eight appearances for the Switzerland national football team Hilfiker later played for Tennis Borussia Berlin and SSV Ulm 1846 before signing for Football Club Vaduz in Liechtenstein.
He also played for Football Club Luzern and Zug 94 in his native Switzerland.
At the end of his playing career, Hilfiker became the goalkeeping coach of Football Club Thun. After a period in the same role at his home-team club Football Club Aarau, he became the goalkeeping coach of VfL Wolfsburg in 2008.
