var playerInfo={"9CFA5380AB449F58B34CD68741B77812":"0","1D8DD001D97C012A":"176cm","B6A0187759F85483BB8FCFF97E557B3EF40C5B869FAFCEA6":"1","722D75C33935B48A":"72kg","FCD4DE51CBA4497A941CDE925DCB26D2":"Austria","781CC09C30E6A152":"1","B6A0187759F85483D714EA91FD933428":"0","ED1B32E089DA5A802C3D6EB75016A1DA":"<P><STRONG>Profile<BR><\/STRONG><BR>A potential revelation of UEFA EURO 2008, 21-year-old striker Erwin Hoffer has starred for his country in previous international youth tournaments, notably at the 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup, where he scored three goals as Austria unexpectedly finished fourth. The dynamic young front-runner further raised his profile in 2007\/08 by winning the Austrian Bundesliga with SK Rapid Wien.<BR><BR>Born in Lower Austria, he started out with the region&#39;s flagship club VfB Admira Wacker M&#246;dling, making his Bundesliga debut in May 2005.<BR><BR>A four-goal blitz at the end of the 2005\/06 campaign, in which Admira were relegated, prompted transfer to Rapid.<BR><BR>Made senior debut for Austria &#8211; as a half-time substitute v Paraguay (0-0) &#8211; at end of first season for Rapid, in which he scored four goals.<BR><BR>On target ten times in title-winning 2007\/08 campaign; enjoyed particularly strong finish to season, scoring hat-trick in 7-0 win over championship challengers FC Salzburg and one goal in each of last three fixtures.<BR><BR>Made his first start for Austria in final UEFA EURO 2008 warm-up against Malta (5-1).<BR><BR><STRONG>Did you know?<\/STRONG><BR><BR>Hoffer is widely known by the nickname &#39;Jimmy&#39; &#8211; a homage to infamous former American trade unions chief Jimmy Hoffa.<\/P>","805ACE40479B6E763FB50E182B20A495":"1987-4-14","02EB7DF46653B329":"Erwin Hoffer","4CC9C981935F4DF5":"FC Trenkwalder Admira","F4645409D3EE42C9":"806","5588923A723573201F6804A11C3F390A":"16","38882684D19FD665":"Erwin Hoffer","5C3036D26CFC912788B0712D1AAE3BCF":"","784E2315886D4158FF9CFFE843FE6B59":"","70545F9392E8422F11E2D5550E456F39":"Koninklijke Beerschot AC","3D0C18FC6E83B9810B0FAD6BF04C7B64":"2019-8-8","0108B3B67855A673":"36977","7CC3966A9B90B9412F1273E902F0953F":"Koninklijke Beerschot AC,Karlsruher SC,Fortuna Dusseldorf,Napoli,Eintracht Frankfurt[on loan],FC Kaiserslautern[on loan],Rapid Wien,FC Trenkwalder Admira,FC Trenkwalder Admira(U19)","e_index":8};