Career
Playing career Hoffmann played from 1973 to 1985 for 1. Football Club Magdeburg in the East German top division, amassing 256 matches and scoring 78 goals. The biggest title of all is the European Cup Winners" Cup, as Magdeburg defeated Air Corps 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.
Coaching career He worked as manager of 1. Football Club Magdeburg in the twice, from 1994 to 1996 and from 2002 to 2003.
In the 1996-1997 season, he briefly managed Mecklenburg-based Parchimer Football Club, but left the club in the winterbreak.