 When he returned to Perugia, the club was relegated to the Serie B, but he still was not a regular in the first team.He moved to The Netherlands to play for Eredivisie side FC Twente, where he only played 10 matches, then moved to ADO Den Haag before the start of 2006–07.During a training session on 24 August 2006, he suffered a knee injury that lasted five to six months.