Jason Hoffman (born 28 January 1989) is an Australian

association football Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is t ...

player who plays as a

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for the

Newcastle Jets Newcastle United Jets Football Club, commonly known as Newcastle Jets, is an Australian professional soccer club based in Newcastle, New South Wales. It competes in the country's premier competition, the A-League, under licence from The Australia ...

in the

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.Jason is the most capped player in Newcastle Jets History. Jason’s nicknames include “the Hoff” and 'The Goat".

Club career

Hoffman was developed through

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and

Hamilton Olympic Warriors FC Newcastle Olympic Football Club is a semi-professional association football club based in Hamilton a suburb of Newcastle, New South Wales. They currently compete in the National Premier Leagues Northern NSW, the second tier of football in Austra ...

. He started as trainee at the

and became a part of the first team squad. On 2 September 2007 he made his

debut for the Jets as a substitute in Round 2 of the 2007–08 season, and scored his first goal for the club in Matchday 6 of the

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against

Ulsan Hyundai Ulsan Hyundai FC ( ko, 울산 현대 축구단) is a South Korean professional football club based in Ulsan that competes in the K League 1, the top tier of South Korean football. Founded in 1983 as Hyundai Horang-i, they joined the K League i ...

. Hoffman broke his 20 match goal drought in the

by scoring twice in the first half of the Jets 09/10 season opener against the

Wellington Phoenix Wellington Phoenix Football Club is a professional association football club based in Wellington, New Zealand. It competes in the Australian A-League, under licence from Football Federation Australia. Phoenix entered the competition in the ...

. On 8 January 2010, he signed a two-year deal with

Melbourne Heart Melbourne City Football Club is an Australian professional soccer club based in the south–eastern Melbourne suburb of Cranbourne East, that plays in the A-League, the top level of Australian soccer, under licence from Australian Profess ...

. After being released by Melbourne City in 2015, Hoffman returned to the Newcastle Jets on a one-year deal. He started in 25 of Newcastle's 27 league games that season and signed a two-year contract extension upon the conclusion of the

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season. In Round 24 of the

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season Hoffman played his 100th

game for Newcastle but was sent off in the 78th Minute. Known as something of a utility player, Hoffman began Newcastle's 2018–19 campaign as the club's center forward due to the 10-game ban of

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that he incurred in the previous season's

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. He started the first six games of the season and scored one goal, coming in a 2–0 win away to

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on 23 November, earning the club their first win of the season. Not fit for the game against

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on 9 December, Hoffman returned the following week as a first half substitute at left-back for

Ivan Vujica Ivan Vujica (; born 20 April 1997) is an Australian professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Macarthur. He has represented Croatia at youth level, being capped once for their under-19 side, and has represented Australia at youth l ...

in their 2–0 defeat to league-leaders

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. Hoffman remained in the side ahead of Vujica in

Ernie Merrick Ernest Merrick OAM (born 15 January 1953) is a Scottish-Australian coach, who last managed A-League soccer club Newcastle Jets. He was released on 6 January 2020. He was the former head coach of the Hong Kong national football team and A-League ...

's defense for their next game, the

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against Central Coast on 23 December. He leveled the score with a header in the second half and had a second header ruled out for offside as Newcastle would go on to win 2–1 through

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Honours

With Australia: * Weifang Cup (U-18): 2007 With

: *

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: 2007–2008

References

External links

Melbourne Heart profile

FFA – Young Socceroos profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Hoffman, Jason 1989 births Living people Australian soccer players A-League Men players Newcastle Jets FC players Melbourne City FC players Sportspeople from Newcastle, New South Wales Australian Institute of Sport soccer players New South Wales Institute of Sport alumni Men's association football fullbacks Soccer players from New South Wales