 On 11 August 2009, he returned to Germany for the medical check and later signed with Schalke 04.He made his Schalke debut on 16 August 2009 in their first home game of the 2009–10 Bundesliga season, a 3–0 win against VfL Bochum, playing the entire match.At the end of the season, he left Schalke.