Raymond Hofstædter is a Norwegian

Norway

Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

 footballer who currently plays as a striker

Striker

Forwards, also known as strikers, are the players on a team in association football who play nearest to the opposing team's goal, and are therefore principally responsible for scoring goals...

 for Flekkerøy IL

Flekkerøy IL

Flekkerøy Idrettslag, also called Fløy is a Norwegian sports club from Flekkerøya in Kristiansand. It has sections for association football and team handball....

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A journeyman footballer, Hofstædter most notably played for Start in the Norwegian Premier League. Before this he played in Lyngdal

Lyngdal

is a municipality in Vest-Agder county, Norway. Lyngdal was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 . Austad and Kvås were separated from Lyngdal on 1 January 1909 but they were again merged with Lyngdal on 1 January 1964, together with the area of Spangereid west of Lenesfjorden.It is a...

 and Mandalskameratene. He later played for Eik Tønsberg, FK Arendal

FK Arendal

FK Arendal was a Norwegian football club from Arendal.It was founded in 2000 as an umbrella team for the local clubs Arendal BK, FK Favør, IK Grane, Rygene IL, IL Sørfjell, IF Trauma, Øyestad IF and Hisøy IL. FK Arendal replaced Øyestad in the league system from the 2001 season...

, Ørn-Horten, Larvik Fotball

Larvik Fotball

Larvik Fotball was a Norwegian association football club from Larvik. It existed from late 1999 to early 2004, and both succeeded and was succeeded by IF Fram. A cooperation between several Larvik-based clubs, it experienced two straight promotions to the Norwegian Second Division and played there...

, Randesund IL

Randesund IL

Randesund IL is an Norwegian sports club from Kristiansand. It has sections for association football, handball, table tennis, tennis and skiing....

, Drøbak-Frogn IL, FK Vigør

FK Vigør

FK Vigør is a Norwegian football club from Hellemyr, Kristiansand. Vigør is the Norwegian name for vigor. The club colors are brown and white, and the club was founded on 5 October 1918....

 and Vindbjart FK. Ahead of the 2009 season he joined Flekkerøy IL

Flekkerøy IL

Flekkerøy Idrettslag, also called Fløy is a Norwegian sports club from Flekkerøya in Kristiansand. It has sections for association football and team handball....

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His past includes a prison sentence; for violence in 1999.