Niklas Hoffmann (born 9 April 1997) is a German professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for 3.
[2] Born in Landau, Rhineland-Palatinate, Hoffmann began playing football at TSV Fortuna Billigheim-Ingenheim in Südliche Weinstraße.
[4] Hoffmann ended the 2017–18 season in fourth place in the league with Freiburg II.
[5] After the defender was able to make his debut for the first team in a first round win in the DFB-Pokal over VfB Lübeck in June 2019, head coach Jos Luhukay utilised him increasingly in the 2.
[6] Following Würzburger Kickers' relegation to the Regionalliga Bayern in the 2022–23 season, Hoffmann joined Austrian Second League club SV Horn on 2 July 2022.