Nicolas Höfler (born 9 March 1990) is a German professional

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who plays as a

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for

Bundesliga The Bundesliga (; ), sometimes referred to as the Fußball-Bundesliga () or 1. Bundesliga (), is a professional association football league in Germany and the highest level of the German football league system. The Bundesliga comprises 18 teams ...

club

SC Freiburg Sport-Club Freiburg e.V., commonly known as SC Freiburg (), is a Football in Germany, German professional football club, based in the city of Freiburg im Breisgau, Baden-Württemberg. It plays in the Bundesliga, having been promoted as champions ...

Career

Born in

Überlingen Überlingen (; ) is a German city on the northern shore of Lake Constance (Bodensee) in Baden-Württemberg near the German-Swiss border, border with Switzerland. After the city of Friedrichshafen, it is the second-largest city in the Bodenseek ...

, Höfler joined

in 2005 and spent three years in the youth team and a further three in the reserves, before joining 2. Bundesliga side

Erzgebirge Aue Fußball Club Erzgebirge Aue e.V., commonly known as simply FC Erzgebirge Aue or Erzgebirge Aue (), is a German football club based in Aue-Bad Schlema, Saxony. The former East German side was a founding member of the 3. Liga in 2008–09, ...

on a two-year loan in July 2011. He made his debut a month later, as a substitute for Guido Koçer in a 1–1 draw with

Eintracht Braunschweig Braunschweiger Turn- und Sportverein Eintracht von 1895 e.V., commonly known as Eintracht Braunschweig () or BTSV (), is a German football and sports club based in Braunschweig, Lower Saxony. They compete in the 2. Bundesliga, the second tier o ...

Career statistics

Honours

Freiburg U-19 * Bundesliga U19: 2007–08 * DFB-Junior-Pokal: 2008–09 * 2. Bundesliga: 2015–16

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* 1990 births Living people People from Überlingen Footballers from Tübingen (region) German men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Bundesliga players 2. Bundesliga players SC Freiburg players SC Freiburg II players FC Erzgebirge Aue players SC Pfullendorf players 21st-century German sportsmen {{Germany-footy-midfielder-1990s-stub