Stig Tøfting (born 14 August 1969), commonly known as Tøffe, is a former Danish professional footballer and assistant coach, who most recently was the assistant of Erik Rasmussen at AGF. Tøfting was a hard-hitting combative defensive midfielder who often made rash tackles. He started his career with AGF Aarhus, with whom he won two Danish Cups, and most notably went on to play for German clubs Hamburger SV and MSV Duisburg, as well as Bolton Wanderers in England. He ended his career in 2007 with Randers FC, having won the 2006 Danish Cup with the team. He played 41 matches for the Denmark national team between 1993 and 2002, in which he scored 2 goals. With Thomas Gravesen, Tøfting formed a fearsome midfield duo on the national team from 1998 to 2002, playing the Euro 2000 and 2002 FIFA World Cup together. Club career Early career Born in a suburb of Aarhus, Tøfting started playing at local club ASA in the borough of Frederiksbjerg before joining the largest club in the city, Aarhus Gymnastikforening (AGF) at age 10 – a club he would frequently return to during his career. He made his senior debut on 29 October 1989 in the 1–0 victory against Aalborg BK and in 1992 won the Danish Cup with the team. He first appeared for the Denmark national team in January 1993. In June 1993, Tøfting moved from AGF to German team Hamburger SV (HSV) in a transfer deal worth DEM 500,000. He took part in HSV's first three games of the 1993–94 Bundesliga season, before a knee injury side-lined him. He returned to the team in December 1993, but had a hard time forcing his way into the first team due to league restrictions on the number of foreign players in the starting line-up. He was loaned out to Danish club Odense BK, playing 12 games in the last half of the 1993–94 Danish Superliga season as Odense finished in fourth place. He was loaned out to AGF in the first half of the 1994–95 Danish Superliga season, before returning to HSV in winter 1994. He played a further three games for HSV as a substitute, before he was once again loaned out to AGF in April 1995. Tøfting returned to AGF on a permanent contract in June 1995 in a transfer deal worth DKK 1.2 million. He was named Man of the Match as