Steven Hoffman (South African footballer)  Steven Hoffman (born 31 January 1994) is a South African association football goalkeeper who plays for Platinum Stars in the Premier Soccer League. Hoffman signed for Platinum Stars from Vasco Da Gama, where he spent two years. He was signed by Platinum Stars coach, Cavin Johnson, to give competition to Mbongeni Mzimela for the number one goalkeeping position in the team. Hoffman has previously been called up for the South Africa U-23 team, but was left out of the squad for Rio 2016 Olympic Games.