Philipp Hofmann (born 30 March 1993) is a German professional footballer who plays as a forward for Bundesliga club VfL Bochum.

[4] Hofmann won his first and only first team call up for a dead rubber Europa League match versus Maccabi Haifa on 14 December 2011 and remained an unused substitute during the 3–0 victory.

Bundesliga club SC Paderborn 07 and made the first professional appearance of his career in a 4–0 victory over VfL Bochum on 11 August 2012,[4] as a late substitute for Diego Demme.

[16] He returned free from injury for the 2016–17 pre-season, but began the season overweight and behind Scott Hogan and Lasse Vibe in competition for the team's lone forward role.

[17][18] After slimming down and making just five substitute appearances by early December 2016,[18][19] head coach Dean Smith challenged Hofmann to work harder to earn a starting place.

[17] Despite the departure of Scott Hogan in January 2017,[20] a niggling back injury and a lack of match fitness rendered Hofmann unable to challenge for a starting berth during the second half of the season.

[22] After recovering from a medial collateral ligament injury suffered during pre-season,[23] he made his debut for the club in a DFB-Pokal first round match versus SV Morlautern on 13 August 2017 and scored two goals in the 5–0 victory.

[4] On 14 December 2024 and with Bochum having no remaining substitutions, he played the final minutes of a 1–1 draw versus Union Berlin in goal, due to goalkeeper Patrick Drewes leaving the pitch after being hit by an object thrown from the crowd.

[35] He made two further U18 appearances before making his U19 debut with a start in a 5–3 friendly win over Belgium on 1 September 2011,[36] being replaced by Niclas Füllkrug at half time.

[37] He scored his first international goal in another friendly three days later, with what looked to be the winner versus rivals the Netherlands,[36] before Ouasim Bouy salvaged a 2–2 draw.

[33] Hofmann scored two goals in four friendly appearances for the U20 team during the 2012–13 season and made his U21 debut in a 4–0 2015 European U21 Championship qualifying win over the Republic of Ireland on 9 September 2013.