Nicky Hofs facts for kids
Hofs in 2012
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| Date of birth | 17 May 1983 | |||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Arnhem, Netherlands | |||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.70 m | |||||||||||||||
| Playing position | Midfielder | |||||||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||||||
| 1988–1995 | Arnhemse Boys | |||||||||||||||
| 1995–2001 | Vitesse | |||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† | |||||||||||||
| 2001–2004 | Vitesse | 69 | (15) | |||||||||||||
| 2004–2009 | Feyenoord | 68 | (21) | |||||||||||||
| 2008–2009 | → Vitesse (loan) | 30 | (7) | |||||||||||||
| 2009–2010 | Vitesse | 31 | (1) | |||||||||||||
| 2010–2011 | AEL Limassol | 14 | (0) | |||||||||||||
| 2011–2013 | Vitesse | 33 | (5) | |||||||||||||
| 2013 | → Willem II (loan) | 9 | (0) | |||||||||||||
| Total | 254 | (49) | ||||||||||||||
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| 2005–2006 | Netherlands U21 | 5 | (3) | |||||||||||||
| 2006 | Netherlands | 1 | (0) | |||||||||||||
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| 2013– | Vitesse (youth) | |||||||||||||||
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Nicky Hofs (born May 17, 1983) is a Dutch former professional footballer. He played as a midfielder, which is a player who helps both defend and attack. Nicky spent most of his career playing for the club Vitesse. After he stopped playing, he started working as a coach for young players and as an assistant coach at Vitesse.
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Nicky Hofs' Club Career
Starting at Vitesse
Nicky Hofs began playing football when he was just five years old. He played for a team called Arnhemse Boys in his hometown of Arnhem. People quickly saw that he was very talented. When he was twelve, big clubs like Ajax and Vitesse were interested in him. Even though he didn't get into Ajax, Vitesse, which was his favorite Dutch team, decided to sign him.
He started playing professional football in the 2001–02 season. He played 13 games for Vitesse and scored two goals. By the middle of the 2004–05 season, another big club, Feyenoord, signed him. Nicky left Vitesse after playing 69 official league games and scoring fifteen goals.
Playing for Feyenoord
In his first season with Feyenoord, Nicky played 13 league games. He started his second season very well, scoring four goals in six matches. However, he got a serious knee injury. This injury meant he couldn't play as many games during the 2005–06 season. On September 1, 2008, he went back to his old team, Vitesse, on a loan. This meant he would play for Vitesse for a while, and they had the option to buy him permanently.
Coming Back to Vitesse
After playing one season on loan, where he played 30 games and scored seven goals, Nicky signed a two-year contract with Vitesse. Feyenoord had decided they didn't need him anymore. He stayed for one more season, playing 31 games and scoring one goal. Even though he still had a contract, he left Vitesse in the summer of 2010. This was because the club had money problems and couldn't pay his high salary.
Time at AEL Limassol
In June 2010, Nicky Hofs signed a two-year contract with a club in Cyprus called AEL Limassol. He played there for one season, appearing in 14 matches but not scoring any goals. After that season, he was allowed to leave the club for free. In June 2011, he said that he hadn't been paid his salary for four months. He decided to take legal action with FIFA to get his money. In February 2014, Nicky and another former teammate reached an agreement with the club for a "considerable sum" of money.
Third Time with Vitesse
On August 3, 2011, Nicky Hofs returned to Vitesse for the third and final time in his playing career. In his first season back, he played 27 matches. However, in January 2013, he went on loan to Willem II. This happened after he had only played six matches in the first half of the season. In June 2013, Nicky announced that he was retiring from professional football. He was only 30 years old, but his body could no longer play at a high level.
International Career
Nicky Hofs played one game for the main Dutch national team. He was not chosen for the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany. However, he joined the Netherlands U21 team for the 2006 UEFA European Under-21 Championship in Portugal. He played a very important part in helping his team win the European title. He scored two goals in the semi-finals and one goal in the final. Nicky finished second on the tournament's top scorers list, just one goal behind fellow Dutch striker Klaas-Jan Huntelaar.
Coaching Career
After he stopped playing football, Nicky Hofs started working as a youth coach at Vitesse. He also played football again for an amateur club called MASV. At the same time, he worked as an assistant coach for them. During the 2018-19 season, he briefly became the temporary head coach for a few weeks.
In 2017, he joined Vitesse's main coaching staff. Nicky was an assistant coach for the first team for three years. He worked under head coaches Henk Fraser, Edward Sturing, and Leonid Slutsky. From the 2020–21 season, he became the head coach of Vitesse U21, which used to be called Jong Vitesse. He took over this role from Joseph Oosting. In September 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic, eight staff members at Vitesse tested positive for the virus. This included the new head coach of the first team, Thomas Letsch. Because of this, there was a small change in how Vitesse was organized. Edward Sturing temporarily became the head coach, and Nicky Hofs helped him as an assistant.
Honours
Feyenoord
- KNVB Cup: 2007–08
See also
- In Spanish: Nicky Hofs para niños
