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Nicky Hofs 
Personal information Full name Nicky Hofs Date of birth May 17, 1983 Place of birth Arnhem, Netherlands Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) Playing position Attacking midfielder Club information Current club Vitesse 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– Vitesse 5 (0) National team‡ 2005–2006 Netherlands U-21 5 (3) 2006 Netherlands 1 (0) * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 18 September 2011.
† Appearances (Goals).
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 7 July 2007Nicky Hofs (born May 17, 1983, in Arnhem) is a Dutch football midfielder, who plays for Vitesse of the Dutch Eredivisie. It is Hofs' 3rd stint with the Arnhem-based football club.
Career overview
Nicky Hofs started playing football at the age of five, for his team Arnhemse Boys in the city of Arnhem, The Netherlands. It was soon discovered he possessed considerable talent and when twelve years old scouts from both Ajax and Vitesse Arnhem showed interest. After failing his trial at Ajax in Amsterdam, Vitesse (his favourite Dutch team) decided to sign him.
He first appeared in professional football in the 2001/2002 season, playing 13 games for Vitesse and scoring two goals. Halfway through the 2004/2005 season he was signed by Feyenoord. Nicky Hofs left Vitesse having played 69 official league games for the club and scored fifteen goals.
In his first season for Feyenoord he played 13 league games. In his second season Hofs started off great, scoring four goals in six matches. However, he suffered a major knee injury, which limited the number of games he was able to play in the 2005/2006 season to only 14. He then played at AEL Limassol in Cyprus.
International games
Nicky Hofs has won one cap for the Dutch national team. He was not selected for the Dutch national team for the World Cup 2006 in Germany, but joined the Netherlands U21 for the UEFA U-21 Championship 2006 in Portugal. With two goals in the semi-finals and one in the final, he played a vital role in winning the European title. Hofs finished second on the tournaments topscorers list, one goal behind Dutch striker Klaas Jan Huntelaar.
External links
Netherlands squad – 2006 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship Winners (1st Title) 1 Vermeer • 2 Verhaegh • 3 Luirink • 4 Zomer • 5 Emanuelson • 6 Schaars (c) • 7 Castelen • 8 Hofs • 9 Huntelaar • 10 Aissati • 11 De Ridder • 12 Medunjanin • 13 Gerritsen • 14 John • 15 Benson • 16 Tiendalli • 17 Vlaar • 18 Kruiswijk • 19 Braafheid • 20 De Zeeuw • 21 Vorm • 22 Pasveer • Coach: De Haan
Vitesse – current squad 1 Room · 2 Kalas · 3 Piiroja · 4 van der Heijden · 5 Büttner · 6 van der Struijk · 7 Hofs · 8 van Ginkel · 9 Wilfried · 10 Pröpper · 11 Chanturia · 14 Alex · 15 Anderson · 16 Yasuda · 17 Snijders · 18 Kazaishvili · 19 Pedersen · 20 Annan · 21 Meerits · 22 Velthuizen · 23 Aborah · 24 Dávila · 25 Drost · 26 van Diermen · 27 Jenner · 28 van der Sman · 30 Ibarra · 37 Kashia · 39 Vink · Manager: van den Brom
Categories:- Living people
- 1983 births
- Dutch footballers
- Netherlands international footballers
- Dutch expatriate footballers
- SBV Vitesse players
- Feyenoord players
- AEL FC players
- Eredivisie players
- People from Arnhem
- Expatriate footballers in Cyprus
- Dutch football biography stubs
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