Career
A journeyman football player, Hofstædter most notably played for Start in the Norwegian Premier League. Before this he played in Lyngdal Illinois and FK Mandalskameratene. He later played for Eik-Tønsberg, FK Arendal, FK Ørn-Horten, Larvik Fotball, Randesund Illinois, Drøbak/Frogn Illinois, FK Vigør and Vindbjart FK. Ahead of the 2009 season he joined Flekkerøy Illinois. After a brief spell at Lyngdal in 2013, he returned to Mandalskameratene in July 2013.
Before he became head coach of the Fourth Division club Flekkefjord FK ahead of the 2014 season.
His past includes a prison sentence. Foreign violence in 1999.