Per Johannes Hopf (born 16 June 1987) is a Swedish former professional

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who played as a

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. He played professionally in Sweden with

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as well as in Turkey with

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and Ankaragücü.

Club career

Hammarby

Hopf joined Hammarby in the summer of 2008 after impressing on a trial with the club. He signed a -year contract with the Stockholm-based club. During the 2009 season, he was on loan to the affiliated team

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where he was awarded best goalkeeper in the Swedish fourth tier. He made his first game for Hammarby in the final game of the

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, against

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, with the club already set for relegation. Hammarby were defeated, 1–0. In 2010, he started on the bench, being second choice behind former Swedish national team goalkeeper,

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. But after weak appearances by the latter, he soon established himself as first choice. Hopf was voted Player of the Year in Hammarby IF in

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in competition with the

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-departed forward

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. He was again voted Player of the year in

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after an impressive season. Among other achievements he won two penalty shootouts for his team to secure Hammarby IF a place in the 2010 Swedish Cup Final. He was appointed Man of the match when his side lost 1–0 to

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Gençlerbirliği

On 27 May 2015, Hopf signed a three-year deal with the

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club

He made his debut on 29 August 2015 in a 1–0 win against Kasımpaşa. Hopf was voted Gençlerbirliği's player of the year in both 2016 and 2017.

Ankaragücü

Hopf signed for Ankaragücü in the summer of 2018. His contract was terminated on 6 March 2019. Hopf made eight official appearances for the club.

Retirement

Hopf announced his retirement from professional football on 11 May 2020, not being able to recover from a serious hip injury.

International career

Hopf received his first call up to the senior

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squad in March 2016 for friendlies against

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and

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, but did not play. He was on stand-by for Sweden's

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squad. He ended his professional career without winning an international

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for Sweden.

Career statistics

Honours

Hammarby TFF *

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Hammarby *

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Individual * Gençlerbirliği Player of the Year: 2015–16, 2016–17 * Süper Lig Team of the Season: 2016–17

References

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Hopf, Johannes 1987 births Living people Men's association football goalkeepers Swedish men's footballers Allsvenskan players Superettan players Süper Lig players Hammarby Talang FF players Hammarby Fotboll players Gençlerbirliği S.K. footballers Swedish expatriate men's footballers Swedish expatriate sportspeople in Turkey Expatriate men's footballers in Turkey