Espen Hoff

Espen Hoff (born 20 November 1981) is a retierd Norwegian professional footballer, born in Larvik. He is primarily a winger, but may also play as an attacking midfielder, whilst at Lyn he occasionally featured on the left wing. With 406 top division appearances, Hoff has made the sixth-highest number of appearances in Eliteserien.

Espen Hoff
Personal information
Date of birth (1981-11-20) 20 November 1981
Place of birth Larvik, Norway
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s) Winger
Youth career
Sporty
Larvik Turn
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1999–2005 Odd Grenland 154 (38)
2006–2008 Lyn 67 (22)
2009–2010 Stabæk 46 (6)
2010–2016 Start 160 (36)
Total 427 (102)
National team
2005–2006 Norway 2 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Club career

Espen Hoff was signed from Odd Grenland before the start of the 2006 season in Norway. As a junior, he played for Larvik Turn, before moving to Skien and Odd Grenland in 1999.

At Odd Grenland, he scored 37 goals in 155 league matches, and additional 20 goals in 30 Norwegian Cup games. He also appeared in 6 European Cup games, without netting. He won the Norwegian Cup with Odd Grenland in 2000.

He signed for Tippeligaen Champions Stabæk in 2008 and from 2009 onwards he was a Stabæk player. He joined Start in 2010.

International career

Espen Hoff has been capped twice for his national side, making his début in a friendly against Bahrain on 25 January 2005. He was capped 27 times for the Norwegian U-21 team, scoring 3 goals.

Career statistics

Season Club Division League Cup Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
1999 Odd Grenland Tippeligaen 710071
2000 237532810
2001 258523010
2002 256743210
2003 24831279
2004 26522287
2005 24247289
2006 Lyn 21612228
2007 23632268
2008 2310552815
2009 Stabæk 28140321
2010 18534219
2010 Start 11211123
2011 2911533414
2012 Adeccoligaen 21731248
2013 Tippeligaen 29631327
2014 28621307
2015 26311274
2016 16100161
Career Total 4271025740484142

Honours

Odd Grenland

References

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